1、I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. T 1. Thomas Becket was killed by knights sent by Henry II because he didnt support Henrys Policy.F 2. The King or the Queen of England is forbidden to enter the House of Lords, but she or he can take his or her seat in the House of common
2、s. T 3. England began to use coins during Elizabeths time.T 4. John Milton was a strong supporter of the Bourgeois Revolution.F 5. The first settlement on the east Australian coast took place in 1787 during the reign of George III.F 6. Alfred the Great was so forceful and fought so bravely against t
3、he Danes that the Danes had to leave England.T 7. Magna Carta was signed by King John.F 8. The Wars of the Roses were fought between the House of Lancaster and the Horse of Windsor.T 9. “Utopia” was written by Thomas More.F 10. Both Bloody Mary and Elizabeth I were Catholic Queens.F 11. Dring the Bo
4、urgeois Revolution, the supporters of the King were called Roundheads.T 12. By the Treaty of Utrecht, Spain agreed to cede Gibraltar to England forever.T 13. The House of Commons is divided according to political parties, the Stronger and the Opposition. T 14. Those who sticked to purifying the Roma
5、n Church were called the Puritans. F 15. The Danes are Christians as the English.T 16. Sweyn led a mighty army to attack England to avenge his killed sister.F 17. When Canute died, his son Edward “ the Confessor” became the king of the land.T 18. After the death of the weak king Stephen, the lords a
6、ccepted Matildas son as the KingHenry II. T 19. Richard, the Lion Heart, was the son of Henry II and he stayed in England for only 10 months of his ten years rule.F 20. Geoffrey Chaucer went to France on one of the campaigns of the Hundred Years War, there he was captured as a prisoner and then kill
7、ed. T 21. The Pope didnt agree with the divorce of Henry VIII for he thought it was illegal.T 22. Mary Stuart mad plans to make herself Queen by murdering Elizabeth, but was imprisoned and executed for treason.II. Fill in blanks in the following sentences to make them historically correct: 1. The fi
8、rst inhabitants in Britain were Celts at about 3,000 B.C.2. In 55 B.C. the Romans came, headed by Julius Caesar .3. When they invaded Britain, both Caesar and Plautius landed on the shores of Kent .4. The Romans occupied Britain for about 400 years.5. One of the rebellions against the Roman occupati
9、on was the one led by a queen named Boadicea .6. The Romans Brought in Christianity , tribalism , the gentile system and Latin language to places where they stayed. 7. In A.D.410 the Roman soldiers in Britain sailed away to defend their capital from the attacks of Huns and Goths .8. After the Roman
10、left, the fierce Picts and Scots swept over the undefended land.9. England means Angle-land which came from the Angles.10. The Angles and Saxons from northern German spoke a Germanic language which we callOld English .11.Alfred the Great led the people bravely against Danish invaders .12. Alfred the
11、 Great was the father of the British Navy.13. Alfred captured Guthrum, the Danish leader, and made him convert Christianity .14.The battle of Hastings on Oct. 13, 1066 change the whole course of English history.15. On Christmas Day , 1066 , William was crowned in Westminster Abbey as William I.16. T
12、he English language of the 11th to the 14th centuries is called Middle Ehglish .17. The names of almost all animals while alive are Anglo-Saxons , but when they are prepared as food are Norman French .18. “The History of the Kings of Britain” was written by Geoffrey of Monmouth and “Brut” by Layamon
13、 .19. When a son of the Sovereign succeeds to the throne, his wife becomes queen consort .20. If a daughter succeeds to the title, she becomes queen regent , her husband get the title Duke of Edinburgh and Prince of United Kindom .21When William died, he left Nomandy to his eldest son Robert and Eng
14、land to his second son William Rufus .22. Henry II is best remembered for his reform of the courts and the laws .Most important of all was Henrys jury system . 23. The two kinds of laws in England now are the laws made by the parliament called “ Acts “, and “ the Common Law ” which was first made by
15、 Henry II .24. Richard I was the first King of England who took part in the Crusades.19. The Magna Carta was signed by John at Runnymede on June 17, 1215 .20. The Magna Carta was the foundation of English liberty and beginning of parliamentary rule.21. King Henry III wanted to tear up the Magna Cart
16、a but was defteated by Simon de Montfort and put in prison. 22. It was during the reign of Edward I that the old feudal tax system was gradually replaced by a tax on property.23. In 1301 Edward I gave his first son the title of Prince of Wales.24. The first Prince of Wales was Edward II 24. The Hund
17、red Years War was a period of intermittent war between France and England , which was ended in 1453 .25. John of Arc was a French heroine who led a French army against the English.26. The tax of one shilling a head started a peasant revolt known as Wat Tyler uprising.27. At Agincourt in1415, Henry V
18、 defeated a French army five times greater than his own.27. Geoffrey Chaucer was the founder of English Poetry.28 Henry VII sent John Cabot to explore the coasts of Canada and Newfoundland which later became Englands first colony.29. The first great blow to the Roman Catholic Church was delivered by
19、 Henry VIII .30. People who insisted on the separation of the church form the Roman Catholic Church and wanted to change any part of the faith were called Church Council . 31. The destruction of Spains gigantic Armada in July 1588 made it possible for England to establish a supremacy on the seas and
20、 to establish the British Empire .32. Guy Fawkes Day became a traditional holiday to remember the failure of the plot . And it is celebrated on November , 5 .33. The two main aims of the Puritan movement are personal freedom and religious liberty .34. Charles I was beheaded in 1649, and Oliver Cromw
21、ell became the leader of the government which is a quasi-republic.35. Charles II was invited back to be king of England which is know in history as Restoration .36. In May 1707 , the Act of Union was signed with the Scots which united England , Scotland and Wales into Great Brain.37. In the 18th cen
22、tury, the policy of the Prime Minister Walpole was “ to let the sleeping dogs lie.”38. The Seven Years War was settled by the Treaty of Hubertusberg in Germany, by which Britain gained Canada .39. During the reign of George III, the Americian colonies was lost and the war against Napoleon occurred.4
23、0. The industrial Revolution started with a series of mechanical inventions, the spinning machine by James Hargreaves , the steam engine by James Watt , the railway engine by George Stephenson .41. Every policeman is known as a “ Bobby “ and used to be called “ Peeler “ after William IVs Prime Minis
24、ter Sir Rober Peel .42. In 1840 and 1842 Britain launched wars against China, known as Opium War . The Chinese Government was forced to sign the Treaty of Nanjing , by which the British troops occupied HongKong .43. The Crimean War is chiefly remembered for Florence Nightingale who established moder
25、n nursing.44. In 1875 British troops occupied Egypt to protect British interest in the Suz Canal and stayed there for 74 years when then they withdrew in 1956.45. World War I occurred on June 28, 1914 between two military blocks of the world. One was the Central Powers (principally Germany, Austria-
26、Hungary and Turkey ), the other was the Allies (principally Britain , France and Russia ).III. Read the following sentence carefully. Then complete the blanks.1. The first inhabitants in Britain were Celts at about 3,000 B.C.2. The Romans first came to Britain in Kent .3. The Romans ruled England fo
27、r about 400 years.4. In 1455 , the Duke of York tried to displace the Lancaster King Henry VI, and the Wars of the Roses broke out.5. The First Prince of Wales was Edward II .6. The Battle of Bosworth was the last of the conflicts in the Wars of the Roses.7. The Common Law of England was first gathe
28、red by Henry II .8. It was during the House of Hanover that American was discovered.9. The Magna Carta is regarded as the foundation stone of English Liberty.10. In England, the first blow to the Roman Catholic church was delivered by Henry VIII .11. The Glorious Revolution marked the real beginning
29、 of the constitutional monarchy in England. 12. The British organized the first large migration to New Zealand and established a settlement at Wellington in the year 1840 .13. During the Crimean War, Palmerstone was Prime Minister. He was famous for highhandedness and gunboat diplomacy.14. In 1645 C
30、romwell defeated the king at the Battle of Naseby .15. In the reign of Elizabeth England established a supremacy on the sea.16. The Germanic language was brought to England by the Anglo-Saxons .17. Richard I took part in the 5th of the 8 Crusades.18. After the Seven Years War , England became strong
31、er than ever before and dominated the world trade. Form the war England gained the whole of Canada and all French possessions westward to the Missisisippi. 19. In May 1707 England and Scotland were united and the island became Britain through the Act of Union.20. Henry Tudor defteated and killed Ric
32、hard III at the battle of Bosworth which marked the ending of the Wars of the Roses. 21. In 1713 the Treaty of Utrecht brought peace by which Spain agreed that England should keep Gibraltar absolutely and forever.22. As Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli was noted for his tact in his dealings with Qu
33、een Victoria.23. Iraq was separated from the U.K. in 1921.24. The English Parliament passd the Act of Supremacy which declared Henry Viii head of the new Church Council .Explain the following terms. 1. The Roman Conquest2. The Norman Conquest3. Old English4. King Arthur5. Alfred the Great6. Ethered
34、the Unready7. William the Conqueror8. The Battle of Hastings9. Middle English10. Henry II 11. Richard I13. The Magna Carta.14. Edward I15.The Hundred Years War16. Joan of Arc17. The Black Death Plague18.The Battle of Agincourt19. The Wars of the Roses20.The Battle of Bosworth21. Bloody Mary22. Eliza
35、beth I23. Oliver Cormwell24.The Battle of Nasebay25. The Glorious Revolution26. the Restoration27. The Seven Years WarAnswer the following questions: 1. Say what you know about the Roman influence on Britain.2. What are the consequences of the Norman Conquest?3. Who was Alfred? Say something about h
36、is great contributions to his country.4. What are the great contributions made by Henry II to the English court and law?5. Who was Thomas Becket and how was he related to Chaucers Canterbury Tales?6. How did Henry Tudor set a new era in English history?7. What did Elizabeth I contribute to the Engli
37、sh people?8. Give a brief account of the life of Shakespeare.9. How did the English parliament come into being?10. What is the effect of Renaissance in England?11. Tell something about the background and significance of the British Bourgeois Revolution.12. What changes did the Seven Years War bring
38、about to Britain?13. In what year did the Wars of the Roses happen?14. What marked the end of the Middle Ages in England?15. What is the importance of the Industrial Revolution?16. Why did the Chartist Movement take place in Britain and what are the six points of the Charter?17. In what way were the
39、 Irish people annoyed since their union with Britain in 1801?18. Why is it said that Victorian reign saw the rapid industrialization of Britain?19. What are the agreement and disagreement between the Puritan and the Anglican?20. Why did the Victorian government buy the Suez Canal shares and even then occupy Egypt?
