The UK

Câu 1 The British Isles are lying off……………..

A) the southeast Asia
B) the east coast of Europe
C) the north-west coast of Europe
D) the Mediterranean Sea
Câu 2 The Republic of Ireland is also called……………..
A) Eric
B) Isles
C) Ire
D) Eire
Câu 3 The climate of Britain has......................
A) notable extremes
B) a notable lack of extremes
C) long cold winters
D) very hot summers
Câu 4 In the British Isles, the largest island is called……………., and the other larger one is
called…………………
A) England……………Wales
B) Great Britain………………Ireland
C) Great Britain……………..Scotland
D) Ireland………….. England
Câu 5 The normal adjective, when talking about something to do with the UK, is……………..
A) British
B) English
C) The United Kingdom
D) Britannia
Câu 6 People in the Celtic areas spoke...............
A) Irish languages
B) Germanic dialects
C) Celtic languages
D) Scottish Gaelic
Câu 7 England is only one of the................... of the British Isles.
A) four nations
B) two nations
C) largest islands
D) most popular islands
Câu 8 Britain has mountains,……………….
A) but none of them are very high
B) and the highest mountain is the Pennine
C) but there are no volcanoes
D) and most of them are in the south
Câu 9 The……………in London is famous for its many theatres, cinemas and expensive shops.
A) West End
B) East End
C) square mile
D) Greater London area
Câu 10 London is the home of......................and in the 20th century large numbers of immigrants
have settled there.
A) the Caledonia
B) the Cambria
C) the Hibernia
D) the Cockney
Câu 11 The ……………… is known as the poorer residential area of central London.
A) square mile
B) West End
C) East End
D) Greater London
Câu 12 The area surrounding the outer suburbs of London has the following features EXCEPT
…………………
A) There are many flat plains
B) Some parts here are famous for the growing of wheat and other arable crops
C) It has the reputation of being “commuter land”
D) It has been famous for its detached houses
Câu 13 About 1/5 of the total population of the UK lives in the……….....area.
A) Greater London
B) square mile
C) Westminster
D) Central London
Câu 14 The region in Southern England known as the “West Country” ………………
A) is famous for its cold climate
B) has too much pollution
C) has an attractive image of rural beauty in British people’s minds
D) includes numerous small islands off the west coast
Câu 15 The pattern of settlement ( mô hình định cư) in the north of England is ………..
A) fairly big
B) always far away from its cities and towns
C) more widespread than it is in most other regions
D) often different from that in the south
Câu 16 ………………is home to the country’s main financial organizations, territory of the
stereotypical English “city gent”.
A) Greater London
B) The square mile
C) Westminster
D) Central London
Câu 17 The county of Kent, which you pass through when traveling from Dover or Channel
tunnel to London,………………..
A) lies between Edinburgh and Manchester city
B) is well-known for its heavy industry
C) is known as “the garden of England”
D) has large numbers of immigrants
Câu 18 East Anglia is the only region in Britain where ………….
A) the majority of Londoners live
B) there are large expanses of uniformly flat land
C) there are some high mountains, so this is a popular area for climbing and camping
D) there is some industry and one large city – Bristol
Câu 19 The south-west peninsula, with its rocky coast, numerous bays and………………, is the
most popular holiday area in Britain.
A) the southern side of Downs
B) the East Midlands such as Derby, Leicester and Nottingham
C) the Pennine mountains
D) wild moorlands such as Exmoor and Dartmoor
Câu 20 The place which is considered “the English Riviera” is in …………………
A) London
B) southern England
C) the midlands
D) northern England
Câu 21 Which of the following does NOT describe London?
A) Athens of Europe
B) The headquarters of all government departments
C) The country’s business and banking center
D) The most densely-populated area in Great Britain
Câu 22 London is everything EXCEPT……….
A) business and banking center
B) the transport network center
C) television networks and all the national newspapers
D) the industrial center
Câu 23 The original walled city of London is known colloquially today as “...................”
A) Times Square
B) the square mile
C) Trafalgar Square
D) Wall Street
Câu 24 Where in London does a quarter of a million people work, but fewer than 10,000 people
actually live during the daytime?
A) Westminster.
B) The West End.
C) The square mile.
D) The East End.
Câu 25 Although all of British cities have...................., the variety is by far the greatest in
London.
A) some commercial centers
B) a lot of tourist attractions
C) some degree of cultural and racial variety
D) good accommodations for tourists
Câu 26 Millions of inhabitants in................ travel into London to work every day.
A) northern England
B) Wales
C) Scotland
D) southern England
Câu 27 London is about seven times larger than any other…………
A) city in Britain
B) city in the world
C) capital in Europe
D) capital in the world
Câu 28 The majority of “Londoners” live in its……………
A) Downtown
B) Centre
C) Suburbs
D) East End
Câu 29 The Downs, a series of hills in a horseshoe shape to the south of London, are used
for....................
A) sheep farming
B) horse racing
C) skiing in the winter
D) car racing
Câu 30 The southern side of the Downs reaches the sea in many places and forms.......................
A) the white waves of the south coast
B) the white cliffs of the south coast
C) the great storms ashore
D) the flat sandy beaches
Câu 31 ..................in the “West Country” is more widespread than it is in most other regions.
A) Coal mining
B) Automobile manufacturing
C) Farming
D) Winemaking
Câu 32 The tourist industry in the south-west peninsula has coined the phrase “.................”
A) the English Haiti
B) the English Renaissance
C) the English River
D) the English Riviera
Câu 33 ...................., to the north-east of London, is comparatively rural.
A) East Anglia
B) The West Midlands
C) Glasgow
D) Cardiff
Câu 34 The Norfolk Broads..........................., so this is a popular area for boating holidays.
A) are criss-crossed by hundreds of waterways
B) are well-known for swift rivers
C) have a lot of large lakes
D) have beautiful beaches
Câu 35 ....................run up the middle of northern England like a spine.
A) Alps mountains
B) Pennine mountains
C) The River Thames
D) Wuthering Height
Câu 36 ……………… is known as “the garden of England” because of many kinds of fruit and
vegetables grown there.
A) The county of Kent
B) The Midlands
C) The Black Country
D) Nottingham
Câu 37 ……………… is the most popular holiday area in Britain.
A) The Black Country
B) The south-west peninsula
C) Derby
D) Leicester
Câu 38 In the 19th century, Sheffield became a centre for the production of ……………
A) Cotton
B) steel goods
C) agricultural products
D) electronic equipment
Câu 39 Further away from the main industrial areas, the north of England………………
A) has a lot of big cities
B) is extremely crowded
C) has several wild moorlands such as Exmoor and Dartmoor
D) is sparsely populated
Câu 40 The Romantic poets of the 19th century Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey (the “Lake
Poets”), lived in................... and wrote about its beauty.
A) the Great Lakes
B) Salt Lake city
C) the Lake District
D) Lakewood
Câu 41 There are many examples of supposedly typical British habits ………………….
A) which are simply not typical any more
B) which are bad for children
C) which students have to learn by heart
D) which the tourists must learn when they visit Britain
Câu 42 Most British people do not feel welcomed if, on being invited to somebody’s house,
………………
A) they find the hosts in smart clothes and a grand table set for them
B) the hosts don’t prepare gifts for them
C) they don’t find the hosts in smart clothes and a grand table set for them
D) the hosts ask them to “help yourselves”
Câu 43 Research in the early 1990s suggested that little or no sex education was taking place in
nearly half of the schools in Britain because …………………
A) it was not really an important subject
B) people didn’t have a positive or open attitude to sex
C) teachers simply felt too embarrassed to tackle the subject
D) it was harmful to students’ morality
Câu 44 Being friendly in Britain often involves showing that you are not bothering with the
………………….
A) Formality
B) Formalities
C) Informality
D) Informalities
Câu 45 Revelations about extra-marital affairs or other deviations from what is considered
normal in private life, in the past,......................
A) been protected by law
B) reinforced the careers of many public figures
C) ruined the careers of many public figures
D) received sympathy from the public in many cases
Câu 46 Which of the following does NOT belong to the “conservatism” of the British?
A) Their Christmas cards usually depict scenes from the past centuries.
B) They like their pubs to look old.
C) The stereotyped image of the London “city gent” includes the wearing of a bowler
hat.
D) They have a sentimental attachment to older, supposedly safer, times.
Câu 47 Male politicians are keen to get themselves photographed NOT wearing a tie when
“officially” on holiday, to show that...........
A) they are really friendly
B) they are really ordinary people
C) they are on duty
D) they are very important
Câu 48 Most people would .................only when being introduced to a stranger or when meeting
an acquaintance (not a friend) after a long time.
A) shake hands
B) kiss
C) hug
D) pat on their backs
Câu 49 It is probably true that the British, especially the English, are more ...............than the
people of many other countries.
A) artistic
B) reserved
C) careful
D) easy-going
Câu 50 The English language has ...................that are in common use than any other languages
do.
A) more saying and proverbs
B) fewer saying and proverbs
C) more letters
D) fewer collocations and phrasal verbs
Câu 51 Which of the world’s largest and most well-known charities did NOT begin in Britain?
A) Oxfam
B) Amnesty International
C) Save the Children
D) Bill & Marie’s Fund
Câu 52 Each year, the country blood transfusion service collects over two million donations of
blood from................
A) college students
B) office workers
C) athletes
D) unpaid volunteers
Câu 53 The cabinet meets once a week and does everything EXCEPT
A) takes decisions about new policies
B) implements the existing policies
C) runs the various government departments
D) starts an argument
Câu 54 The position of a British Prime Minister (PM) is…………….
A) in direct contrast to that of the monarch
B) not as important as the Queen in running the complicated machinery of a modern
government
C) only from the Labor party
D) only in the House of Lords
Câu 55 Which of the following is NOT in the principle floor plan of the Palace of Westminster?
A) Public Speaking Hall
B) Clock-tower (Big Ben)
C) “No” Division Lobby
D) “Aye” Division Lobby
Câu 56 The functions of......................... are to run a business communicating network, to keep
ministers in touch with each other and to draw up the agendas for cabinets meetings.
A) the Cabinet Committees
B) the Privy Council
C) members in the Cabinet
D) the Cabinet Office
Câu 57 Unlike members of “the government” itself, the people on the cabinet
committees........................
A) are from the House of Lords
B) are not necessarily politicians
C) are in the Privy Council
D) must be senior politicians
Câu 58 The strength of the PM’s power of patronage is apparent from the phenomenon known as
his/her“…………......”
A) cabinet office
B) cabinet reshuffle
C) cabinet committee
D) first among equals
Câu 59 The cabinet meets.....................and takes decisions about new policies, the
implementation of existing policies and the running of the various government departments.
A) once a week
B) three times a week
C) once a year
D) once a month
Câu 60 To help run the complicated machinery of a modern government, there is an organization
called.................
A) the cabinet office
B) the government office
C) the ministers office
D) the central office
Câu 61 There are just ..................rows of benches facing each other in the meeting room of the
House of Commons.
A) six
B) four
C) two
D) eight
Câu 62 The House of Commons has ...............for the MPs.
A) a lot of desks
B) enough desks
C) no desks
D) a few desks
Câu 63 British Parliament works in a large building called..................
A) the House of Commons
B) the Palace of Westminster ( Houses of Parliament )
C) the House of Lords
D) the Palace of Buckingham
Câu 64 Cabinet committees usually report directly to......................, not to the cabinet as a whole.
A) the Queen
B) the minister
C) the Prime Minister
D) the Permanent Secretary
Câu 65 All ministers come from the ranks of Parliament, most of them from.....................
A) the House of Lords
B) the Cabinet
C) the House of Commons
D) the government
Câu 66 From the evidence of written law only, the Queen has almost absolute power, and it all
seems very………………
A) democratic
B) undemocratic
C) popular
D) unpopular
Câu 67 Every autumn, at the state opening of Parliament,……………, who became Queen in
1952, makes a speech.
A) Estonia II
B) Elizabeth II
C) Cleopatra II
D) Margaret III
Câu 68 Officially speaking, the ministers and the Prime Minister are all “………………”
A) servants of the Crown
B) servants of the country
C) servants of the people
D) servants of the flag
Câu 69 Nothing that Parliament has decided can become law until ……………
A) the Prime Minister has agreed to it
B) the government has conducted a poll
C) the Queen has assented to it
D) the House of Lords has approved it
Câu 70 Everybody in the country can recognize……………, while many cannot put a name to
the faces of the other ministers.
A) the members of Parliament
B) the Speaker
C) the Chancellor of Exchequer
D) the Prime Minister
Câu 71 There are more than 650 of MPs, but there is seating for ……………
A) less than 100
B) more than 700
C) less than 400
D) more than 1000
Câu 72 Which of the following is NOT in the House of Commons room?
A) Speaker’s chair
B) Prime Minister’s desk
C) Galleries for visitors
D) Press gallery
Câu 73 By convention, any member of the government who criticizes government policy in
public must...................
A) apologize
B) resign
C) be punished
D) be dismissed
Câu 74 ..............do not normally have formal homework to do.
A) High-school students
B) University students
C) Primary schoolchildren
D) Mid-school pupils
Câu 75 Until the last quarter of the 20th century, people with poor academic records were
sometimes accepted as students....................
A) because they were from the upper and upper-middle classes
B) because of their sporting prowess or records
C) because they were rich
D) because physical education was given higher priority
Câu 76 The British government was.................
A) one of the last governments in Europe to organize education for everybody
B) to prepare the national curriculum
C) criticized by the public because of their lack of education
D) one of the earliest governments in Europe to organize education for everybody
Câu 77 The British government......................
A) attached little importance to education until the end of the 19th century
B) paid much attention to education before the 19th century
C) was the first country in Europe to organize education for everyone
D) didn’t bring their education to other countries until the end of the 19th century
Câu 78 The term “national curriculum” in education means.................
A) national universities
B) national examinations
C) a national specification of learning objectives
D) a national program for human resource development
Câu 79 Compulsory education in Britain means everything EXCEPT….
A) free of charge
B) up to the middle teenage years
C) free of charge, but parents may spend their money on educating their children privately if
they want to
D) free of charge for all levels of education
Câu 80 There are three recognized stages in the British educational system, and the third one
which is “further” education at university or college is called................
A) Tertiary
B) Secondary
C) Primary
D) upper-intermediate
Câu 81 In Britain, schools funded by the government, either directly or via local education
authorities, are called “.................”
A) independent schools
B) private schools
C) state schools
D) community schools
Câu 82 Among European countries, education in Britain is compulsory for ……………..
A) the fewest years and the school year is the longest
B) the most years and the school year is the longest
C) the most years and the school year is the shortest
D) the fewest years and the school year is the shortest
Câu 83 In primary schools, the children are mostly taught.................
A) by different teachers for different subjects
B) how to keep fit and healthy
C) by a class teacher who teaches all subjects
D) foreign languages and social sciences
Câu 84 The academic year begins at the end of ………………
A) Autumn
B) Spring
C) Winter
D) Summer
Câu 85 Universities, although financed by the government, have even more ………………
A) automation
B) autonomy
C) authority
D) anatomy
Câu 86 British schools and universities have tended to give such a high priority to………………
A) Sport
B) Business
C) Culture
D) Arts
Câu 87 There is no countrywide system of………………
A) nursery schools
B) primary schools
C) secondary schools
D) tertiary schools
Câu 88 There is no unified ………………
A) school-leaving exam
B) full-time attendance policy
C) school-leaving certificate
D) school-leaving exam and certificate
Câu 89 The other term to express the skilled manual workers is “…………...”
A) white-collar workers
B) blue-collar workers
C) non-manual technicians
D) specialized office workers
Câu 90 The area in town where the local shops are concentrated is known as ………………
A) the downtown
B) the boutique shops
C) the centre town
D) the high street
Câu 91 ……………..is the most important prize in Britain for a work of fiction.
A) The Booker Prize
B) The Pulitzer Prize
C) The Nobel Prize
D) The Best-Selling Book Prize