购买Life in the UK Test练习课程

1. The Trent
2. The Thames
3. The River Severn ✔

The Severn (about 354 km) is the longest river in the UK; the Thames flows through London.

1. An absolute monarchy
2. A republic with a president
3. A constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy ✔

The monarch is head of state but must act on the advice of ministers. Parliament makes laws and the government is chosen from it.

1. They make laws
2. They lead the police
3. They hear less serious criminal cases in local courts ✔

Magistrates (justices of the peace) are volunteers who hear most minor criminal cases. Serious crimes go to the Crown Court with a jury.

1. The Vikings and Persians
2. The Angles, Saxons and Jutes ✔
3. The Normans and Greeks

After the Romans left in the early 5th century, Angles, Saxons and Jutes arrived from northern Europe. The word 'England' comes from 'Angle-land'.

1. Victoria ✔
2. Elizabeth II
3. Anne

Queen Victoria's reign saw the height of the British Empire, great industrial growth and many social reforms.