[单项选择]The British Industrial Revolution has been understood to mean the invention and application of various machines, which transformed Britain from a predominantly rural and agricultural country into______.


A. a commercial state
B. a mainly urban and manufacturing country
C. a country with a strong army
D. a country with a large number of consumer cities

[单项选择]The British Industrial Revolution has been understood to mean the invention and application of various machines, which transformed Britain from a predominantly rural and agricultural country into______.


A. a commercial state
B. a mainly urban and manufacturing country
C. a country with a strong army
D. a country with a large number of consumer cities

[单项选择]The industrial revolution modified the whole structure of English society.（　）
A. destroyed
B. broke
C. smashed
D. changed

[单项选择]During the Industrial Revolution people began to like to have a tan because it was a sign of ______.


A. good health
B. great strength
C. wealth
D. youth

[单项选择]The Industrial Revolution started in （　） around 1733 and as new inventions were being created, factories followed soon thereafter.（　）
A. Scotland
B. (Welsh)Wales
C. England
D. Ireland

[单项选择]When the industrial revolution began, Frenchmen ______.


A. were busy accumulating wealth through commerce and industry
B. could move from place to place as the need for workers arose
C. depended on farming for their living
D. had found a cheaper means of producing goods needed in qualities

[单项选择]The Industrial Revolution started in ______around 1733 and as new inventions were being created, factories followed soon thereafter.


A. Scotland
B. (Welsh)Wales
C. England
D. Ireland

[单项选择]The Industrial Revolution ______ in the invention of the steam engine.
A. originated
B. stemmed
C. derived
D. descended

[单项选择]The Industrial Revolution refers to the ______ and the consequent changes in social and economic organizations in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries.
A. urbanization of Britain
B. reformation of the Church
C. mechanization of industry
D. mechanization of agriculture

[单项选择]The industrial revolution {{U}}modified{{/U}} the whole structure of English society，
A. destroyed
B. broke
C. smashed
D. changed

[单项选择]The British political system has evolved over several centuries.
A. improved
B. developed
C. involved
D. survived

[单项选择]The British Parliament has a maximum duration of _______years.
A. four
B. six
C. eight
D. five

[单项选择]

A British investigation has found flaws in London’s pre-war assessment of Iraqi’s weapons threat, but the report has cleared Prime Minister Tony Blair of deceiving the nation into going to var. The investigation, led by former British civil service chief Robin Butler, concludes that British
intelligence officers were wrong to say that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction that could be deployed within 45 minutes.
That finding was a key element in a British government document issued in September 2002 that helped persuade the public and parliament that Iraq must be disarmed.
Mr. Butler told reporters Iraq had no deployable(可使用的)chemical or biological weapons at the time of the March 2003 invasion.
"We say it would be an unwise person who reaches the conclusion that nothing will ever be found in Iraq. But I do distinguish between stocks of agent, and weapons," he said. "And we do conclude that Iraq did not have signifi
A. totally untrue
B. a big shame for Blair
C. manipulated not by a single person
D. impartial