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  Directions:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)

 

  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。

  1. [A]In consequence[B]In brief[C]In general[D]In fact

  2. [A]confine[B]attach[C]refer[D]add

  3. [A]as[B]which[C]for[D]so

  4. [A]with[B]by[C]at[D]for

  5. [A]similarities[B]differences[C]certainties[D]features

  6. [A]factor[B]virtue[C]privilege[D]division

  7. [A]line[B]row[C]border[D]scale

  8. [A]who[B]when[C]though[D]for

  9. [A]wider[B]broader[C]rarer[D]scarcer

  10. [A]used[B]apt[C]possible[D]probable

  11. [A]perfect[B]notorious[C]superior[D]thorough

  12. [A]swiftly[B]promptly[C]immediately[D]quickly

  13. [A]appetites[B]tastes[C]interests[D]senses

  14. [A]helpings[B]offerings[C]fillings[D]findings

  15. [A]designate[B]demonstrate[C]represent[D]reckon

  16. [A]delivered[B]denoted[C]depicted[D]defined

  17. [A]quiet[B]obscure[C]faint[D]silent

  18. [A]rather[B]still[C]somehow[D]even

  19. [A]rendered[B]thought[C]impressed[D]described

  20. [A]with[B]of[C]among[D]against

  

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