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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
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2020-02-26
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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. 【C1】______, the British Isles contain a variety of peoples, and only the people of England call themselves English. The others【C2】______to themselves as Welsh, Scottish, or Irish, 【C3】______the case may be; they are often slightly annoyed 【C4】______being classified as "English".
Even in England there are many 【C5】______in regional character and speech. The chief 【C6】______is between southern England and northern England. South of a 【C7】______going from Bristol to London, people speak the type of English usually learnt by foreign students, 【C8】______ there are local variations.
Further north regional speech is usually "【C9】______ " than that of southern Britain. Northerners are【C10】______to claim that they work harder than Southerners, and are more【C11】______. They are open-hearted and hospitable; foreigners often find that they make friends with them 【C12】______. Northerners generally have hearty 【C13】______: the visitor to Lancashire or Yorkshire, for instance, may look forward to receiving generous 【C14】______at meal times.
In accent and character the people of the Midlands 【C15】______a gradual change from the southern to the northern type of Englishman.
In Scotland the sound 【C16】______by the letter "R" is generally a strong sound, and "R" is often pronounced in words in which it would be 【C17】______ in southern English. The Scots are said to be a serious, cautious, thrifty people, 【C18】______ inventive and somewhat mystical. All the Celtic peoples of Britain (the Welsh, the Irish, the Scots) are frequently【C19】______as being more "fiery" than the English. They are 【C20】______ a race that is quite distinct from the English.
【C15】
选项
A、designate
B、demonstrate
C、represent
D、reckon
答案
C
解析
考查动词辨析。此空所在句子意为:在口音和特征方面,米德兰(英格兰中部地区)的人______了从南部型英格兰人到北部型英格兰人的逐渐变化。根据句意,选C.represent“描述,表示”。designate“标明,指明”;demonstrate“论证,演示”;reckon“认为,指望,处理;测算”,均不符合句意。
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考研英语一
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