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I. Choose the correct answer from the options given: （20 points, 1 point each）?????? 1. Which of the following is NOT considered a characteristic of London ? ?????? A. The cultural centre.?? B. The business centre. ?????? C. The financial centre.?D. The sports centre. ?????? 2. Which of the following is NOT true about the characteristics of Britain ? ?????? A. Economic differences between north and south. ?????? B. Differences of social systems between Scotland and Wales. ?????? C. Class differences between a white-collar worker and a blue-collar worker. ?????? D. Cultural differences between immigrants and the British. ?????? 3. In 1969, the first British soldiers were seen on?Northern Ireland Street　They came ?first _______. ?????? A. to maintain traffic order in Northern Ireland ?????? B. to protect the Catholic people ?????? C. to protect the Protestant people ?????? D. to replace the Royal Ulster Constabulary since they were unable to keep social Order ? ?????? 4. In the early 1970s, the IRA _________. ?????? A. killed many Protestants and Catholics ?????? B. burned down the houses of Catholics’ ?????? C. murdered individuals at random ?????? D. carried out a series of bombing and shooting and attacked the security forces as their main target ????? 5. Why did the British government decide to replace the Power-Sharing policy with ?“direct-rule” from London ? ?????? A. The Power-Sharing policy was not accepted by the majority of Protestants. ?????? B. The Northern Irish Parliament could not govern the province effectively. ?????? C. The Power-Sharing policy couldn’t be carried out. ?????? D. All the above. ?????? 6. Which group of people can NOT vote in the general election ? A.????? Members in the House of Commons. B.????? Lords in the House of Lords. C.???? The major parties. D.???? The UK resident citizens of the Irish Republic. ????? 7. How many seats in the House of Commons should a party hold at least in order to win the election ? ?????? A. 651??? B. 326??