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
外语
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
2014-09-27
22
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. 21 , the British Isles contain a variety of peoples, and only the people of England call themselves English. The others 22 to themselves as Welsh, Scottish, or Irish, 23 the case may be; they are often slightly annoyed 24 being classified as "English".
Even in England there are many 25 in regional character and speech. The chief 26 is between southern England and northern England. South of a 27 going from Bristol to London, people speak the type of English usually learnt by foreign students, 28 there are local variations.
Further north, regional speech is usually " 29 " than that of southern Britain. Northerners are 30 to claim that they work harder than Southerners, and are more 31 . They are openhearted and hospitable; foreigners often find that they make friends with them 32 . Northerners generally have hearty 33 : the visitor to Lancashire or Yorkshire, for instance, may look forward to receiving generous 34 at meal times.
In accent and character the people of the Midlands 35 a gradual change from the southern to the northern type of Englishman.
In Scotland the sound 36 by the letter "R" is generally a strong sound, and "R" is often pronounced in words in which it would be 37 in southern English. The Scots are said to be a serious, cautious, thrifty people, 38 inventive and somewhat mystical. All the Celtic peoples of Britain (the Welsh, the Irish, the Scots) are frequently 39 as being more "fiery" than the English. They are 40 a race that is quite distinct from the English.
选项
A、delivered
B、denoted
C、depicted
D、defined
答案
B
解析
此题属于形近词辨析题。选项[B]denoted表示“表示,意味着”,例如:A smile oftendenotes pleasure.微笑常意味着愉快。原句讲字母R的发音,应选[B]。选项[A]delivered表示“交付,投递,表达”,例如:deliver letters,又如:deliver a speech;选项[C]depicted表示“描绘”,例如:This painting depicts a story.这幅画描述了一个故事。选项[D]defined表示“给…下定义”,例如:Some words are hard to define.
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/XBRd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语四级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语四级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
ThehistoryofEnglishisconventionally,ifperhapstooneatly,dividedintothreeperiodsusuallycalledOld(orAnglo-Saxon)E
AccompanyingthegeneraltendencyofE-mailerstobeinformalisthetendencyofreaderstobemoreforgivingthanreadersofpr
A80-yearoldmanfromCincinnatiinAmericaismakinglegalhistorybysuingdoctorswhosavedhiswife.EdwardWinterhaswitn
D.H.LawrenceisoneofthegreatestEnglishnovelistsofthe20thcentury,and,perhaps,thegreatestfromaworking-classfam
D.H.LawrenceisoneofthegreatestEnglishnovelistsofthe20thcentury,and,perhaps,thegreatestfromaworking-classfam
Whycouldn’tthespeakermeetMr.JordanwhenhegottoSanFrancisco?
CollegesportsintheUnitedStatesareahugedeal.AlmostallmajorAmericanuniversitieshavefootball,baseball,basketball
Itisacuriousparadoxthatwethinkofthephysicalsciencesas"hard",thesocialsciencesas"soft",andthebiological
OrganizersoftheAthensOlympicGames,slatedtokickoffinalittleoverfiveweeks,areracingagainsttheclocktocomplete
WhatisDr.Francis?
随机试题
在长期中,下列成本中哪一项是不存在的()
安全套除避孕外,其他的益处有
除下列哪项外都是右心衰竭与肝硬化共同具有的体征
某病区护士人员的工作方式是:一组护理人员应用护理程序的工作方法,共同完成对一组病人的护理工作。该种工作方式是
根据工程经济学理论,现金流量的要素包括()。
增值税一般纳税人销售下列货物,应计算缴纳增值税的有()。
设立旅行社企业,必须具备《旅行社管理条例》所规定的条件,先到工商行政管理部门注册登记、领取营业执照,再经旅游行政管理部门批准,取得《旅行社经营许可证》。()
文本类型学
若有以下语句:typedefstruetS{intg;charh;}T;以下叙述中正确的是()。
Tounderstandbettertheforcesthatcontrolhumanagingandlongevity,wehavetriedtodeterminewhetherthelongerlifespano
最新回复
(
0
)