【Exercises】
A.Read the following statements carefully and choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
1.Many English middle class values originated in the age of________.
A.Elizabeth B.Victoria C.HenryⅧ D.GeorgeⅢ
2.Most of the political reforms in the Victorian Age were concerned with the________.
A.electorate B.government administration
C.royal house D.court
3.The“brightest jewel”in the British Crown refers to the English colony of________.
A.India B.Australia C.Canada D.Egypt
4.Great Britain lost its supremacy in sea power after World WarⅠbecause it had to share equal power with________.
A.France B.the United States
C.Japan D.Italy
5.The social welfare programs implemented after WWⅡincluded all of the following except________.
A.unemployment benefits B.old age pensions
B.free medical care D.free housing
6.To stimulate economic growth，the Labor government enlarged the state’s role in the economy.It carried out all of the following reforms except________.
A.nationalization of industries
B.exercise of control over private industries
C.devaluation of the currency
D.price controls
7.The Thatcher Revolution involved all of the following except________.
A.reductions in welfare benefits
B.privatization of state⁃owned industry
C.increasing trade unions’power
D.selling of council houses
8.Margaret Thatcher was forced to resign in 1990 because of all of the following except________.
A.stagnating economy
B.the poll tax
C.her European policy
D.her privatization of state⁃owned industry
9.Tony Blair accomplished a great deal during his administration，including all of the following except________.
A.peace in Northern Ireland
B.regional devolution of political power
C.rapid economic growth
D.success in achieving all of the goals of the Iraq War
10.________brought the United Kingdom into the European Union.
A.Margaret Thatcher B.John Major
C.Tony Blair D.Gordon Brown
B.Read the following statements carefully and tell whether they are true or false.
（ ）1.People’s life changed a great deal in the Victorian Age;even all of the workers’living conditions improved greatly because of technological development.
（ ）2.Great Britain started a national insurance program as early as 1910.
（ ）3.The British conquest of Egypt in 1882 led to accelerated European colonization of Africa.
（ ）4.The Great Depression was brought on by a severe shortage of goods after the war.
（ ）5.The United Kingdom was one of the founding member countries of the European Union.