超星 - Exercises (Chapter 1) - 查题吧

单选题

______ is the capital city of Scotland.

A. Belfast
B. Edinburgh
C. London
D. Cardiff

单选题

Among the four parts of the United Kingdom. _______ is the smallest.

A. England
B. Scotland
C. Wales
D. Northern Ireland

单选题

English belongs to the group of the Indo- European family of ______ languages.

A. Celtic
B. Norman
C. Germanic
D. Roman

单选题

The introduction of Christianity to Britain added the first element of _______ words to English.

A. Danish and Finnish
B. Dutch and German
C. French and Italian
D. Latin and Greek

单选题

The evolution of Middle English seas reinforced by the ______ influence.

A. Norman
B. Dutch
C. German
Danish

单选题

Samuel Johnson's dictionary was influential in establishing a standard form of ______.

A. grammar
B. handwriting
C. spelling
D. pronunciation

单选题

At present, nearly ______ of the world's population communicate in English.

A. half
B. a quarter
C. one-third
D. one-fifth

判断题

People in different parts of Britain like to use the name England to refer to their country.

A. 对
B. 错

判断题

The Severn River is the longest river of Britain, which originates in Wales and flows through western England.

A. 对
B. 错

判断题

Today more than half of the people in Wales still speak the ancient Welsh language.

A. 对
B. 错

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