In Ireland and Scottish Highlands land enclosure led to mass emigration,particularly to()
A . Africa
B . Eastern Europe
C . Asia
D . The New World
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The largest river in Ireland is()
A . the Liffey River
B . the Dodder River
C . the Shannon River
D . the Lough Derg
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When Albert Reynolds became Prime Minister in 1992,both Ireland and Britain agreed to hold regular meetings.()
A . to deal with the IRA
B . to make preparations for a united Ireland
C . to seek an end to the violence in Northern Ireland
D . to improve relations with each other
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In Ireland()is the court of final appeal and plays a key role in the interpretation of the Constitution.
A . the Supreme Court
B . the High Court
C . the Highest Court
D . the Central Court
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As a result of peace talks between Ireland and Britain a peace agreement on Northern Ireland was signed in().
A . April 1997
B . May 1997
C . April 1998
D . May 1998
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In the 17th century,the English government encouraged people from Scotland and Northern England to emigrate to the north of Ireland because()
A . they wanted to increase its control over Ireland
B . they had too many people and didn’t have enough space for them to live in Britain
C . they intended to expand their investment
D . they believed that Ireland was the best place for them
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The oldest university in Ireland is().
A . the National University
B . Dublin City University
C . the University of Dublin
D . Saint Patrick's College
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Ireland gave the world some of the greatest writers in the English language,including Jonathan Swift,Oliver Goldsmith,and().
A . William Shakespeare
B . Charles Dickens
C . Oscar Wilde
D . Bernard Shaw
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The peace agreement on Northern Ireland was approved by voters across all of Ireland in a referendum held in().
A . April 1997
B . May 1997
C . April 1998
D . May 1998
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The following are the major newspapers in Ireland except().
A . the Irish Independent
B . the Irish Times
C . the Irish Press
D . the Sum
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The U.K. consists of England, (),()and Northern Ireland.
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The jury consists of ordinary,independent citizens summoned by the court:12 in England,Wales and Northern Ireland,and()in Scotland.
A . 12
B . 13
C . 14
D . 15
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1. Burns wrote poems and songs in the Scottish dialect and in the tradition of Scottish folk songs. His poems and songs are permeated with ____________.
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Haggis is the national dish in Northern Ireland.
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He trained in France and returned to Ireland as a ___________ in about 433 AD.
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In some Scottish villages, barrels of _____ are set on fire and pushed through the streets to symbolize the end of the “Old Year”.
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In “The Dead”, who embarrasses and irritates Gabriel by questioning his lack of interest in Ireland?
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People eat Haggis on Burns Night in memeory of the famous Scottish poet ____________.
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was a member of apeople from Scandinavia who attacked parts of northern and western Europe,including Britain and Ireland, in the 8th to 11th centuries.
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Edinburgh sits in the Scottish Highlands.
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The largest river in Ireland is ______.
A.the Dodder River
B.the Shannon River
C.the St. George River
D.the Thames River
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The largest river in Ireland is
A.the Iiffey River.
B.the Dodder River.
C.the Shannon River.
D.the Lough Derg.
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The two major political parties in Ireland are
A.IRA and Sinn Fein.
B.Sinn Fein and Fine Gael.
C.Sinn Fein and Fianna Fail.
D.Fianna Fail and Fine Gael.
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The peace agreement on Northern Ireland was approved by voters across all of Ireland in a referendum held in______.
A.April 1997
B.May 1997
C.35886
D.35916
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Britain is not just one country and one people, even if some of its inhabitants think so.Britain is, in fact, a nation which can be divided into several separate parts, each part being an individual country with its own language, character and cultural traditions.Thus Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales (and even Cornwall perhaps) do not claim to belong to “England” because their inhabitants are not strictly “English”.They are Scottish, Irish, Welsh (or Cornish) and many of them prefer to speak their own native tongue which in turn is incomprehensible(不可理解的) to the others.
These cultural minorities have been Britain's original inhabitants.In varying degrees they have managed to preserve their national identity, their particular customs and way of life.This is probably even more true of the remoter areas where traditional life has not been so affected by the growth of industrialism(工业化) as the border areas have been.The Celtic (凯尔特人) races are said to be more emotional by nature than the English.
An Irish temper is legendary.The Scots would rather forget about their reputation for excessive thrift (节俭) and prefer to be remembered for their ballads and dances, while the Welsh are famous for their singing.The Celtic temperament as a whole produces numerous writers and artists, such as the Irish Bernard Shaw, the Scottish Robert Burns, and Welsh Dylan Thomas, to mention but a few.
36.Some British people regard Britain as().
A.a single, unified country
C.a wholly Celtic country
B.a country of foreign cultures
D.an individualistic unit
37.“Their own native tongue” means().
A.the language of a foreign country
B.the language of their own country
C.the British way of speaking
D.a secret language
38.“A cultural minority” could be described as().
A.educated people who are few in number
B.people of the same race who are small in stature (身材)
C.members of ethic groups under the age of 12
D.small ethnic groups
39.According to the passage some cultural minorities have().
A.lost their individual character centuries ago
B.retained their individual character
C.lost count of their numbers
D.managed to preserve their English character
40.What may be one of the probable reasons for preservation of traditional life? ()
A.Ethnic custom
B.A specialized life style
C.The growth of industrialism
D.Geographical isolation