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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.
【34】
选项
A、helpings
B、offerings
C、fillings
D、findings
答案
A
解析
此题属于语意搭配题。选项A helpings可表示“(饭菜的)分量”,正合句意。选项B offerings(供奉的物品),选项C fillings(填充物)和选项D findings(发现结果)放在句子中都讲不通。
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