問題詳情：
The British isles is made up of two large islands: One is called Ireland and the other __1__. Britain, or Great Britain, is the larger of these two islands, and it is __2__ into three parts: Scotland, Wales and England.
The United Kingdom is that __3__ of the British isles ruled over by the Queen. It is made up of Scotland, Wales and England, that is, the __4__ of Britain, and also about one sixth of Ireland, the Northern part. The __5__ of Ireland is self governing(治理). The __6__ name of the United Kingdom is __7__ “The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”．
__8__ is larger and richer than Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and has the most __9__ of the United Kingdom, so people often use the __10__ “England” and “English” when they __11__ “Britain” and “British”. This sometimes makes the Scots and the Welsh a little __12__. The Scots in particular are very __13__ of their separate nationality(民族). The Welsh too do not regard __14__ as English, and have a culture and even a __15__ of their own.
Ireland became part of the United Kingdom in 1801, but for forty years the “Irish __16__ ” was the greatest headache of the United Kingdom. __17__， Ireland is divided into two: Northern Ireland still __18__ to the United Kingdom, and in 1922 the rest of Ireland __19__ to found an Irish Free State, later called Eire and now the Republic of Ireland.
The Republic of Ireland does not regard itself as part of Britain, and is not now even a supporter of the Commonwealth of Nations(英聯邦). Unlike the major Commonwealth countries it did not lift a finger to __20__ British in the Second World War and now wants the whole of Ireland to be a republic.
1. A. Wales B. Britain C. England D. Scotland
2. A. divided B. cut C. broken D. separated
3. A. piece B. island C. country D. part
4. A. south B. north C. part D. whole
5. A. smaller B. larger C. rest D. island
6. A. correct B. true C. full D. complete
7. A. also B. therefore C. likely D. perhaps
8. A. The UK B. The British isles
C. Great Britain D. England
9. A. colleges B. officials C. cities D. population
10. A. words B. names
C. spellings D. pronunciations
11. A. call B. forget C. speak D. write
12. A. angry B. difficult C. tired D. lonely
13. A. proud B. fond C. full D. kind
14. A. it B. Wales C. them D. themselves
15. A. capital B. language C. history D. programmes
16. A. Country B. Question C. Disease D. Republic
17. A. At last B. So C. Meanwhile D. Also
18. A. returns B. belongs C. gets D. speaks
19. A. hoped B. refused C. broke away D. used
20. A. feel B. touch C. fight D. help
【回答】
1. 解析：選B。由空後的“Britain, or Great Britain, is the larger of these two islands”可推斷出*。
2. 解析：選A。考查短語辨析。be divided into被分成……；cut into打斷，侵犯；break into破門而入；separate from分離，分開。根據語境，選A。
3. 解析：選D。由該句可知，the United Kingdom就是the British isles中被女王統治的那一部分。
4. 解析：選D。由第一段最後一句可知，Britain是由Scotland，Wales和England三部分組成，所以説以上三部分就是“整個”Britain。
5. 解析：選C。由文意及常識可知，愛爾蘭分為兩部分，北部為英國統治，其他部分自治。
6. 解析：選C。此處指英國的全稱。full name全名。
7. 解析：選B。由上文可知，the United Kingdom 包括Scotland，Wales，England以及Northern Ireland。Scotland，Wales和England就是指整個Britain，因此the United Kingdom又被稱為“The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”。
8. 解析：選D。the United Kingdom共由四部分組成，其他三部分都提到了，就剩下England，因此可推斷出*為D。
9. 解析：選D。只有人口最多，再加上面積最大和最富有，才能使人們提起Britain或British就用England或English來代替。
10. 解析：選A。“England”和“English”是兩個單詞。
11. 解析：選A。當人們稱呼Britain或British時，常常用England或English。
12. 解析：選A。因為Wales和Scotland都屬於Britain，所以稱呼Britain為England自然讓威爾士人和蘇格蘭人有點生氣。
13. 解析：選A。be proud of意為“為……自豪或驕傲”，符合句意。
14. 解析：選D。the Welsh的反身代詞應為themselves。
15. 解析：選B。由文意可知，作為英國的一個相對*的組成部分，Welsh有自己的語言。
16. 解析：選B。由下文的the greatest headache可推出*為B。
17. 解析：選A。at last意為“最終”。表示Ireland最終分為兩部分。
18. 解析：選B。belong to意為“屬於”。由文意可知，Northern Ireland 仍舊屬於the United Kingdom。
19. 解析：選C。break away表示“脱離”，符合句意。
20. 解析：選D。由文意及歷史知識可知，愛爾蘭共和國在二戰中一點都沒有“幫助”英國人。
知識點：社會歷史類
題型：完型填空
