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It was three British sportsmen who（）banned drugs.
A . were catching taking
B . caught to take
C . caught in taking
D . were caught taking
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Why was the British government interested in New Zealand?（）
A . Trade with New Zealand was economically important.
B . There were no laws to protect Maori rights in dealings with white settlers.
C . The French government was taking an interest in New Zealand,too.
D . All of the above.
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Modern New Zealand was founded on the basis of（）signed between Maoris and British settlers in 1840.
A . Maoritanga
B . Aotearoa
C . the Treaty of Waitangi
D . the Treaty of ANZUS
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of British government?（）
A、It offers the Queen high political status and supreme power.
B、It is both a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy.
C、It is the oldest representative democracy in the world.
D、It has no written form of Constitution.
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The British Bourgeois Revolution was a political revolution in religious cloak, with _______ representing the religious stand of the bourgeoisie.
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“a British fantastic new film”
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Napoleon was British military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.
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Les Shield, _______, a boiler technician, was made redundant from British Steel at Consett in______________.
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The first fight between local people and British soldiers was at ( ).
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Australia was built from an overseas penal colony of the British Empire.
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_____________was perhaps the most important development in fashion in the 1960s, invented by Mary Quant a British designer, she began a major international fashion.
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Who offered his personal library when the capital building of Library of Congress was burned by British troops in 1814?
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What can you enjoy at a British pub?
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It was not until ______ that the traditional British wine industry totally became extinct.
A．about 300 A.D
B．the twelfth century
C．the sixteenth century
D．the year of 1975
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which of the following is not a characteristic of british government？
A. It is both a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy.
B. It offers the Queen high political status and supreme power.
C. It is the oldest representative democracy in the world.
D. It has no written form. of constitution.
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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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For a long time, the United States was a British colony.（)
此题为判断题(对，错)。
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Shortly after the British naturalist, Charles Darwin, published his theory of evolution, a Victorian lady was asked what she thought of the idea that humans and animals were descended from a common ancestor. "Let us hope it is not true," she said. (46)
This story is probably apocryphal, but it illustrates well the attitudes of the time. (47) Many people accept Darwin's view of how we came into being that our bodies evolved through the process of natural selection acting on our genes.
However, Darwin believed evolution was responsible for far more than just our physical characteristics. He saw it as the major influence in shaping our psychology. In- deed, he predicted that "in the distant future, psychology will be based on a new foundation". (48)
To proponents of concepts like free will and personal responsibility, such an idea seems absurd. (49) Their research has revealed increasing evidence that the human mind is made up of innate mechanisms, which control everything from the way we perceive time and space, to how we learn survival techniques and choose mates.
(50) Steven Pinker, Professor of Cognitive Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, likens language ability to computer software, "children learn a new word every 90 minutes of their waking life for years, then they have to figure out how to string them together using a kind of mental computer program. The essence of human language is the ability to convey new ideas by putting words together in different combinations. Since we all have this language 'software' in our minds, we can figure out what others are saying by the meanings of the words and the order in which they are arranged."
A. Today, we are more comfortable with out past.
B. "And, if it is true, let us hope it does not become public knowledge."
C. But a growing number of scientists are questioning the extent to which our behavior. is controlled by our culture.
D. Many people are calling for controls on cloning immedicte1y before the practice is abused.
E. The foundation was, of course, his theory of evolution.
F. Nowhere is this more obvious than our innate ability to learn languages.
(46)
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There is a story of a British official who was asked to marry a young French sailor and a Chinese girl-none of the three knowing much about the other languages. The official said to the girl, "This man want to take you home-side make wife. Can do, no can do？" She said shyly, "Can do", and the official pronounced them man and wife.
Pidgin English, though sometimes regarded as" baby talk", is a useful language spoken in a large part of Pacific islands. About 30 to 50 million people speak some form. of it.
Pidgin English we know today was born on the Chinese coast 300 years ago when the Western nations first began to trade there. The Western merchants and the Chinese communicated with each other by using Westerner's words and Chinese sentence patterns. The result became known as "business" language, or because the closest Chinese could come to pronounce business as "bishin" or later "bijin"--at last "pidgin". It has nothing to do with a pigeon though it's sometimes spelt that way.
What do you think the British official's words mean？
A．This man wants to marry you. Is it possible？ No, it's not possible.
B．This man wants to know if you are married If not, will you marry me？
C．This man wants you to find a wife for him. Can you help him？
D．This man wants to marry you and take you to his homeland Do you agree？
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Which of the following is a questionable practice of British Leyland？
A．Leyland operated "slush fund" to bribe customers.
B．Leyland offered additional discounts and then withdrew the money.
C．Leyland made use of the banks in Switzerland to evade tax.
D．Leyland paid more money to its agents and buyers.
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Why was the stone sculpture of Dai Ailian displayed in the hall of the British Royal Academy of Dance（）
A．Because of her noticeable contributions
B．Because she was good at sculpture
C．Because she studied in the British Royal Academy of Dance
D．Because of her love of her motherland
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How can a single postage stamp be worth $16 800？ Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A mistake on one inexpensive postage stamp has made the stamp worth a million and a half times its original value. The mistake was made more than a hundred years ago in the British colony Mauritius , a small island in the Indian Ocean. In 1847 an order for stamps was sent to a London printer – Mauritius was to become the fourth country in the world to issue stamps. Before the order was filled and delivered, a ball was planned at Mauritius ’ Government House, and stamps were needed to send out the invitations. A local printer was instructed to copy
1、A postage stamp’s value to collectors is raised if ().
A、there are few others like it
B、 there are no errors on the stamps
C、 a mistake is made in the printing
D、 both A and C
2、The mistake in the locally printed postage stamps was in the ().
A、price
B、wording
C、color
D、spelling of postage
3、$16 800 is the collector’s value of ().
A、the One Penny Orange – Red
B、 a correctly printed 1847 stamp
C、 the Twopenny Blue
D、 both A and C
4、Which one is implied but not stated？
A、All correctly printed stamps are worthless.
B、Mauritians needed the stamps to send out invitations to a ball.
C、The printer was punished for his mistake.
D、Collectors are constantly looking for stamps with mistakes.
5、The best title for this section is ()
A、The “Post Paid” Error
B、The Twopenny Blue
C、A London Printer’s Error
D、How Mauritius Became Famous
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The cab of a British car is on the left.（)
是
否
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In 1691 a colonial postal service was outined by the British government and a number of Postmaster－Generals were appointed in the years_______ up to the American Revolution.
A．A.led
B．B.was leading
C．C.lead
D．D.leading
