Life in the UK Test Practice 2026:第4套练习测试
Life in the UK Test Practice 练习测试第4套(共8套):再练24道题,附答案和解释。
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第1题,共24题
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答案: C. Admiral Nelson
Admiral Nelson defeated the French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar. Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London, remembers him.
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第2题,共24题
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答案: A. The Duke of Wellington
The Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815. Wellington later became Prime Minister.
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第3题,共24题
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答案: A. 1837
Victoria became queen in 1837 at the age of 18 and reigned until 1901, almost 64 years.
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第4题,共24题
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答案: B. Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a famous Victorian engineer who built tunnels, bridges, railway lines and ships.
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第5题,共24题
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答案: B. In the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London
The Great Exhibition was held in the Crystal Palace, a huge glass building in Hyde Park, and showed goods from across the world.
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第6题,共24题
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答案: C. A training school for nurses at St Thomas' Hospital
After nursing soldiers in the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale founded the Nightingale Training School for nurses in 1860. She is seen as the founder of modern nursing.
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第7题,共24题
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答案: D. The potato crops failed, causing a famine in which over a million people died
The failure of the potato crop caused a famine. Over a million people died and many more left Ireland.
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第8题,共24题
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答案: D. A leader of the suffragettes who campaigned for women's votes
Emmeline Pankhurst, born in Manchester in 1858, led the suffragette campaign for women's right to vote.
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第9题,共24题
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答案: D. 1918
In 1918 women over 30 were given the vote. In 1928 women got the vote at 21, the same age as men.
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第10题,共24题
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答案: C. 1928
From 1928 women could vote at 21, the same age as men.
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第11题,共24题
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答案: A. At 11 am on 11 November 1918
The fighting stopped at 11 am on 11 November 1918. This is why Remembrance Day is on 11 November.
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第12题,共24题
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答案: D. It split in two: Northern Ireland stayed in the UK and the rest became the Irish Free State
Ireland was partitioned in 1922. Six counties in the north stayed in the UK as Northern Ireland, and the south became the Irish Free State, later a republic.
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第13题,共24题
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答案: D. Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill became Prime Minister in 1940 and refused to surrender to Nazi Germany.
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第14题,共24题
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答案: B. The rescue of over 300,000 soldiers from France, helped by many small civilian boats
Many civilian volunteers in small boats helped the Royal Navy rescue soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk. The phrase 'the Dunkirk spirit' comes from this.
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第15题,共24题
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答案: C. The Spitfire and the Hurricane
In the summer of 1940, the Royal Air Force, flying Spitfires and Hurricanes, won the air battle against the German air force.
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第16题,共24题
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答案: D. Allied forces landed in Normandy, France
On D-Day, Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, which began the liberation of western Europe.
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第17题,共24题
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答案: D. Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming, from Scotland, discovered penicillin. It was later developed into a medicine that saves millions of lives.
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第18题,共24题
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答案: A. 1948
The NHS was set up in 1948 to give everyone healthcare based on need, not on ability to pay.
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第19题,共24题
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答案: C. Aneurin (Nye) Bevan
Aneurin Bevan, Minister for Health in Clement Attlee's Labour government, led the creation of the NHS.
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第20题,共24题
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答案: C. The Beveridge Report
William Beveridge's report, Social Insurance and Allied Services, set out how to fight five 'giant evils': want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness.
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第21题,共24题
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答案: A. 1969
The voting age for men and women was lowered from 21 to 18 in 1969.
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第22题,共24题
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答案: B. Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990, the longest-serving Prime Minister of the 20th century.
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第23题,共24题
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答案: A. Magna Carta
Magna Carta was agreed in 1215, the Armada was defeated in 1588, the Great Fire was in 1666 and Waterloo was in 1815.
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第24题,共24题
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答案: B. Devolved government for Scotland and Wales
The Act of Union was in 1707, votes for women at 21 came in 1928, the NHS began in 1948 and devolution came in 1999.
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真实考试:75% or more (18 of 24)