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英语国家概况问题详解

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英语作业答案

Unit1

Ⅰ.ReadthefollowingstatementscarefullyanddecidewhethertheyareTrueor

False.

1.TheislandofGreatBritainisgeographicallydividedintothreeparts:

England,

ScotlandandWales.（T）英伦三岛包括英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士。

2.PeopleindifferentpartsofBritainliketousethenameEnglandtoreferto

theircountry.（F）British

3.TodaymorethanhalfofthepeopleinWalesstillspeaktheancientWelshlanguage.

（F）

4.Intermsofpopulationandarea，NorthernIrelandisthesecondlargestpartof

theUnitedKingdom.（F）英格兰是面积最大，人口最多的

5.ThelongestriverofBritainoriginatesinWales.（T）TheRiverSevern:

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6.Becauseofpoliticaltroubles，NorthernIrelandhasbeenquitesignificant

amongthefourconstituentpartsoftheUnitedKingdom.（T）

Ⅱ.Choosetheonethatbestcompleteseachofthefollowingstatements.

1.ThetwomainislandsoftheBritishIslesare.

不列颠群岛是由两个大岛组成的：

不列颠和爱尔兰

A.GreatBritainandIrelandB.GreatBritainandScotland

C.GreatBritainandWalesD.GreatBritainandEngland

2.isthecapitalcityofScotland.

A.BelfastB.EdinburghC.AberdeenD.Cardiff

3.AmongthefourpartsoftheUnitedKingdom，isthesmallest.

A.EnglandB.Scotland

C.WalesD.NorthernIreland

4.TheintroductionofChristianitytoBritainaddedthefirstelementof

wordstoEnglish.

A.DanishandFinnishB.DutchandGerman

C.FrenchandItalianD.LatinandGreek

5.TheevolutionofMiddleEnglishwasreinforcedbytheinfluence.

A.NormanB.DutchC.GermanD.Danish

6.SamuelJohnson'sdictionarywasinfluentialinestablishingastandardform

of.

A.grammarB.handwriting

C.spellingD.pronunciation

7.Atpresent,nearlyoftheworld'spopulationcommunicateinEnglish.

A.halfB.aquarter

C.OnethirdD.onefifth

III.Givebriefanswerstothefollowingquestions·

1.WhatisthefullnameoftheU.K.?

ThefullnameistheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland

2.WhydotouristsfromallovertheworldliketogotoScotland?

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TheyliketoenjoythebeautifulScottishscenery,todrinkScotchwhiskyandto

seeScotsmanwearingkiltsandplayingbagpipes.

3.HowmanyperiodscanthedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguagebedividedinto

andwhatarethey?

ThedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguagecanbedividedintothreeperiods:

Old

English,MiddleEnglishandModernEnglish.

）?

4.WhydidEnglishbecomemoreimportantaftertheBlackDeath（黑死病theimportanceaftereconomicandsociallaboringandmerchantclassesgrewinThe

BlackDeath,soEnglishalsogrewinimportancecomparedtoFrench.

.Stateyourunderstandingofthefollowingquestionsinabout100words.Ⅳ1.whoareBritishpeople?

ThefirstknowninhabitantsinBritainwereCeltswhoaretheancestorsofwelsh,

broughtwhoandtheJutesThencametheAnglos,theSaxonsScottishandIrishpeople.

withthemEnglishlanguage.ManypeoplefromotherEuropeancountriescamelater,

共Commonwealth（manyformerofarealotsimmigrantsfromandinmoderntimesthere

composedalsopeoplearetheworld,andtheBritish和国）countriesfromeverypartof

ofpeoplefromdifferentethnicandculturalbackgrounds.

2.WhatisStandardEnglish?

England;thesoutheasterntheupperclassofofStandardEnglishisbasedonthespeech

itiswidelyusedinmediaandtaughtatschools.Itispreferredbytheeducated,

correctfortheasamodelbeenpeople.Ishasdevelopedandhaspromotedmiddle-class

EnglishStandardcarriedoverseas.Today,）Itisalsothenorm（标准BritishEnglish.

everywheresamemuchthearethatthegrammarandvocabularytoiscodifiedtheextent

intheworldwhereEnglishistaughtandused.

Unit2

False.TrueordecideandwhethertheyareI.Readthefollowingstatementscarefully

（T）

1.TheBritishhistorybefore55BCisbasicallyundocumented.centuries5ththe8thandinCeltsbecamethedominantgroupBritainbetween2.The

（T）BC.

（T）

theBritons.3.ThenameofBritaincamefromaCeltictribe—4.TheAnglo—SaxonscametoBritaininthemid-5thcentury.（T）（不考）

5.ThechieforkingoftheAnglo-Saxontribesexercisedpowerattheirownwill.

（F）

6.TheVikingsbegantoattacktheEnglishcoastinthe8thcentury.（T）

7.HenryIIbuiltupalargeempirewhichincludedEnglandandmostofFrance（T）

8.TheMagnaCartawasdesignedtoprotecttherightsofboththeprivilegedclass

andthetownspeople.（F）

9.TheHundredYears'WarwasaseriesofwarsfoughtbetweenEnglandandNormans

fortradeandterritory.（F）

10.inanefforttomakeacompromisebetweendifferentreligiousfactions，Queen

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ElizabethIactuallydefendedthefruitoftheReligiousReformation.（T）

Ⅱ.Choosetheonethatbestcompleteseachofthefollowingstatements.

1．TheattackonRomeended