首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
Many foreigners who have not visited Britain call all the inhabitants English, for they are used to thinking of the British Isle
Many foreigners who have not visited Britain call all the inhabitants English, for they are used to thinking of the British Isle
admin
2013-06-10
56
问题
Many foreigners who have not visited Britain call all the inhabitants English, for they are used to thinking of the British Isles as England. (1)_____, the British Isles contain a variety of peoples, and only the people of England call themselves English. The others (2)_____ to themselves as Welsh, Scottish, or Irish, (3)_____ the case may be; they are often slightly annoyed (4)_____ being classified as "English".
Even in England there are many (5)_____ in regional character and speech. The chief (6)_____ is between southern England and northern England. South of a (7)_____ going from Bristol to London, people speak the type of English usually learnt by foreign students, (8)_____ there are local variations.
Further north regional speech is usually " (9)_____ " than that of southern Britain. Northerners are (10)_____ to claim that they work harder than Southerners, and are more (11)_____ They are open-hearted and hospitable; foreigners often find that they make friends with them (12)_____ Northerners generally have hearty (13)_____: the visitor to Lancashire or Yorkshire, for instance, may look forward to receiving generous (14)_____ at meal times.
In accent and character the people of the Midlands (15)_____ a gradual change from the southern to the northern type of Englishman.
In Scotland the sound (16)_____ by the letter "R" is generally a strong sound, and "R" is often pronounced in words in which it would be (17)_____ in southern English. The Scots are said to be a serious, cautious, thrifty people, (18)_____ inventive and somewhat mystical. All the Celtic peoples of Britain (the Welsh, the Irish, the Scots) are frequently (19)_____ as being more "fiery" than the English. They are (20)_____ a race that is quite distinct from the English. (289 words)
Notes: fiery 暴躁的,易怒的。
选项
A、helpings
B、offerings
C、fillings
D、findings
答案
A
解析
词义搭配。helping(饭菜的)分量,正合句意。offering提供,奉献,献礼;filling填料,填充物;finding发现,发现物,发现结果;均不符合句意。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/35d4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Mostofusaretaughttopayattentiontowhatissaid—thewords.Wordsdoprovideuswithsomeinformation,butmeaningsare(1
Inthefollowingtext,somesentenceshavebeenremoved.ForQuestions41-45,choosethemostsuitableonefromthelist(A、B、C、
TheauthordoesnotincludeamongthesciencesthestudyofAccordingtothetext,themostimportantadvancesmadebymankind
Inthefollowingtext,somesentenceshavebeenremoved.ForQuestions41-45,choosethemostsuitableonefromthelist(A、B、C、
Contrarytotheimpressionthatgrandmothersaredelightedtohelptheirgrowndaughtersandcarefortheirgrandchildren,astu
Thefactisthattheenergycrisis,whichhassuddenlybeenofficiallyannounced,hasbeenwithusforalongtimenow,andwill
Whatdoestheword"theatre"(Sentence2,Paragraph1)probablymean’?Ananesthetistshouldbepresentthroughouttheoperatio
AfterdecadesofexilefromU.S.courts,thescienceofliedetectionisgainingnewacceptance.Butthefederalgovernmentwant
Analystshavetheirgoathumor,andIhavereadsomeofthisinterpretativeliterature,(1)_____withoutbeinggreatlyinstruct
Thinkingaboutnuclearterrorism.Therealisticthreatssettleintotwobroadcategories.(46)Thelesslikelybutfarmoreruino
随机试题
Actingissuchanover-crowdedprofessionthattheonlyadvicethatshouldbegiventoayoungpersonthinkingofgoingonthes
有关二尖瓣超声所见,下列哪项不对
A.良性骨肿瘤B.恶性骨肿瘤C.有恶性倾向的良性骨肿瘤D.骨瘤样病变E.继发性骨肿瘤骨囊肿属于
A.变色B.沉淀C.产气D.结块E.爆炸生物碱与鞣酸溶液配伍,易发生
Ra是光源特性指标中的()。
1.背景材料:某高速公路K合同段,主要为路基土石方工程,本地区岩层构成为泥岩、砂岩护层,土石比例为3.4:6.6,石方抗压强度20MPa左右,地表上覆盖层较薄。施工过程部分事件摘要如下:事件1:由于工期紧,施工单位在冬季安排了下列施工项
一场严重的旱灾事实上会减少美国农民作为整体所得到的政府补助总额。如果有的话,政府支付给农民的补助是每蒲式耳粮食实际出售时的市场价格与预定目标价格之差。例如1983年的旱灾,使农场计划的支付额减少了100亿美元。给定以上的信息,下面哪个,如果正确,最好地解释
有以下程序:intm=1;voidfun(int*n){staticintm=2;*n*=m-1;m+=2;}main(){inti;for(i=1;i<4;i
TheWorldTradeOrganization(WTO)is【C1】______dealingwiththeglobalrulesoftradebetweennations.Ithasmorethan【C2】____
Shouldmuseumschargeforadmission?Museumsareexpensivetorun,withthecostsofacquisitions,conservation,maintenance,
最新回复
(
0
)