判断题 public schools Fee-paying secondary schools which are longestablished and have gained a reputation for their high academic standards, as well as their exclusiveness and snobbery. The boys’ public schools include such well-known schools as Eton and Harrow, and girls’ famous schools include Roedean. Most of the members of the British Establishment were educated at a public school.

判断题 Alfred the Great: Alfred was a strong king of the wisemen. It was created by the Anglo-Saxons to advise the king. It’s the basis of the Privy Council which still exists today.

判断题 the British Constitution: There is no written constitution in the United Kingdom. The British Constitution is not set out in any single document, but made up of statute law, common law and conventions. The Judiciary determines common law and interpret statues.

判断题 Bloody Mary:One of the greatest monarchs in British history. She reigned England, Wales and Ireland for 45 years and remained single. Her reign was a time of confident English nationalism and of great achievements in literature and other arts, in exploration and in battle.

判断题 The Black Death: It is a modern name given to the dearly bubonic plague， an epidemic disease ， spread through Europe in the fourteenth century Day in British.Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ was born on April 21st ,1926.Because the weather in April is usually not good,national celebrations are held on the second particularly in 1348-1349. It came without warning， and without any cue. In England， it killed almost half ， ， of the total population， causing far-reaching economic consequences.

判断题 Whigs and Tories It referred to the two party names which originated with the Glorious Revolution of 1688. The Tories were those who opposed absolute monarchy and supported the right to religious freedom for Noncomformists. The Whigs were those who supported hereditary monarchy and were reluctant to remove kings. The Tories formed a coalition with dissident Tories and became the Liberal Party. The Whigs were the forerunners of the Conservative Party.

判断题 Hundred years war : They referred to the battles between the House of Lancaster and the House of York between 1455 and 1485. The former was symbolized by the white rose, and the latter by the red one. After the wars, feudalism received its death blow and the king’s power became supreme. Thdor monarchs ruled England and Wales for over two hundred years.

判断题 John Bull :In the 18 th century,a Scottish writer named John Arbuthnot(1667-1735) wrote a book called “ The History of John Arbuthnot(1667History Bull,” Bull, ” in which he bitterly and vividly depicted the frankness, uneasiness and funniness of a gentleman called John Bull,in order to exemplify the Englishmen in the Spanish War over the succession to the throne.