专八人文知识冲刺(7)

练习题：

1 How many members are there in the House of Commons?

A 650
B 524
C 72
D 651

2 Which of the following people didn’t use to be the British Prime Minister?

A Margaret Thatcher
B Winston Churchill
C Horatio Nelson
D John Major

3 By tradition, the leader of the majority party is appointed _____ by the Sovereign in the United Kingdom.

A Prime Minister
B Member of Parliament
C Lord of appeal
D Speaker of the House

4 The Tories were the forerunners of _____, which still bears this nickname today.

A the Labour Party
B the Conservative Party
C the Liberal Party
D the Social Democratic Party

5 In the United Kingdom, the party which wins the ____ number of seats in the House of Commons becomes the official Opposition.

A largest
B second largest
C third largest
D fourth largest

6 The term “British disease” is now often used to characterize Britain’s _____ decline.

A political
B educational
C military
D economic

7 The 1980s was remembered as the decade of _____.

A globalization
B nationalization
C privatization
D competition

8 Today, in Britain, ______ is called a “sick” industry.

A coal mining
B iron and steel
C textiles
D shipbuilding

9 The first steam engine was devised by Thomas Newcomer at the end of the 17th century, and the Scottish inventor ____ modified and improved the design in 1765.

A　Abraham Darby
B James Watt
C John Kay
D Richard Arkwrightthe

10 _____ created the industrial working class, the proletariat, and it later led to trade unionism.

A The Chartist Movement
B The Industrial Revolution
C The French Revolution
D The Glorious Revolution