[单项选择]The British arc not so familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing things,______ is often the case in other countries.


A. so
B. as
C. that
D. it

[单项选择]The British are not so familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing things, （） is often the case in other countries.
A. as
B. what
C. so
D. that

[单项选择]So far as clothes arc concerned, what color might shy people prefer according to the woman


A. Red.
B. Gray.
C. Yellow.
D. White.

[单项选择]The British Empire was replaced by the British Commonwealth or the Commonwealth of Nations in


A. 1921.
B. 1931.
C. 1945.
D. 1950.

[单项选择]Where arc they talking
A. In a clothes store.
B. In a book-shop.
C. In a supermarket.

[单项选择]What will a British consul do if a British citizen loses his passport


A. They will contact his relatives.
B. They will help get in touch with local lawyers.
C. They will issue an emergency passport.
D. They will arrange for relatives to be told.

[单项选择]If a British citizen is killed abroad, a British consul will inform his relatives of it and ______.

[单项选择]British Prime Minister is appointed by
A. the monarch.
B. the House of Lords.
C. the House of Common.
D. the public.

[单项选择]The oldest British daily newspaper is
A. Daily Express.
B. The Times.
C. Financial Times.
D. The Observer.

[单项选择]There arc about 260 million people who can speak _________.


A. English in its regional variety
B. English in its standard variety
C. English as a second language
D. English as a working language

[单项选择]

If winning is everything, British anthropologists have some advice: Wear red. Their survey of four sports at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens shows competitors were more likely to win their contests if they wore red uniforms or red body armor. "Across a range of sports, we find that wearing red is consistently associated with a higher probability of winning," report Russell A. Hill and Robert A. Barton of the University of Durham in England. Their findings are in Thursday’s issue of the journal Nature.
Red coloration is associated with aggression in many animals. Often it is sexually selected so that scarlet markings signal male dominance. Just think of the red stripes on the scowling face of the male Mandrill, Africa’s largest monkey species. But red is not exclusively a male trait. It’s the female black widow spider that is venomous and displays a menacing red dot on her abdomen.
Similarly, the color’s effect also may subconscio
A. It works for athletic contest only.
B. It varies from different weight classes.
C. It exists in team sports.
D. It is not so obvious in other sports as in soccer.

[单项选择]Numerous British political leaders take pride in their being graduates of ______.


A. Cambridge University
B. the University of London
C. Oxford University
D. the University of Westminster

[单项选择]What does the passage say about British television viewers


A. They remember what they saw on weather forecasts.
B. They like talking about weather instead of watching.
C. They pay more attention to the style of the presenters.
D. They watch and remember what is necessary.

[单项选择]What is the character of British labor force


A. Homogeneous.
B. Creative.
C. Imaginary.
D. Hard working.

[单项选择]

One British school is finding that allowing children to listen to music or even to have the TV on while studying is helping improve grades. (21) your teenager starts a family quarrel by sitting in an armchair listening to music while doing his homework, why not (22) a simple experiment Rather than taking the heavy handed (严厉的) line of ordering him to his bedroom to get on with it (23) , let him do the homework the (24) he wants. You might well find that his essay is more sparkling (有文采的) than (25) he’s done before .
According to the research of Millfield prep school, around 20% of youngsters (26) best with background music, 10% excel (突出) when allowed to break up their work with short walks around the room while up to 80% can concentrate (集中注意力) (27) if allowed to fiddle (用手拨弄) with a small object.
The research has advised the school to adopt (采取) a complete (28) approach (措), analyzing p
A. teacher
B. classmate
C. friend
D. neighbor