C. London, 1760

38. The Royal Society reached the summit of its prestige in 1703, when _____ became its president.

A. Robert Boyle

B. Issae Newton

C. Francis Bacon

39. James Watt was a great _____ engineer and inventor.

A. Irish

B. Scottish

C. English

40. _____ developed atomic theory in the 18th century.

A. John Dalton

B. Francis Glisson

C. Robert Boyle

41. The minor’s safety lamp was invented by _____.

A. Francis Bacon

B. William Harvey

C. Humphy Davy

42. Charles Robert Darwin Developed the theory of _____.

A. evolution

B. immunology

C. virology

43. _____ is considered the father of English poetry.

A. Geoffrey Chaucer

B. John Milton

C. John Donne

44. Big Ben is the nickname of _____.

A. Benjamin Franklin

B. Sir Benjamin Hall

C. the 315-foot Clock Tower

45. The British Museum was founded in _____.

A. 1659

B. 1763

C. 1753

46. The British Museum is financed by _____ funds and is managed by a board of 25 trustees.

A. Government

B. individual

C. local

47. You could find the world-famous Speakers’ Corner in _____.

A. Great Russell

B. Hyde Park

C. Westminster Abbey

48. _____ is the biggest and most well-known church in London.

A. Whitehall

B. St. Paul’s Cathedral

C. Westminster Abbey

49. _____ is the monarch’s present London home.

A. Westminster Palace

B. Buckingham Palace

C. Whitehall Palace

50. Stratford-on-Avon is the place where _____ was born in 1564.

A. William Shakespeare

B. Charles Dickens

C. Samuel Butler

II. Fill in the Blanks

1. There are two systems of primary and secondary education in Britain. They are the _____ school and the _____ school.

2. The independent school or “_____” school is few in number but of great influence.

3. The four types of state schools in the secondary education are the _____ schools, comprehensive secondary schools, _____ schools and secondary modern schools.

4. For all children in state schools, secondary education begins at the age of _____.

5. There are two systems for secondary education in state schools, the _____ and the _____.

6. Under the old selective system, children took an examination called the _____ _____ in their last year at a primary school. The results of this examination determined the secondary education a pupil would receive.

7. The oldest schools in UK are _____ schools.

8. _____ _____ schools were established before 1960, in which pupils were not separated by the criterion of academic ability.

9. At _____ or _____ pupils take an examination, either at the Ordinary Level of the General Certificate of Education or the Certificate of Secondary Education.

10. At 18 there is another examination for the pupils, the _____ _____ of the General Certificate of Education or the Certificate of Secondary Education.

11. _____ schools are often attached to polytechnics.

12. The four famous school: Eton College, Harrow School, Winchester College and Rugby School are never referred to as colleges but _____ schools.

13. The public schools emphasize two factors in educatiogogocience, the other is the development of what is called “_____”.

14. The old universities in Britain refer to _____ and _____.

15. The five types of universities are the two _____ universities, the four _____ universities, the middle-aged universities, the new universities an the Open university and the one _____ university.

16. Oxford got started in the _____ century. It has _____ colleges.

17. There are about _____ students in Oxford and Cambridge respectively.

18. The University of London is a type of _____ university.

19. There are three academic degrees in Britain, the _____, _____ and _____ degrees.

20. A class in a state school is often called a “_____”, never a “grade”.

21. Almost all the national papers are published in the city of _____.

22. The _____ _____ is the national centre of the press in the UK.

23. The most famous broadcasting company is _____ _____ _____.

24. The most well-known news agency is _____.

25. The second oldest university in Britain is _____.

26. The Independent Broadcasting Authority gets its money from _____.

27. You’ll find all BBC’s programmes in the magazine _____ _____.

28. In 1851 Reuters was founded in _____.

29. _____ is regarded as the most English games.

30. School boys usually play rugger or _____ in winter, _____ in summer.

31. Schools girls usually play tennis and _____ in summer and netball and _____ in winter.

32. Netball is a kind of basketball, and rounders is a sort of _____.

33. The _____ _____ founded in London in 1660 is one of the most prestigious scientific bodies in the world.

34. Issae Newton held the president of the Royal Society for _____ years.

35. The famous book Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy was written by _____ _____.

36. James Watt was a great _____ engineer and inventor.

37. _____ _____, an English physician, discovered the vaccine for preventing smallpox and pioneered the sciences of immunology and virology.

38. The miner’s safety lamp was nicknamed _____ Lamp.

39. Charles Robert Darwin published his book On the _____ _____ _____ which caused a stir in Victorian times.

40. Oscar Wilder was an aesthete advocating “_____ _____ _____ _____”.

41. The seat of the British Houses of Parliament is _____ _____.

42. “Big Ben” was named after Sir _____ _____.

43. The place where many famous figures are buried is called _____ _____.

44. Karl Marx once came to study and work in the British Museum Library and Completed most of his famous book _____ there.

45. _____ Park in the Centre of London is one of the World’s most famous city parks.

46. The _____ of _____ was a state prison from Norman times.

47. _____ is a most important street where some of the most important offices are located.

48. The people can visit 300 life-size wax figures in _____ _____.

III. Explain the Following Terms

1. BBC

2. The Open University

3. The Spectator

IV. Answer the Following Questions

1. What is the public school system in the UK? (talk about this in the following points: enrolment, funding and function)

2. What do you know about the difference between a quality paper and a popular paper in Britain?

Part IV Social Life

I. Multiple Choice

1. Most British couples go to _____ to have their wedding ceremony.

A. church

B. concert

C. registry office

2. House prices are _____ in Britain.

A. low

B. affordable

C. high

3. British food is _____.

A. unlimited

B. abundant

C. limited

D. changeable

4. Newly wedded couples are _____ to have a baby.

A. eager

B. unwilling

C. not eager

5. The British people usually have a small quantity of _____ as a first course.

A. soup

B. sweet

C. vegetable

6. The best-known quality of the British people is their _____.

A. conservativeness

B. exclusiveness

C. phlegm

7. The English sense of humour is _____.

A. self-made

B. self-deprecating

C. self-respect

8. English people do not laugh at the following except _____.

A. a misfortune

B. a failure

C. a cripple

D. own faults

9. The right to privacy and personal freedom is _____ by the British.