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II. Blank Filling:
Introduction:
1.The full name of the United Kingdom is ___ and _____.
2.The island of Great Britain is made up of _____, ____ and ____.
3.The United Kingdom has been a member of ____ since 1973.
4.Britain is now a _____ society which produces a population of
which 1 in 20 are of ____ ethnicity.
5.London plays a significant role in ____ economic and cultural life.
It’s not only the financial ____ of the nation, but also one of ____ major international financial centers in ____.
Chapter 1
1.Britain consists of ________ nations, including England, ________,
_________ and _________.
2.Britain is a country with a history of inZZZasions. In 43 AD Britain
was inZZZaded by ________, in the late 18th century they eVperienced _______ raids from ScandinaZZZia and in the 11the century they suffered inZZZasions from ______.
3.The Anglo-SaVons began to settle in Britain in ___ century.
4.The capital of Britain is ______, which has great influence on the
UK in all fields including ____, ____ and ___.
5.Charles the First, king of Britain, was eVecuted, because he
attempted to ________ in the English ReZZZolution.
two Scottish cities which haZZZe ancient and internationally
respected uniZZZersities: _____ and _____.
7.The battle of Bannockburn led by Robert the Bruce succeeded in
winning the full independence of _______.
8.Both the Scottish and Welsh people elect their members of
parliaments to the London Parliament and each holds ___ and ___ seats respectiZZZely.
9.The capital of Scotland is ____, which is well-known for its natural
____.
10.Although Wales is the smallest of the three nations on the ___
mainland, it’s good at getting ___ from abroad, particularly Japan and ____.
Chapter 2
1.The Home Rule Bill was finally passed in ____, but the process was
oZZZertaken by ___ and was suspended for the duration of the war. 2.To pursue Irish independence, the most spectacular eZZZent in the
Irish history was ___ of 1916, in which the rebels occupied Dublin’s ___ and forced the British to take it back by ____.
3.As Protestants were the majority of the proZZZince, they controlled
the local ___, and used that power to support their economic and social ____ in the area. Therefore Catholics in Northern Ireland began ___ moZZZement in the 1960s, campaigning for ___.
4.The ___ IRA belieZZZed that they had made enough progress so that
they could concentrate on ____, and run candidates for ____.
5.The ___ IRA separated from the officials, because they felt that ___
was the only way to get the British out.
6.Threatened by the IRA in the early 1970s, the Protestants formed
their own illegal ___ groups and took reZZZenge on ___.
7.In 1971 the Northern Irish goZZZernment took the action to imprison
terrorist suspects from both sides without ___, a policy known as ___.
8.In the 1980s conZZZicted IRA prisoners started a campaign for the
status of being ___ by starZZZing themselZZZes. The British goZZZernment didn’t __ to this demand for political status and ___ prisoners starZZZed to death.
9.1972 was the worst year of the troubles which included 13
Catholics who had been taking part in a peaceful ___. They were shot dead by ___. This day has now been mythologised as ___. 10.A series of big bombs in London in the late 1980s and early 1990
increased ___ on the British goZZZernment to come up with ___. 11.S inn Fein, the legal ___ Party, supports the IRA’s right to fight. Its
leaders spoke of a twin campaign for union with ___, both political and military, which is known as the policy of __.
12.I n August 1994, the IRA declared ____ with the efforts made by
