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. (21) , the British Isles contain a variety of peoples, and only the people of England call themselves English. The others (22) to themselves as Welsh, Scottish, or Irish, (23) the ease may be; they are often slightly annoyed (24) being classified as "English".
Even in England there are many (25) in regional character and speech. The chief (26) is between southern England and northern England. South of a (27) going from Bristol to London, people speak the type of English usually learnt by foreign students, (28) there are local variations.
Further north regional speech is usually " (29) " than that of southern Britain. Northerners are (30) to claim that they work harder than Southerners, and are more (31) . They are open-hearted and hospitable; foreigners often find that they make friends with them (32) . Northerners generally have hearty (33) . the visitor to Lancashire or Yorkshire, for instance, may look forward to receiving generous (34) at meal times.
In accent and character the people of the Midlands (35) a gradual change from southern to the northern type of Englishman.
In Scotland the sound (36) by the letter "R" is generally a strong sound, and "R' often pronounced in words in which it would be (37) in southern English. The Scots said to be a serious, cautious, thrifty people, (38) inventive and somewhat mystical. the Celtic peoples of Britain (the Welsh, the Irish, the Scots) are frequently (39) being more "fiery" than the English. They are (40) a race that is quite distinct from English.

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】本题考查动词短语辨析。refer to...as把……称作……；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。这里说的是其他民族的人把自己称作……，所以正确答案为C“refer”。

单选题 A. as B. which C. for D. so

单选题 A. with B. by C. at D. for

单选题 A. similarities B. differences C. certainties D. features

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】本题考查语境理解。在做此类题型时，应注意理解上下文的语境，然后区别词义，注意本题句首副词even也对理解本题语境起到了提示作用，这里是说即使在英格兰也有许多地区性特点和言语方面的……，由此可以推测应填入有“差异、不同”之意的名词，而四个选项中只有B选项differences有此意，所以正确答案为B“differences”。

单选题 A. factor B. virtue C. privilege D. division

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】本题考查逻辑词义搭配。factor“因素，要素”；virtue“优点，长处”；privilege“特权”；division“分歧，差异”。这里是说主要……存在于南英格兰与北英格兰之间，而由前一句中的differences可推知此处应填入表示“区别”之意的名词，而division正有此意，所以正确答案为D“division"。

单选题 A. line B. row C. border D. scale

单选题 A. who B. when C. though D. for

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】本题考查逻辑搭配。此空前面是说人们说的英语就是外国学生通常所学的那种英语，此处是说……有些地方性差异，通过逻辑推理可知，此处应填入表示让步关系的连词，四项中只有though“尽管，虽然”有让步之意，所以正确答案为C“though”。

单选题 A. wider B. broader C. rarer D. scarcer

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】本题考查词义搭配。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)。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更贴切，所以正确答案为B“broader”。

单选题 A. used B. apt C. possible D. probable

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】本题考查固定搭配辨析。be apt to do sth.“倾向于，习惯于”be used to doing sth.“习惯于”(后接名词或动名词)；be possible to do sth.属错误搭配，正确的表达应为It is possible for sb. to do sth.；probable“很可能的”，经常用于“It is probable that...”或“sth. is probable”句型中。此空后面的结构为to+动词原型，而四个选项中只有apt后面可跟此结构，所以正确答案为B“apt”。

单选题 A. perfect B. notorious C. superior D. thorough

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】本题考查形容词辨析。thorough“彻底的，认真的，一丝不苟的”；perfect“完美的”，注意此空前有比较级more，而perfect没有比较级和最高级形式，所以可排除；superior本身已有“较高的，较好的”之意，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，所以正确答案为D“thorough”。

单选题 A. swiftly B. promptly C. immediately D. quickly

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】本题考查词义搭配。swiftly“快速地，敏捷地”；promptly“敏捷地，迅速地”；immediately“立刻，马上”；quickly“迅速地”，前两个词主要是强调动作的敏捷性，而本句中只强调交朋友的“快”，故应选quickly，所以正确答案为D“quickly”。

单选题 A. appetites B. tastes C. interests D. senses

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】本题考查词义搭配。appetites“胃口，食欲”；taste“滋味；趣味，鉴赏力”；interest“兴趣”；sense“感觉，意识”，注意冒号后的内容是对前面文字的解释说明，是说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……，由此可推知本句应填入与吃有关的名词方可将意思表达准确，而四个选项中只有appetites与吃有关，它与前面的hearty搭配在一起有“心宽体胖，胃口好”之意，所以正确答案为A“appetites”。

单选题 A. helpings B. offerings C. fillings D. findings

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】本题考查名词词义辨析。helping“(饭菜的)分量”；offering“提供，奉献，献礼”；filling“填料，填充物”; finding“发现，发现物，发现结果”，此处是说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……，四项中只有helping符合句意，所以正确答案为A“helping”。

单选题 A. designate B. demonstrate C. represent D. reckon

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】本题考查词义搭配。represent“代表，表示”；designate“标明，指明”，如：designate the city on the map(在地图上标明这个城市)；demonstrate“论证，演示”；reckon“认为；指望；处理；测算”。根据词义和句意，只有represent最为合适，所以正确答案为C“represent”。