Many foreigners who have not visited Britain call all the inhabitants English, for they are used to thinking of the British Isles as England.【B1】______, the British Isles contain a variety of peoples, and only the people of England call themselves English. The others【B2】______to themselves as Welsh, Scottish, or Irish,【B3】______the case may be; they are often slightly annoyed【B4】______being classified as "English". Even in England there are many【B5】______in regional character and speech. The chief【B6】______is between southern England and northern England. South of a 【B7】______ going from Bristol to London, people speak the type of English usually learnt by foreign students, 【B8】______ there are local variations. Further north regional speech is usually "【B9】______" than that of southern Britain. Northerners are【B10】______to claim that they work harder than Southerners, and are more【B11】______. They are open-hearted and hospitable; foreigners often find that they make friends with them【B12】______. Northerners generally have hearty【B13】______: the visitor to Lancashire or Yorkshire, for instance, may look forward to receiving generous【B14】______at meal times. In accent and character the people of the Midlands【B15】______a gradual change from the southern to the northern type of Englishman. In Scotland the sound【B16】______by the letter "R" is generally a strong sound, and "R" is often pronounced in words in which it would be【B17】______in southern English. The Scots are said to be a serious, cautious, thrifty people,【B18】______inventive and somewhat mystical. All the Celtic peoples of Britain (the Welsh, the Irish, the Scots) are frequently【B19】______as being more "fiery" than the English. They are【B20】______a race that is quite distinct from the English.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：考查逻辑关系。前文提到了许多没去过大不列颠的外国人习惯于把大不列颠群岛认为是英格兰。后文指出大不列颠群岛上有许多民族，可见前后是转折关系，D．In fact“实际上”，常表示语气的转折，故为正确答案。In consequence“因此”；In brief“简短地；总而言之”；In general“一般来说”，均不符合题意。

【正确答案】 C

【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。

【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。

【正确答案】 B

【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。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：考查形容词辨析。此空所在句子意为：北部人往往声称他们比南部人更勤奋，因而更______。根据句意，可知选D．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。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：考查名词辨析。前文提到北部人一般心宽体胖胃口好，例如，到兰开郡或约克郡的参观者在吃饭时可以有望得到丰盛的______。根据句意可知，A．helpings“(饭菜的)分量”正确。offerings“提供，奉献献礼”；fillings“填料，填充物”；findings“发现，发现物，发现结果”，均不符合句意。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：考查动词辨析。此空所在句子意为：在口音和特征方面，米德兰(英格兰中部地区)的人______了从南部型英格兰人到北部型英格兰人的逐渐变化。根据句意，选C．represent“描述，表示”。designate“标明，指明”；demonstrate“论证，演示”；reckon“认为，指望，处理；测算”，均不符合句意。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：考查形容词辨析。此空所在句子意为：“R”常常在有些词中读出声来，在南部英语中这些词中的“R”是______的。可知此处选D．silent“沉默的”，在此处指语音学中“默音的”，quiet“安静的”；obscure“晦涩的”；faint“昏沉的”，均不符合句意。

【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。