在本栏目我们回顾历史上本周发生的 历史事件—一些国家的小知识 ，听听下面的短文，做做下面的练习，学习一些相关的英语表达形式。
本周是09月12日至09月18日历史上发生的事件。 | 16th September is the National Day of Mexico and 18th September the National Day of Chile. Mexico and Chile declared independence from Spain in 1810 and we celebrate this with a quiz about countries and related facts.
For each letter of the alphabet there will be a question related to a country that begins with that letter.
A:What is the capital of Australia?
B:What country was Bangladesh part of before it became Bangladesh?
C:Which sport was invented by a Canadian? |
| The answers to the questions above:
A: What is the capital of Australia? CANBERRA
B: What country was Bangladesh part of before it became Bangladesh? PAKISTAN
C: Which sport was invented by a Canadian? BASKETBALL
D: What country beginning with D also includes Greenland and the Pharoe Islands? DENMARK
E: Which country beginning with E has the pound as its currency, Arabic as its language and a hot, dry climate? EGYPT
F: When is the national day of France, known as Bastille Day? JULY 14th
G: Which central American country was invaded by US troops in 1983? GRENADA
H: Which European country beginning with H puts Magyar Postar on its stamps? HUNGARY
I: Name three countries in the Middle-East beginning with I? IRAN, IRAQ, ISRAEL
J: Which country is also known as the land of the rising sun? JAPAN
K: Which country famous for wildlife and Olympic runners has Swahili as the official language? KENYA
L: Name one country which borders Luxembourg? GERMANY, FRANCE and BELGIUM
M: Which African country beginning with M used to be a Portuguese colony? MOZAMBIQUE
N: Which country is Mount Everest in? NEPAL
O: The only country beginning with O is in the Middle East. What is it? OMAN
P: What is the capital of Peru? LIMA
Q: Quatar is the only country beginning with Q. What continent is it in? ASIA
R: What is the currency in Russia? ROUBLE
S: Which country is famous for banks, cheese, chocolate and clocks? SWITZERLAND
T: Tanzania is on the East coast of the African continent. On which ocean does it lie? INDIAN
U: When is Independence Day in the USA? JULY 4th
V: What are the two official languages of the Vatican, the smallest country in the world? Italian and Latin
W: One of the countries of the United Kingdom begins with W. What is it? WALES
X: In English no country in the world has an X in its name. True or false? TRUE
Y: Which country used to consist of Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia, Herzegovina and Montenegro? YUGOSLAVIA
Z: Is Kinshasa the capital of Zambia, Zaire or Zimbabwe? ZAIRE
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