英语国家社会与文化.doc

上Unit 1 1. Britain is no longer an imperial(帝国) country. T 2. The Commonwealth(共和国，民主国) of Nations includes all European countries. F 3. 1 in 10 of the British population are of non-European ethnicity(种族地位，种族特点). F 4. The stereotype(陈规，刻板模式) of the English gentleman never applied(使适用) the majority of the British people. T 6. Northern Ireland is part of Great Britain. F 7. When people outside the UK talk about England, they mistake it as Britain sometimes. T 8. The Scots and Welsh have a strong sense of being British. F 9. Scotland was never conquered by the Romans. T 10. Most people in Scotland speak the old Celtic language, called “Gaelic”. F 11. Scotland was unified with England through peaceful mean. T 12. Wales is rich in coal deposits. T 13. Cardiff, the capital of Wales, is a large city. F 14.?The?title?of?Prince?of?Wales?is?held?by?a?Welsh?according?to?tradition.?F?? 上Unit2 1.?Ireland?is?part?of?Great?Britain.?F? ?2.?“U?referring?to?Northern?Ireland,?was?once?an?ancient?Irish?Kingdom.?T? 3.?The?capital?of?Belfast?is?a?large?city?with?half?a?million?people.?F? 4.?Northern?Ireland?is?significant?because?of?its?manufacturing?industry.?F? 5.?The?majority?of?Irish?people?were?descendants子孙，后裔?of?the?original?Celtic凯尔特?people?who?inhabited?British?Isles?before?the?Romans?arrived?2000?years?ago.?T? 6.?Most?British?people?are?Protestants新教徒?while?most?Irish?people?are?Catholic天主教徒.?T? 7.?The?British?government?does?not?have?direct?rule?from?London?over?Northern?Ireland.?F? 8.?Sinn?Fein?新芬党（爱尔兰共和军的政治组织）is?a?legal?politicalparty?in?Northern?Ireland.?T? 9.?The?Anglo-Irish?Agreement《英爱协议》?of?1985?guaranteed?the?loyalist?Protestant?community?their?right?to?decide?their?future?in?Northern?Ireland.?T? 10.?The?Good?Friday?Agreement《北爱和平协议》?was?approved?on?10?April?1998.T? 11.?Northern?Ireland?today?is?governed?by?separate?jurisdictions:?that?of?Republic?of?Ireland?and?that?of?Great?Britain.?F?目前北爱由爱尔兰政府、英国政府及北爱执行委员会三方共同参与管理。?? 上Unit?3?The?Government?of?