练习题：
1 How many members are there in the House of Commons?
A 650
B 524
C 72
D 651
2 Which of the following people didn’t use to be the British Prime Minister?
A Margaret Thatcher
B Winston Churchill
C Horatio Nelson
D John Major
3 By tradition, the leader of the majority party is appointed _____ by the Sovereign in the United Kingdom.
A Prime Minister
B Member of Parliament
C Lord of appeal
D Speaker of the House
4 The Tories were the forerunners of _____, which still bears this nickname today.
A the Labour Party
B the Conservative Party
C the Liberal Party
D the Social Democratic Party
5 In the United Kingdom, the party which wins the ____ number of seats in the House of Commons becomes the official Opposition.
A largest
B second largest
C third largest
D fourth largest
6 The term “British disease” is now often used to characterize Britain’s _____ decline.
A political
B educational
C military
D economic
7 The 1980s was remembered as the decade of _____.
A globalization
B nationalization
C privatization
D competition
8 Today, in Britain, ______ is called a “sick” industry.
A coal mining
B iron and steel
C textiles
D shipbuilding
9 The first steam engine was devised by Thomas Newcomer at the end of the 17th century, and the Scottish inventor ____ modified and improved the design in 1765.
A Abraham Darby
B James Watt
C John Kay
D Richard Arkwrightthe
10 _____ created the industrial working class, the proletariat, and it later led to trade unionism.
A The Chartist Movement
B The Industrial Revolution
C The French Revolution
D The Glorious Revolution