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英语作业答案

Unit1

I.ReadthefollowingstatementscarefullyanddecidewhethertheyareTrueorFalse.

1.TheislandofGreatBritainisgeographicallydividedintothreeparts:

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

2.PeopleindifferentpartsofBritainliketousethenameEnglandtorefertotheircountry.

（F）British

3.TodaymorethanhalfofthepeopleinWalesstillspeaktheancientWelshIanguage.（F）

4.Intermsofpopulationandarea,NorthernIrelandisthesecondlargestpartoftheUnitedKingdom.（F）英格兰是面积最大，人口最多的

5.TheIongestriverofBritainoriginatesinWales.（T）TheRiverSevern:

赛文河

6.Becauseofpoliticaltroubles，NorthernIrelandhasbeenquitesignificant

amongthefourconstituentpartsoftheUnitedKingdom.（T）

n.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.TheintroductionofChristianitytoBritainaddedthefirstelementofwordsto

English.

A.DanishandFinnishB.DutchandGerman

C.FrenchandItalianD.LatinandGreek

5.TheevolutionofMiddleEnglishwasreinforcedbytheinfluenee.

A.NormanB.DutchC.GermanD.Danish

6.SamuelJohnson'sdictionarywasinfluentialinestablishingastandardformof.

A.grammarB.handwriting

C.spellingD.pronunciation

7.Atpresent,nearlyoftheworld'spopulationcommunicateinEnglish.

A.halfB.aquarter

C.OnethirdD.onefifth

III.Givebriefanswerstothefollowingquestions

1.WhatisthefullnameoftheU.K.?

ThefullnameistheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland

2.WhydotouristsfromallovertheworldliketogotoScotland?

TheyliketoenjoythebeautifulScottishscenery,todrinkScotchwhiskyandtoseeScotsmanwearingkiltsandplayingbagpipes.

3.HowmanyperiodscanthedevelopmentoftheEnglishIanguagebedividedintoandwhatarethey?

ThedevelopmentoftheEnglishIanguagecanbedividedintothreeperiods:

OldEnglish,MiddleEnglishandModernEnglish.

4.WhydidEnglishbecomemoreimportantaftertheBlackDeath（黑死病）?

ThelaboringandmerchantclassesgrewineconomicandsocialimportaneeaftertheBlackDeath,soEnglishalsogrewinimportaneecomparedtoFrench.

IV.Stateyourunderstandingofthefollowingquestionsinabout100words.

1.whoareBritishpeople?

ThefirstknowninhabitantsinBritainwereCeltswhoaretheancestorsofwelsh,ScottishandIrishpeople.ThencametheAnglos,theSaxonsandtheJuteswhobroughtwiththemEnglishIanguage.ManypeoplefromotherEuropeancountriescamelater,andinmoderntimestherearealotsofimmigrantsfrommanyformerCommonwealth（共和国）countries

fromeverypartoftheworld,andtheBritishpeoplearealsocomposedofpeoplefromdifferentethnicandculturalbackgrounds.

2.WhatisStandardEnglish?

StandardEnglishisbasedonthespeechoftheupperclassofthesoutheasternEngland;

itiswidelyusedinmediaandtaughtatschools.Itispreferredbytheeducated,middle-classpeople.Ishasdevelopedandhasbeenpromotedasamodelforthecorrect

BritishEnglish.Itisalsothenorm（标准）carriedoverseas.Today,StandardEnglishiscodifiedtotheextentthatthegrammarandvocabularyaremuchthesameeverywhereintheworldwhereEnglishistaughtandused.

Unit2

I.ReadthefollowingstatementscarefullyanddecidewhethertheyareTrueor

False.

1.TheBritishhistorybefore55BCisbasicallyundocumented.（T）

2.TheCeltsbecamethedominantgroupinBritainbetweenthe8thand5thcenturiesBC.

（T）

3.ThenameofBritaincamefromaCeltictribe—theBritons.（T）

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

5.ThechieforkingoftheAnglo-Saxontribesexercisedpowerattheirownwill.（F）

6.TheVikingsbegantoattacktheEnglishcoastinthe8thcentury.（T）

7.HenryIIbuiltupalargeempirewhichincludedEnglandandmostofFrance（T）

8.TheMagnaCartawasdesignedtoprotecttherightsofboththeprivilegedclassandthetownspeople.（F）

9.TheHundredYears'WarwasaseriesofwarsfoughtbetweenEnglandandNormans

fortradeandterritory.（F）

10.inanefforttomakeacompromisebetweendifferentreligiousfactions,Queen

ElizabethIactuallydefendedthefruitoftheReligiousReformation.（T）

n.Choosetheonethatbestcompleteseachofthefollowingstatements.

1.TheattackonRomeendedtheRomanoccupationinBritainin410

A.NormanB.Danish