11．The English king, who gave up his crown for the sake of a marriage with Wallis Simpson, was _______.
A. Henry Ⅷ
B． Edward Ⅷ
C．George Ⅵ
D．James Ⅵ
12．Those who tried to destroy the hated machines during the English Industrial Revolution were called ______.
A．Destroyers
B．Breakers
C．Unionists
D．Luddites
13．The great King of Wessex who fought against the invasion of the Danes in the 9th century was known as _______.
A．Hengist
B．Alfred the Great
C．the Pilgrim
D．King of Picts
14．The Seven Year’s War (1756—1763) was fought between Britain and _______ for the colonization in North America.
A．Spain
B．Russia
C．Holland
D．France
15．In Britain, the national newspapers can be divided into two groups: _______.
A．daily papers and weekly papers
B．daily papers and Sunday papers
C．weekly papers and monthly papers
D．weekly papers and quarterly papers
16．The People’s Charter was drawn up by _______ as their demands.
A．the London Working Men’s Association
B．the British Steel Corporation
C．the activists in the Chartist Movement
D．the Trade Union
17．Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, a Conservative Party leader in the 1980s, believed in the following EXCEPT _______.
A．self-reliance
B．privatization
C．the strengthening of the trade unions
D．the keeping of law and order
18．The two main tiers of local authority throughout England and Wales are ______.
A．counties and districts
B．cities and towns
C．cities and villages
D．cities and shires
19．In Britain, official public holidays are also called ______.
A．religious holidays
B．saints’ holidays
C．memorial holidays
D．bank holidays
20．The English Channel separates the island of Great Britain from ______.
A．Denmark
B．Belgium
C．the Netherlands
D．France
