单选题
Many foreigners who have not visited Britain call all the inhabitants English, for they are used to thinking of the British Isles as England. (1) , the British Isles contain a variety of peoples, and only the people of England call themselves English. The others (2) to themselves as Welsh, Scottish, or Irish, (3) the case may be; they are often slightly annoyed (4) being classified as "English". Even in England there are many (5) in regional character and speech. The chief (6) is between southern England and northern England. South of a (7) going from Bristol to London, people speak the type of English usually learnt by foreign students, (8) there are local variations. Further north regional speech is usually " (9) " than that of southern Britain. Northerners are (10) to claim that they work harder than Southerners, and are more (11) . They are open-hearted and hospitable; foreigners often find that they make friends with them (12) . Northerners generally have hearty (13) : the visitor to Lancashire or Yorkshire, for instance, may look forward to receiving generous (14) at meal times. In accent and character the people of the Midlands (15) a gradual change from the southern to the northern type of Englishman. In Scotland the sound (16) by the letter "R" is generally a strong sound, and "R" is often pronounced in words in which it would be (17) in southern English. The Scots are said to be a serious, cautious, thrifty people, (18) inventive and somewhat mystical. All the Celtic peoples of Britain (the Welsh, the Irish, the Scots) are frequently (19) as being more "fiery" than the English. They are (20) a race that is quite distinct from the English.
单选题
A. In consequence B. In brief C. In general D. In fact
【答案解析】[解析] 考查动词短语辨析。所选动词与to搭配构成短语。前文提到只有英格兰的人才把自己称为英格兰人。而其他人______自己为威尔士人、苏格兰人和爱尔兰人。refer to...as“把……称作……”,符合题意,故选C.refer。confine...to“把……局限于;管制”,attach...to“缚上,系上,贴上,使……依附于,使……依恋”,add to (=increase)“增加”,均不符合题意。
单选题
A. as B. which C. for D. so
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查逻辑关系。as作关系代词,引导非限制性定语从句,在从句中作表语,代表整个主句的意思。as the case may be可译为“事情可能就是这样”。which虽然也可以引导非限制性定语从句,但在此类带有插入句性质的定语从句中均用as,故A.as“正如”正确。for“对于”,so“因此”,均排除。
【答案解析】[解析] 考查结构型词义搭配。前文提到再往北的方言通常比英国南部方言的差异“更大”。可知此段涉及到南北对比,be apt to do sth. 意为“倾向于,习惯于”,符合题意。故本题选B.apt“易于”。其他项如be used to doing sth. “习惯于”(后接名词或动名词)。sb. is possible to do sth. 是错误的,应改为It is possible for sb. to do sth. 。probable(很可能成为现实的)经常用于“It is probable that...”句型中或sth. is probable句型中。
单选题
A. perfect B. notorious C. superior D. thorough
单选题
A. rendered B. thought C. impressed D. described
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词语搭配。此空所在句子意为:英伦三岛的所有凯尔特人种(威尔士、爱尔兰人、苏格兰人)常被______比英格兰人更加“脾气暴躁”be described as意为“被描述为”,符合句意。故选D.described“描述”。“render+名词+形容词”意为“致使……”,be thought of as“被认为”,impress“使……留下印象”,均不符合句意。