英語國家社會(huì)與文化入門Unit2

Unit2 1 判斷題 1 Ireland is part of Great Britain F 愛爾蘭是英國的一部分 2 Ulster referring to Northen Ireland was once an ancient Irish Kingdom T 阿爾斯特 指的是愛爾蘭北部 曾經(jīng)是一個(gè)古老的愛爾蘭王國 3 The capital of Belfast is large city with half a million people F 貝爾法斯特的首都是一百萬人的大型城市 4 Northern Ireland is significant because of its manufacturing industry F 北愛爾蘭是重要的因?yàn)樗闹圃鞓I(yè) 5 The majority of Irish people were descendants of the original Celtic people who inhabited Britain Isles before the Romans arrived 2000 years ago T 大部分愛爾蘭人最初的凱爾特人的后裔的人居住英國群島 2000 年前在羅馬人到來之前 6 Most Britain people are Protestants while most Irish people are Catholics T 大多數(shù)英國人是新教徒 大多數(shù)愛爾蘭人都是天主教徒 7 The Britain government does not have direct rule from London over Northern Ireland F 英國政府沒有從倫敦直接統(tǒng)治在北愛爾蘭 8 Sinn Fein is a legal political party in Northern Ireland T 新芬黨是一種合法的政黨在北愛爾蘭 9 The Anglo Irish Agreement of 1985 guaranteed the loyalist Protestant community their right to decide their future in Northern Ireland T 盎格魯 愛爾蘭 1985 年協(xié)議保證忠誠新教社會(huì)的權(quán)利來決定他們 自己的未來在北愛爾蘭 10 The Good Friday Agreement was approved on April 1998 T 耶穌受難日協(xié)議在 1998 年 4 月批準(zhǔn) 11 Northern Ireland today is governed by separate jurisdictions that of Repulic of Ireland and that of Great Britain F 北愛爾蘭的今天是由獨(dú)立的司法管轄區(qū) 愛爾蘭和英國的談話 2 選擇題 1 In the 17th century the English government encouraged people from Scotland and Northern England to emigrate to the north of Ireland because A 在 17 世紀(jì) 英國政府鼓勵(lì)人們從蘇格蘭和英格蘭北部愛爾蘭移民 朝鮮 因?yàn)?A they wanted to increase its control over Ireland 他們想增加其對愛爾蘭的控制他們想增加其對愛爾蘭的控制 B they had too many people and didn t have enough space for them to live Britain 他們有太多的人 沒有足夠的空間讓他們住英國 C they intended to expand their investment 他們打算擴(kuò)大他們的投資 D they believed that Ireland was the best place for them 他們認(rèn)為愛爾蘭對他們來說是最好的地方 3 Northern Ireland is the smallest of the four nations but is quite well known in the world for D 北愛爾蘭四個(gè)國家的是最小的 但是在世界上非常著名的是 A Its most famous landmark the Giant s Causeway 最著名的地標(biāo) 巨人堤道 B Its rich cultural life其豐富的文化生活 C Its low living standards低生活水平 D Its endless political problems無休止的政治問題無休止的政治問題 4 Faced with conflicting demands the British goverment chose a compromise and organized a partition of Ireland in 1921 because B 面對相互矛盾的要求英國政府選擇了妥協(xié)和組織一個(gè)分區(qū)愛爾 蘭 1921 年 因?yàn)?A the British government wouldn t be able to conrol Ireland any longer by force英國政府無法控制愛爾蘭了武力 B the British government intended to satisfy both sides Catholics and Protestants 英國政府為了滿足雙方英國政府為了滿足雙方 天主教和新教天主教和新教 C Catholics in Ireland demaned a partition of Ireland 在愛爾蘭天主教徒要求愛爾蘭的一個(gè)分區(qū) D Protestants welcomed the idea of partition 新教徒對分區(qū)的想法表示歡迎 5 Which of the follwing statements is NOT true C 下面哪一種說法是不正確的 A Sinn Fein is a legal political party in Northern Ireland 新芬黨是一種合法的政黨在北愛爾蘭 B Those who want to unite Northern Ireland with Britain are called Unionists 那些想要團(tuán)結(jié)與英國北愛爾蘭稱為會(huì)員 C The Social Democratic and Labour party is a very important political party in Britain 社會(huì)民主黨和工黨在英國是一個(gè)非常重要的政黨 社會(huì)民主黨和工黨在英國是一個(gè)非常重要的政黨 D Those who show their loyalty to the British Crown are called Loyalists 那些顯示英國皇冠被稱為他們的忠誠的支持者 6 In the early 1970s the IRA D 在 1970 年代初 愛爾蘭共和軍 A killed many Protestants and Catholics 殺死了許多新教徒和天主教徒 B burned down the houses of Catholics燒毀的房屋的天主教徒 C murdered individuals at random被謀殺的人隨意 D carried out a series of bombing and shooting and attacked the security forces as their main target 進(jìn)行一系列的爆炸和槍擊事件和襲擊安全部隊(duì)作為他們的主要目標(biāo)進(jìn)行一系列的爆炸和槍擊事件和襲擊安全部隊(duì)作為他們的主要目標(biāo) 7 1972 was the worst year of the political troubles in Northern Ireland because B 1972 年最糟糕的一年在北愛爾蘭的政治問題 因?yàn)?A 13 Catholics were shot dead by the police 13 個(gè)天主教徒被警方擊斃 B 468 people were killed in Northern Ireland 在北愛爾蘭在北愛爾蘭 468 人喪生人喪生 C the government carried out a policy known as internment 政府實(shí)施政策被稱為 拘留 D bloody killing of 468 people fortified Catholic opposition to the Britain presence in Northern Ireland 血腥屠殺 468 人的強(qiáng)化天主教反對英國在北愛爾蘭的存在 8 Why did the Britain government decide to replace the power sharing policy with direct rule from London D 為什么英國政府決定取代分權(quán)政策與 直接統(tǒng)治 從倫敦嗎 A The power sharing policy was not accepted by the majority of Protestants 分權(quán)政策不被接受的大多數(shù)新教徒 B The Northern Irish Parliament could not govern the power effectively 北愛爾蘭議會(huì)不能有效地管理權(quán)力 C The Power sharing policy couldn t be carried out 分權(quán)政策無法執(zhí)行