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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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2014-06-13
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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. (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 ease 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(暴躁的,易怒的)" than the English. They are (20)_____ a race that is quite distinct from the English.
选项
A、who
B、when
C、though
D、for
答案
C
解析
逻辑搭配。此处表示让步关系,故应选though。
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考研英语一
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