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英语国家概况课程习题 英语国家概况（1）模拟试题1 I. Fill in the blanks: Britain consists of _____ nations, including England,_____, _______ and ______. The Anglo-Saxons began to settle in Britain in ________ century. The capital of Britain is ______ which has great influence on the UK in all fields including_______, _______ and _______ The capital of Scotland is ______, which is well-known for its natural _______, the ancestor of the present Queen, Elizabeth 11, united England under his rule in 829. In Britain, the official head of state is _______ while the real centre of political life is in ______ The British Constitution consists of _______, _______, and _______. The most important function of the Parliament is to _______._______, Strictly speaking, the Parliament today consists of _______, _______and _______. Life peers should be nominated by _______ and appointed by _______. The UK is divided into _______ constituencies with each of them represented by a member in _________ The party which wins the majority seats in parliament forms _______and its party leader becomes _________ Normally, a government can be in power for _______ years, and then it has to resign and hold a general election. There are three major parties in the UK: _______ _______ and _______. From 1979 to 1997, _______ won 4 consecutive elections and was in power for quite a long time. The two oldest universities in Britain are_______ and _______. Australia, as the Worlds _______ continent and . _______island, has a population which is_______ in relation to its size. Geologically, Australia can be divided into three parts: _______ , which is also know as the_______ , and which runs almost parallel to the eastern coast from northern Queens land to southern Tasmania; the _______, which extends from the Gulf of Carpentries in the north to _______ and the western Victorian coast; and the Great Western Plateau, which covers most of _______, much of the _______ and South Australia, and part of _______. New Zealand is i