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Many people who have not visited Britain call all the inhabitants English, for they are used to thinking of the British Isles as
Many people who have not visited Britain call all the inhabitants English, for they are used to thinking of the British Isles as
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2013-01-19
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Many people who have not visited Britain call all the inhabitants English, for they are used to thinking of the British Isles as England.【71】, the British Isles contain a variety of peoples, and only the people of England call themselves English. The others【72】to themselves as Welsh, Scottish, or Irish,【73】the case may be; they are often slightly annoyed【74】being classified as "English".
Even in England there are many【75】in regional character and speech. The chief【76】is between southern England and northern England. South of a【77】going from Bristol to London, people speak the type of English usually learnt by international students,【78】there are local variations.
Further north, regional speech is usually "【79】" than that of southern Britain. Northerners are【80】to claim that they work harder than Southerners, and are more【81】. They are openhearted and hospitable; visitors often find that they make friends with them【82】. Northerners generally have hearty【83】: the visitor to Lancashire or Yorkshire, for instance, may look forward to receiving generous【84】at meal times.
In accent and character the people of the Midlands【85】a gradual change from the southern to the northern type of Englishman.
In Scotland the sound【86】by the letter "R" is generally a strong sound, and "R" is often pronounced in words in which it would be【87】in southern English. The Scots are said to be a serious, cautious, thrifty people,【88】inventive and somewhat mystical. All the Celtic peoples of Britain (the Welsh, the Irish, the Scots) are frequently【89】as being more "fiery" than the English. They are【90】a race that is quite distinct from the English.
选项
A、delivered
B、denoted
C、depicted
D、defined
答案
B
解析
形近词辨析题。选项B denoted意为“表示,意味着”,例如:A smile often denotes 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意为“交付,投递”,表达,例如:deliver letters,又如:deliver o speech;选项C depicted意为“描绘”,例如:This painting depicts a story.(这幅画描述了一个故事)。选项D defined意为“给…下定义”,例如:Some words are hard to define.
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