Britain and Ireland
The British Isles is made up of two large islands: One is called Ireland and the other 16 . Britain, or Great Britain, is the larger of these two islands, and it is17 into three parts: Scotland, Wales and England.
The United Kingdom is that 18 of the British Isles ruled over by the Queen. It is made up of Scotland, Wales and England, that is, the 19 of Britain, and also about one sixth of Ireland, the Northern part. The 20 of Ireland is self-governing. The 21 name of the United Kingdom is 22 “The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”.
23 is larger and richer than Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and has the largest 24 of the United Kingdom, so people often use the 25 “England” and “English” when they 26 “Britain” and “British”. This sometimes makes the Scots and the Welsh a little 27 . The Scots in particular are very 28 of their separate nationality. The Welsh too do not regard 29 as English, and have a culture and even a 30 of their own.
Ireland became part of the United Kingdom in 1801, but for forty years the “Irish 31 ” was the greatest headache of the United Kingdom. 32 , Ireland is divided into two: Northern Ireland still 33 to the United Kingdom, and in 1922 the rest of Ireland 34 to found an Irish Free State, later called Eire and now the Republic of Ireland.
The Republic of Ireland does not regard itself as part of Britain, and is not now even a supporter of the Commonwealth of Nations (英联邦). Unlike the major Commonwealth countries it did not lift a finger to 35 British in the Second World War and now wants the whole of Ireland to be a republic.
【小题1】A．WalesB．BritainC．EnglandD．Scotland【小题2】A．dividedB．cutC．brokenD．separated【小题3】A．pieceB．islandC．countryD．part【小题4】A．southB．northC．partD．whole【小题5】A．smallerB．largerC．restD．island【小题6】A．correctB．trueC．fullD．plete【小题7】A．alsoB．thereforeC．likelyD．perhaps【小题8】A．The UKB．The British islesC．Great BritainD．England【小题9】A．collegesB．officialsC．citiesD．population【小题10】A．wordsB．namesC．spellingsD．pronunciations【小题11】A．callB．forgetC．speakD．write【小题12】A．angryB．difficultC．tiredD．lonely【小题13】A．proudB．fondC．fullD．kind【小题14】A．itB．WalesC．themD．themselves【小题15】A．capitalB．languageC．historyD．programs【小题16】A．CountryB．QuestionC．DiseaseD．Republic【小题17】A．At lastB．SoC．MeanwhileD．Also【小题18】A．returnsB．belongsC．getsD．speaks【小题19】A．hopedB．refusedC．broke awayD．used【小题20】A．feelB．touchC．fightD．helpB
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(答案→)B
解析：【小题1】B由空后的“Britain, or Great Britain, is the larger of these two islands”可推断出答案。
【小题1】A词组be divided into意思是“被分成……”；cut into 意为“打断，侵犯”；break into 意为“破门而入”；separate from意为“分离，分开”。
【小题1】D由该句可知the United Kingdom就是the British isles中被女王统治的那一部分。
【小题1】D由第一段最后一句我们知道Britain是由Scotland, Wales和England三部分组成，所以说以上三部分就是整个的Britain。
【小题1】C此处指英国的全称。What’s your full name? 你的全名是什么？
【小题1】B由上文可知the United Kingdom 包括Britain，Wales，England以及Northern Ireland，又Britain，Wales和England就是指整个Britain，因此the United Kingdom又被称为“The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”。
【小题1】D the United Kingdom共由四部分组成，其他三部分都提到了，就剩下England，因此答案为D。
【小题1】D只有人口最多，再加上面积最大和最富有，才能使人们提起Britain或British就用England或English来代替。而大学、官员和城市最多并不足以使人们这样做。
【小题1】A “England”和“English”是两个单词。
【小题1】A表示当人们称呼Britain或British时，常常用England或English。
【小题1】A因为Wales和Scotland都属于Britain，所以称呼Britain为England自然让威尔士人和苏格兰人都有点生气。
【小题1】A词组be proud of意思是“为……自豪或骄傲”，符合题意。
【小题1】D the Welsh的反身代词为themselves。
【小题1】B作为英国的一个相对独立的组成部分，Welsh有自己的语言。而capital是另外几个部分都具备的。
【小题1】B由下文的the great headache可推出答案为B。
【小题1】A词组at last的意思是“最终”，表示Ireland最终分为两部分。
【小题1】B词组belong to意思是“属于”，Northern Ireland 仍旧属于the United Kingdom。
【小题1】C词组break away表示“脱离”。
【小题1】D爱尔兰共和国在二战中一点都没有帮助英国人。