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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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2013-04-17
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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 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、wider
B、broader
C、rarer
D、scarcer
答案
B
解析
broader此题属于语意搭配题。选项[B]broader表示“宽的,广阔的”,例如:broad shoulders(宽阔的肩膀);也可用于表示“(发音方面的)带……口音的,……口音重的”,即(of a way ofspeaking)strongly marked,例如:a broad accent(带着明显的……口音)。因此[B]是正确答案。选项[A]wider表示“宽松的,广泛的”(covering a large space or range ofthings),例如:a wide skirt(宽松的裙子);又如:wide interests(广泛的兴趣)。选项[C]rarer和选项ED]scarcer都表示“稀少的”。全句可译为:越往北去,方言的差异通常比英国南部更大。
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