I. Readthe following unfinished statements or questions carefully. For each unfinishedstatement or question, four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D are given.Choose the one that you think best completes the statement or answers thequestion. Write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the correspondingspace on the answer sheet. (50 points, 1 point for each)

1. About a hundred years ago, Britain ruledan empire that had colonies in ______.

A. Europe, Africa and Asia

B. Australia, Africa and Europe

C. Asia, Africa and North America

D. Europe, Africa and North America

2. The ______ tribes are ancestors of thehighland Scots, the Irish and the Welsh.

A. Danish                                                  B.Celtic

C. Anglo-Saxon                                        D.Viking

3. Which of the following statements aboutRoman Britain is true?

A. The Romansremained in control of Britain for over 500 years.

B. The Romans nevertreated the Britons as a subject people of slave class.

C. During the fourcenturies, Romans and Britons had a lot of intermarriages.

D. The Romans had noimpact on the language or culture of ordinary Britons.

4. Under ______, thefeudal system in England was completely established.

A. Edward I                                              B.Henry II

C. King Alfred                                          D. William the Conqueror

5. _______ was,above all, responsible for the religious reform of the Church in the 16thcentury.

A. Henry VII                                             B. Henry VIII

C. Edward IV                                            D. Edward VI

6. Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, was Elizabeth I’s ______.

A. sister                                                   B. daughter

C. cousin                                                  D.half-sister

7. The English Renaissance was largely ______.

A. literary                                                 B.political

C. religious                                               D. philosophical

8. Looselyspeaking, ______ opposed absolute monarchy and supported the right to religiousfreedom for Nonconformists.

A. the Whigs                                             B.the Tories

C. the House of Lords                                 D. the House of Commons

9. Which of the following statements about World War II is true?

A. Britain lost about 250,000 lives during the war.

B. Britain became a powerful empire after the war.

C. Britain only devoted part of its entire strength to the war.

D. Britain suffered far more military casualties in World War II thanin World War I.

10. The IndustrialRevolution refers to the ______ and the consequent changes in social andeconomic 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