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Britain’s climate is influenced by（）,a warm ocean current that passes the western coast of the British Isles and warms them.
A . the North Atlantic Drift
B . the Brazil Current
C . the Labrador Current
D . the Falkland Current
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Scotland occupies the（）third of the island of Great Britain in the British Isles.
A . southern
B . northern
C . eastern
D . wester
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The British national anthem is（）
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The following are the reasons why British coal mining is today called a"sick"industry except（）
A . Britain has used up almost all coal deposits
B . the demand for British coal has declined
C . petroleum,water power,and electric power are replacing coal for many purposes
D . the old British mines are narrow and deep,making it difficult to sue machines fro mining.
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The largest lake in the British Isles is（）.
A . Loch Lomond
B . Loch Neagh
C . Windermere
D . Ullswater
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The two large islands that make up the British Isles are（）.
A、Scotland and Ireland
B、Britain and Scotland
C、Great Britain and Northern Ireland
D、Great Britain and Ireland
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The two components of the British parliament are ( ) and ( ).
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The British Isles are made up of ______.
A、two large islands
B、hundreds of small ones
C、Great Britain and Northern Ireland
D、three large islands and Northern Ireland
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The British ( ) is the central organization of the Legislature.
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1. When did the earliest settlers migrate to the British Isles?
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The
U.S Congress corresponds the British Parliament.
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The British are not so familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing things, ______ is often the case in 'other countries.
A．as
B．what
C．so
D．that
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82 According to the two British researchers, the social and psychological effect are mostly likely to be seen on _________
A: TALKERS
B; the "speakeasy"
C. the “spacemaker”
D. texters
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According to existing British and U.S. drug_____, despite the negative influence, alcohol and tobacco are still legal.
A．manual
B．policy
C．procedure
D．process
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There has been, in history, a man who was swallowed by a whale and lived to tell the tale. The man&39;s name is James Bartley. The records to prove his unusual experience are in the British Admiralty.
Bartley was making his first trip on the whaling ship Star of the East. Suddenly the lookout sighted a huge sperm whale. The whalers knew it was a huge whale by the size of the spray it blew into the air. They lowered their small boats. James Bartley was in the first longboat. The men rowed until they were close to the whale. A harpoon was thrown and it found its mark. It sank into the whale&39;s flesh. The maddened beast crashed into the boat, snapping its tail at the men and the wreckage of their boats. When the survivors were picked up, James Bartley was missing.
Shortly before sunset, the whale was finally captured. The sailors tied the whale&39;s dead body to the side of the ship. Because of the hot weather it was important that they cut up the whale right away. Otherwise, the meat would begin to rot and oil would begin to spoil. When they got to the stomach, they felt something moving about wildly. They thought it would be a big fish still alive inside. But when they opened the stomach they found James Bartley. After this trip, Bartley settled in England, and never returned to sea.
1、This passage is mainly about__________.
A.how to hunt whales for their oil and meat
B.The hard and dangerous lives that whalers had to live
C.The duties of each man on a whaling ship
D.a man who was swallowed by a whale and lived
James Barfley probably never went to sea again because__________.A.he wanted different kinds of adventures
B.of fright and shock
C.he was crippled by the whale
D.he often got seasick
The sailors knew that something was in the whale's stomach because__________.A.they could feel it moving about wildly
B.The whale seemed very heavy
C.The whale was swelling at one spot
D.The captain heard Bartley yelling for help
The author, in telling James Bartley's story, informs us by__________.A.narrating the plain facts
B.referring to whaling in general
C.comparing whaling to other fishing
D.dramatically telling what happened
请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！
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In the United States, men and women shake hands when they meet. Greetings are often casual such as a handshake, a smile and a “hello.” The British say
“hello” when they meet friends. They usually shake hands when they meet for the first time. Social kissing or a kiss on the cheek is common between men and
women and between women who know each other very well.
The Hebrew greeting is “shalom.” The French greeting is “bonjour.” The Spanish greeting in “hola” and the Zulu say “sawubona” when greeting friends.
In New Zealand people are often greeted by the Maori leaders with the traditional “Hongi” by rubbing noses.
When a younger person says hello to an older person in the Philippines, the younger person will bow and hold the right hand of the older person and press the
knuckles against their forehead. When the knuckles are touching the forehead they say “Mano”(means hand) and “Po”(means respect.)
In Japan the common greeting for men and women is to bow when they meet someone. The deeper the bow, the greater level of respect in shown.
In Arab countries, close male friends or colleagues hug and kiss both cheeks. They shake hands with the right hand only, longer but less firmly than in the
western world. Contact and hand shaking between men and women in public is considered rude.
Hungarians use the friendly greeting of kissing each other on the cheeks. The most common way to kiss is from your right to your left. When men meet for the
first time they give a firm handshake.
In Belgium people kiss on one cheek when they meet.
The Chinese when meeting someone for the first time usually nod their head and smile or shake hands if in a formal business situation.
In Russia a typical greeting is a very firm handshake while maintaining direct eye contact. When men shake hands with women, the handshake is less intense.
Men may also kiss a woman three times on alternating cheeks.
In Albania, men shake hands when greeting one another. Depending on how well the men know each other, a kiss on each cheek may be common as well. When a man
meets a female relative, a kiss on each cheek or two kisses per cheek is common. With friends or colleagues normally a light handshake is appropriate. Women
may shake hands or kiss each other on both cheeks.
In Armenia, a woman needs to wait for the man to offer his hand for the handshake. Between good friends and family members, a kiss on the cheek and a light
hug are also common.
Always remember you are a guest in another country. Please show respect for their customs and culture.
Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the passage
1.In Britain, they usually kiss on the cheek between men and women when they first meet.
2.The Spanish greeting is “hola” and the Zulu say “sawubona” when greeting friends.
3.The common greeting for men and women is to bow to each other in both Philippines and Japan.
4.In Russia, a typical greeting is a very firm handshake without direct eye contact.
5.In Armenia, a woman needs to wait for the man to offer his hand for the handshake
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christmas pantomime is one of the three christmas traditions that are particularly british. ()
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Nowadays the Gaelic language, which is an ancient______, is still heard in the Highlands and the Western Isles.
A．Scottish language
B．English language
C．Irish language
D．Celtic language
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Rugby has the reputation of being the roughest sports in the world. Outside the British Isles, rugby is little known and, in fact, is often confused with soccer. But in England, as old sports saying serves to point out the differences between the two games: soccer is supposedly a gentlemen's game played by ruffians, whereas rugby is a ruffian's game played by gentlemen.
The game begins with a kick-off from one end of a 100-yard field. The receiving ruggers, as a rugby team is called, attempt to move the ball down the field, the opposing team attempts to stop the man with the ball.
The rules are quite simple. You cannot tackle anyone but the man who is carrying the ball, and once the ball carrier is tackled, he must give up the ball. Obviously, a good strategy for moving the ball. downfield is to carry it as far as possible, then pass the ball before being tackled.
If the ball carder can travel the length of the field, his team is awarded four points, and another two points are won by kicking the ball over the goalpost after the score. Penalties are equally simple, tackling a player who is not carrying the ball carries a ten-yard penalty. Much of rugby's reputation for roughness stems from the fact that the players wear no pads. To Americans accustomed to seeing professional foot-ball players in suits and helmets like armor, a rugby player's uniform. seems suicidally simple. Most ruggers wear a very thick jersey, heavy gymnasium shorts, heavy socks, rugby shoes, and a mouthpiece. Ruggers use other equipment or pads only when an injury requires protection. But even with this minimal equipment, the game is apparently not as brutal as it might seem. The players are quite satisfied with the lack of padding and helmets and actually think the game might be too rough if players used more equipment. "Human nature is not to hit as hard if no one is wearing pads," one rugger explains. Rugby games are played in two halves, each lasting forty minutes. Teams always meet to play two games consecutively, back-to-back. Again, playing a demanding physical sport like rugby for more than 160 minutes seems like an impossible task, but the ruggers love this idea. "It gives everyone on the team a chance to get into the game," they say. Rugby is slowly catching on in America. The sport is gaining an enthusiastic following among college teams and in independent ruggy "unions" organized on the British model. It has all the appeal of football, but it is simpler and requires much less costly equipment. Rugby is ready to be rediscovered.
The main purpose of this passage is to ______.
A．compare English and American sports
B．compare rugby to football
C．discuss the brutality of rugby
D．provide a brief introduction to rugby
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They are said to be reluctant to forsake the pleasures of single life. But nothing could be further from the truth; British women are much more attached to marriage than their European counterparts, around 95.1 percent of British women have married at least once by age 49, the highest figure in the European Union. Only 91.2 percent of British men have walked up the aisle by the same age.
Meanwhile, the much discussed trend for delaying marriage until later in life--blamed on career women reluctant to have children--may actually reflect a return to the historical norm.
The average age of first marriage in Europe 200 years ago was 28, the same as British brides in 1998, according to a paper for the National Family and Parenting Institute, the independent thinktank set up by Jack Straw to advise on family issues.
"The public conversation about marriage has often been conducted in an atmosphere fraught with anxiety that can easily tip over into what commentators have described as a moral panic," the report, comparing European trends in marriage, adds.
"Changes in the marriage rate and in the way people form. relationships are part and parcel of a society where change is rapid and individuals feel helpless in the face of new developments; yet it is vital that these issues can be discussed without blame."
The paper does not include divorce rates. In 1997 Britain had the highest divorce rate in Europe, although by 1999 the rate had fallen to the level of the late 1980s.
Despite much political consternation about the family, the report suggests British attitudes are more socially conservative than those of many EU counterparts.
Nine out of 10 couples in Britain living with their children are married, compared to half in Finland. And while cohabiting is becoming the norm for European twentysomethings, "change has happened much more rapidly across the whole of the EU than in the UK", the report finds. Around a third of British under-thirties live with a partner, but it is closer to half in France and 40 per cent in Germany.
"This report is about let's bring a cool head to this debate," said Gill Keep, head of policy at the institute. "It is much easier to take the panic out of the discussion if you look at it in a comparative way; things that you think are destroying your own society are actually common trends and they may not be that destructive."
She said that despite anxiety over later marriages--the average age of first-time brides rose from 23 in the postwar period to 28 for women and 30 for men by 1999--historically this would have seemed normal.
Social historian Christina Hardyment said that in the nineteenth century couples would not marry until they could afford to support a household. "Women below the middle classes would always work in some capacity, mainly in domestic service, and it made sense to save; people think of kings and queens and nobility being married off at 12 but that was highly unusual," she said.
It is a well-known fact that British women are unwilling to abandon single life for a marriage.
A．True
B．False
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Britain’s climate is influenced by _______ that sweeps up from the equator and flows past the British Isles.
A、the Gulf Strteam
B、the Brazil Current
C、the Labrador Current
D、the Falkland current
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Wht is the full nme of BBC British Brodcsting CoopertionB．British Brodcsting CompWht is the full nme of BBC British Brodcsting Coopertion B．British Brodcsting Compny C．British Brodcsting Corportion D．British Brodwy Coopertion
A．British Broadcasting Cooperation
B．British Broadcasting Company
C．British Broadcasting Corporation
D．British Broadway Cooperation
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The British will say nothing when they are treated poorly in the restaurant because they don’t want to make a scene.（）
是
否
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The two large islands that make up the British Isles are______.
A．Britain and Scotland
B．Scotland and Ireland
C．Great Britain and Ireland
D．Great Britain and Northern Ireland
