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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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2010-06-30
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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.
【30】
选项
A、used
B、apt
C、possible
D、probable
答案
B
解析
此题属于词语搭配题。选项B apt:be apt to do sth.表示“倾向于,习惯于”,例如:A careless person is apt to make mistakes.<一个粗心人往往犯错误)。因此B 符合题意和语法。选项A used:be used to sth./doing sth.表示“习惯于”,例如:He has been used to the weather here.选项C possible的用法是It is possible that...或It is possible f
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