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. (289 words)

Notes: fiery 暴躁的，易怒的。

单选题 [A] In consequence [B] In brief [C] In general [D] In fact

单选题 [A] confine [B] attach [C] refer [D] add

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[注释] 词义型结构搭配。refer to...as把……称为……；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。
注意：1)attach importance/significance to重视，例如：They attached great importance to his speech．
2)信件用语：Attached to this letter，you will find...随信附上……

单选题 [A] as [B] which [C] for [D] so

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[注释] 逻辑搭配。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，例如：As is known to all，water consists of oxygen and hydrogen．

单选题 [A] with [B] by [C] at [D] for

单选题 [A] similarities [B] differences [C] certainties [D] features

单选题 [A] factor [B] virtue [C] privilege [D] division

单选题 [A] line [B] row [C] border [D] scale

单选题 [A] who [B] when [C] though [D] for

单选题 [A] wider [B] broader [C] rarer [D] scarcer

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[注释] 词义搭配。wide广大的，广泛的。它侧重指两边的距离(distance)。broad广阔的。它侧重指本身的广度(amplitude)。如：a wide use of a word；This is a broad question．此外，形容眼、口的大，应当用wide；形容肩、胸的大，应当用broad。本句中指方言本身的范围，故用broader更妥。

单选题 [A] used [B] apt [C] possible [D] probable

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[注释] 结构型词义搭配。be apt to do sth．倾向于，习惯于：A careless person is apt to make mistakes．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，例如：1)It is probable that it will rain today．2)Colder weather is probable．此外，probable也可以作定语形容词，修饰名词，如：He is a probable candidate．

单选题 [A] perfect [B] notorious [C] superior [D] thorough

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[注释] 结构型词义搭配。thorough纯正，完美。perfect没有比较级和最高级形式，因而句中既然有more，就不能再接perfect了。superior是从拉丁语接纳到英语中来的形容词比较级，故不能与more连用。notorious(臭名昭著的)与上下文内容相悖，故不能入选。

单选题 [A] swiftly [B] promptly [C] immediately [D] quickly

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[注释] 本题测试词义搭配。swiftly快速地，敏捷地；promptly敏捷地，迅速地，即刻地；以上两词均强调行为发生的敏捷性，而本句中只强调交朋友的“快”，故应选 quickly。immediately意为“立刻，马上”，也不合题意，故不能入选。