In the 17th century,the English government encouraged people from Scotland and Northern England to emigrate to the north of Ireland because（）A、they wanted to increase its control over IrelandB、they had too many people and didn’t have enough space for them
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In the 17th century,the English government encouraged people from Scotland and Northern England to emigrate to the north of Ireland because（）
- A、they wanted to increase its control over Ireland
- B、they had too many people and didn’t have enough space for them to live in Britain
- C、they intended to expand their investment
- D、they believed that Ireland was the best place for them
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第1题：
Text 2 When people talk about a"north-south divide"in Britain they are usually referring to house prices,employment and the ratio of private-sector to public-sector jobs.The south scores higher on all such measures.But new data from the British Trust for Ornithology（BTO）,a research charity,hints at the growth of another north-south divide-this time to the north's benefit.Every 20 years the BTO produces a superbly detailed atlas of bird life in Britain and Ireland.The 2007 t0 2011 edition is cheery:more species are tallied than in previous atlases,and many birds are increasing in number.Compared with two decades ago,45%of regular native species are ranging more widely while 32%are living in smaller areas;the rest have stayed put.But the most striking news comes from the north.The overall populations of woodland,farmland and migrant perching birds are up in northern England and Scotland but down in the south.The same is true of individual species such as the garden warbler,bullfinch and swallow.The number of cuckoos,a closely-watched species,declined by 63%in England between 1995 and 2010 but by only 5%in Scotland.Raptors are faring especially well in the south,but their numbers are rising in most parts of Britain.Partly this reflects climate change,suggests Simon Gillings of the BTO.Some birds are drawn to warmer winters in Scotland and northem England;visiting migrants may stick around for longer.Hard though it may be to believe during a week of torrential rain,the south is becoming drier,pushing snipe northward.More efficient farming has squeezed some farmland species.Some birds find it harder to make homes in the south,too.Pressure on housing means dilapidated buildings and barns,handy for nesting,have been converted into human dwellings.Between 2006 and 2012 the number of vacant dwellings fell by 17%in London and by 12%in Kent.Over the same period the number of empty houses increased by 16%in Derbyshire and by 10%in Lancashire:Northern mining villages once full of workers are now sparsely populated,points out Ian Bartlett,a birdwatcher in Hartlepool,in north-east England.They have become hot spots for birds and the people who watch them.Culrural difference also plays a part,thinks Mark Cocker,an expert on birds.The"obsession with tidiness"is stronger in the south,he says.Fewer people cultivate gardens;they prefer to cover them in decking and remove weeds from between concrete slabs.Village greens are mowed short.In contrast,Scotland and northern England have more trees,grassland and wind-swept moors.Less popular with humans,rugged parts of the countryside are filling up with a winged population instead.
The text mainly discusses_____A.birds thriving in England
B.new north-south divide
C.culture difference between north and south
D.climate change in England答案：B解析：主旨大意题。解决此类题目的关键为，通过做完前四道题，大致猜出文章的中心，同时再次通读各段首句，验证中心。本文的中心很好把控，都是在围绕着南北差异的新变化，即鸟的栖息地变化展开．B项new north-south divide刚好体现了这个内容，故B项为正确选项。【干扰排除】A、C、D项都在个别段落中有体现，但不能概括整个文章的内容，因此应当排除。 -
第2题：
Text 2 When people talk about a"north-south divide"in Britain they are usually referring to house prices,employment and the ratio of private-sector to public-sector jobs.The south scores higher on all such measures.But new data from the British Trust for Ornithology（BTO）,a research charity,hints at the growth of another north-south divide-this time to the north's benefit.Every 20 years the BTO produces a superbly detailed atlas of bird life in Britain and Ireland.The 2007 t0 2011 edition is cheery:more species are tallied than in previous atlases,and many birds are increasing in number.Compared with two decades ago,45%of regular native species are ranging more widely while 32%are living in smaller areas;the rest have stayed put.But the most striking news comes from the north.The overall populations of woodland,farmland and migrant perching birds are up in northern England and Scotland but down in the south.The same is true of individual species such as the garden warbler,bullfinch and swallow.The number of cuckoos,a closely-watched species,declined by 63%in England between 1995 and 2010 but by only 5%in Scotland.Raptors are faring especially well in the south,but their numbers are rising in most parts of Britain.Partly this reflects climate change,suggests Simon Gillings of the BTO.Some birds are drawn to warmer winters in Scotland and northem England;visiting migrants may stick around for longer.Hard though it may be to believe during a week of torrential rain,the south is becoming drier,pushing snipe northward.More efficient farming has squeezed some farmland species.Some birds find it harder to make homes in the south,too.Pressure on housing means dilapidated buildings and barns,handy for nesting,have been converted into human dwellings.Between 2006 and 2012 the number of vacant dwellings fell by 17%in London and by 12%in Kent.Over the same period the number of empty houses increased by 16%in Derbyshire and by 10%in Lancashire:Northern mining villages once full of workers are now sparsely populated,points out Ian Bartlett,a birdwatcher in Hartlepool,in north-east England.They have become hot spots for birds and the people who watch them.Culrural difference also plays a part,thinks Mark Cocker,an expert on birds.The"obsession with tidiness"is stronger in the south,he says.Fewer people cultivate gardens;they prefer to cover them in decking and remove weeds from between concrete slabs.Village greens are mowed short.In contrast,Scotland and northern England have more trees,grassland and wind-swept moors.Less popular with humans,rugged parts of the countryside are filling up with a winged population instead.
It can be inferred from Paragraph 5 that"hot spots"means_____A.the place the birds want to flee
B.the homes the birds want to stay
C.the place for hunting birds
D.the place built for birds答案：B解析：词汇理解题。根据定位词定位到文章第五段。解决此类题目的关键在于通读对应段落后分析上下句，考查的词汇在最后一句，开头的代词They是解题的关键，上文是说Northem mining villages once full ofworkers are now sparsely populated（北部的采矿地区曾经工人涌动，如今却人迹罕至）．整个段落都是在阐述鸟类繁衍地，因此．hot spots应当与鸟类的栖息地有关，B项the homes the birds want to stay刚好对应文中所表达的意思，故B项为正确选项。【干扰排除】A项中的flee是逃离，与段落意思相反，故排除；c项为最大干扰项，结尾句是说与鸟类和观鸟者相关的地方，并没有提到捕鸟，故排除；D项中的“为鸟类建造的地方”文中并没有说这个地方是专门为鸟建的，因此应当排除。 -
第3题：
Text 2 When people talk about a"north-south divide"in Britain they are usually referring to house prices,employment and the ratio of private-sector to public-sector jobs.The south scores higher on all such measures.But new data from the British Trust for Ornithology（BTO）,a research charity,hints at the growth of another north-south divide-this time to the north's benefit.Every 20 years the BTO produces a superbly detailed atlas of bird life in Britain and Ireland.The 2007 t0 2011 edition is cheery:more species are tallied than in previous atlases,and many birds are increasing in number.Compared with two decades ago,45%of regular native species are ranging more widely while 32%are living in smaller areas;the rest have stayed put.But the most striking news comes from the north.The overall populations of woodland,farmland and migrant perching birds are up in northern England and Scotland but down in the south.The same is true of individual species such as the garden warbler,bullfinch and swallow.The number of cuckoos,a closely-watched species,declined by 63%in England between 1995 and 2010 but by only 5%in Scotland.Raptors are faring especially well in the south,but their numbers are rising in most parts of Britain.Partly this reflects climate change,suggests Simon Gillings of the BTO.Some birds are drawn to warmer winters in Scotland and northem England;visiting migrants may stick around for longer.Hard though it may be to believe during a week of torrential rain,the south is becoming drier,pushing snipe northward.More efficient farming has squeezed some farmland species.Some birds find it harder to make homes in the south,too.Pressure on housing means dilapidated buildings and barns,handy for nesting,have been converted into human dwellings.Between 2006 and 2012 the number of vacant dwellings fell by 17%in London and by 12%in Kent.Over the same period the number of empty houses increased by 16%in Derbyshire and by 10%in Lancashire:Northern mining villages once full of workers are now sparsely populated,points out Ian Bartlett,a birdwatcher in Hartlepool,in north-east England.They have become hot spots for birds and the people who watch them.Culrural difference also plays a part,thinks Mark Cocker,an expert on birds.The"obsession with tidiness"is stronger in the south,he says.Fewer people cultivate gardens;they prefer to cover them in decking and remove weeds from between concrete slabs.Village greens are mowed short.In contrast,Scotland and northern England have more trees,grassland and wind-swept moors.Less popular with humans,rugged parts of the countryside are filling up with a winged population instead.
According to the text,more species are found in the north Britain,because____A.climate change plays a major role
B.some birds enjoy making home in the forest
C.there is little space for birds in the south
D.many distinctive birds are killed in the south答案：C解析：事实细节题。根据定位词定位到文章第三段，通读第三段之后发现，整个段落都是在说北方鸟的种类多，而提到原因是在第四至六段，第五段首句提到Some birds find it harder to make homes in the south，too．（另外，鸟类在南部栖息变得更难了。）而与这个信息相对应的为C项there is little space for birds in the south“英国南部鸟类栖息空间较小”，故C项为正确选项。【干扰排除】A项为最大干扰项，但是文中是说部分原因是天气，但不是最主要的原因，因此应当排除：B项和D项在段落中没有提及，因此排除。 -
第4题：
共用题干
第一篇
From Ponzi to Madoff
The year was 1920.The country was the United States of America. The man's name was Charles Ponzi.
Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account.Instead,they should give it to him to save
for them.Ponzi promised to pay them more than the bank.For example,a savings account might pay you$5
a year for every $100 you deposit.Ponzi,however,would pay you $40 a year for every $ 100 you gave
him to hold.Many people thought this was a good plan.They began to give their money to Ponzi.
How could Ponzi make so much money for people?This is what he did with the money people gave him:
He used some of that money to pay other people who gave him money.However,he also kept a lot of the
money for himself. Soon he had $ 250 million.This was a kind of theft,and it was against the law. The
people who gave him their money didn't think anything was wrong. Ponzi paid them every month,just like a
bank.Ponzi continued this way of working for two years.Then one day,he didn'thave enough money to pay
all the people.They discovered his crime,and he went to prison for fraud.
Ninety years later,people began to hear about a businessman in New York named Bernard Madoff.
People said he gave good advice about money.They said when they gave him their money,he paid them a lot
more than the bank.Madoff helped hospitals,schools,and individuals earn money.Over a period of 40
years,people gave him$170 billion.However,no one investigated what he did with the money.The people
who gave Madoff their money also didn't think anything was wrong because he paid them every month.
One day,Madoff didn't have enough money to pay all the people he needed to pay. That's when people
discovered how Madoff worked:He was taking money from some people to pay other people,just the way
Charles Fonzi did.However,this time,instead of losing millions of dollars,people lost billions.
Madoff was accused of fraud,and the United States government officials arrested him.He didn't have to
go on trial because he said he was guilty.In 2009,a judge sentenced him to 150 years in prison.Bernard
Madoff's crime was even bigger than Ponzi'5.It was the biggest fraud in history.The lesson of this story is
clear:When something seems too good to be true,it probably is!Why didn't Madoff have to go on trial?
A:The officials couldn'tfind any evidence against him.
B:He had friends in the government who helped him.
C:He admitted he was guilty.
D:He returned all the illegal money.答案：C解析：从文章第一段倒数第三句话“Ponzi, however, would pay you $40 a year for every$100 you gave him to hold.”可知答案为C。
从文章第二段第二句话“He used some of that money to pay other people”可知答案为B。
从文章第二段第三句话“he also kept a lot of the money for himself”和第五句话“This was a kind of theft, and it was against the law.”可知答案为C。
从文章第三段第五句话“Over a period of 40 years”可知答案为A。
从文章第五段第二句话“He didn' t have to go on trial because he said he was guilty.”可 知答案为C。 -
第5题：
共用题干
第一篇
From Ponzi to Madoff
The year was 1920.The country was the United States of America. The man's name was Charles Ponzi.
Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account.Instead,they should give it to him to save
for them.Ponzi promised to pay them more than the bank.For example,a savings account might pay you$5
a year for every $100 you deposit.Ponzi,however,would pay you $40 a year for every $ 100 you gave
him to hold.Many people thought this was a good plan.They began to give their money to Ponzi.
How could Ponzi make so much money for people?This is what he did with the money people gave him:
He used some of that money to pay other people who gave him money.However,he also kept a lot of the
money for himself. Soon he had $ 250 million.This was a kind of theft,and it was against the law. The
people who gave him their money didn't think anything was wrong. Ponzi paid them every month,just like a
bank.Ponzi continued this way of working for two years.Then one day,he didn'thave enough money to pay
all the people.They discovered his crime,and he went to prison for fraud.
Ninety years later,people began to hear about a businessman in New York named Bernard Madoff.
People said he gave good advice about money.They said when they gave him their money,he paid them a lot
more than the bank.Madoff helped hospitals,schools,and individuals earn money.Over a period of 40
years,people gave him$170 billion.However,no one investigated what he did with the money.The people
who gave Madoff their money also didn't think anything was wrong because he paid them every month.
One day,Madoff didn't have enough money to pay all the people he needed to pay. That's when people
discovered how Madoff worked:He was taking money from some people to pay other people,just the way
Charles Fonzi did.However,this time,instead of losing millions of dollars,people lost billions.
Madoff was accused of fraud,and the United States government officials arrested him.He didn't have to
go on trial because he said he was guilty.In 2009,a judge sentenced him to 150 years in prison.Bernard
Madoff's crime was even bigger than Ponzi'5.It was the biggest fraud in history.The lesson of this story is
clear:When something seems too good to be true,it probably is!For every$100,Ponzi promised to pay people
A:$5 a year
B:$20 a year
C:$40 a year
D:$100 a year答案：C解析：从文章第一段倒数第三句话“Ponzi, however, would pay you $40 a year for every$100 you gave him to hold.”可知答案为C。
从文章第二段第二句话“He used some of that money to pay other people”可知答案为B。
从文章第二段第三句话“he also kept a lot of the money for himself”和第五句话“This was a kind of theft, and it was against the law.”可知答案为C。
从文章第三段第五句话“Over a period of 40 years”可知答案为A。
从文章第五段第二句话“He didn' t have to go on trial because he said he was guilty.”可 知答案为C。 -
第6题：
共用题干
第三篇
Oil Industry in Norway
The Norwegian Government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control.A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline;production limits have been laid down(though these have already been raised);and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers.But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems,and few people believe that the Government will be able to hold things back for long.
As an Norwegian politician said last week:"We will soon be changed beyond all recognition."
Ever since the war,the Government has been carrying out a program of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle.During the past few years this program has had a great deal of success: Tromso has been built up into a local capital with a university,a large hospital and a healthy industry.But the oil industry has already started to draw people south,and within a few years the whole northern policy could be in ruins.
The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north,however. With nearly 100 percent employment,everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose more of their workers to the oil industry.Some smaller industries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.
The real argument over oil is its threat to the Norwegian way of life.Farmers and fishermen do not make up most of the population,but they are an important part of it,because Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with pride as essentially Norwegian.And it is the farmers and the fishermen who are most critical of the oil industry because of the damage that it might cause to the countryside and to the sea.According to the passage,the oil industry might lead northern Norway to________.
A:the development of industry
B:a growth in population
C:the failure of the development program
D:the development of new towns答案：C解析：第一段，挪威政府设定了一项新的法律以限制石油的勘探，其目的在于减缓发展的步伐，所以选B。
政府设定“production limits（产量限制）”的初衷在于使石油工业保持现有的发展水平，而不想扩展。
第二段开头提到政府在第二次世界大战后一直在实施北极圈北部地区的发展项目，尽管取得了成效，但是石油工业的高就业率吸引着人们，这将导致北部发展项目的失败。
第三段指出，服务业和旅游业的从业人员转向石油行业，其影响之一便是一些现有行业的消失。
挪威的农民和渔夫之所以重要，原因在于他们身上具有挪威人引以为自豪的品质，即他们的生活方式和价值观，因此选项D正确。 -
第7题：
共用题干
Prolonging Human Life
Prolonging human life has increased the size of the human population.Many people alive today would have died of childhood diseases if they had been born 100 years ago.Because more people live longer,there are more people around at any given time.In fact,it is a decrease in death rates,not an increase in birthrates,that has led to the population explosion.
Prolonging human life has also increased the dependency load.In all societies,people who are disabled or too young or too old to work are dependent on the rest of society to provide for them.In hunting and gathering cultures, old people who could not keep up might be left behind to die.In times of famine,infants might be allowed to die because they could not survive if their parents starved,whereas if the parents survived they could have another child.In most contemporary societies,people feel a moral obligation to keep people alive whether they can work or not.We have a great many people today who live past the age at which they want to work or are able to work;we also have rules which require people to retire at a certain age.Unless these people were able to save money for their retirement,somebody else must support them.In the United States many retired people live on social security checks which are so little that they must live in near poverty.Older people have more illness than young or middle-aged people;unless they have wealth or private or government insurance,they must often"go on welfare"if they have a serious illness.
When older people become senile or too weak and ill to care for themselves,they create grave problems for their families.In the past and in some traditional cultures,they would be cared for at home until they died.Today,with most members of a household working or in school,there is often no one at home who can care for a sick or weak person.To meet this need,a great many nursing homes and convalescent hospitals have been built.These are often profit-making organizations,although some are sponsored by religious and other nonprofit groups.While a few of these institutions are good,most of them are simply"dumping grounds"for the dying in which"care"is given by poorly paid,overworked,and underskilled personnel.According to the passage,which of the following statements about retired people in the United States is true?
A:Many of them have a very hard life.
B:They cannot live a decent life without enough bank savings.
C:They rely mainly on their children for financial support.
D:Most of them live with their children and therefore are well looked after.答案：A解析：由文章第一段最后一句可知，导致人口爆炸的原因事实上是死亡率的减低，而不是出生率的增高，故选C。
由文章第二段第四句可知，在狩猎与采集时代，遇到饥荒时，幼儿的死亡是可以接受的，因为如果其父母被饿死，幼儿也无法存活下去，B选项符合文意。
由文章第二段倒数第二句可知，在美国，很多退休后的人靠社会救济金生活，而救济金的数额非常小，以至于他们的生活穷困潦倒。A项的含义为他们大部分人过着艰难的生活，符合文意。
此句话之前的内容为：如今，大部分的家庭成员都去工作或上学，经常会发生无人在家照看生病体弱者的情况。接着本句话指出：为了满足这种需求……由此可知，这种需求指对照顾生病体弱者的需求，故选D。
由文章最后一段的最后一句可知，这些护理机构中只有极少数是不错的，绝大多数就如同接收濒临死亡者的“垃圾场”一样，所提供的“照顾”也都是由收人低、过度劳累及技术水平低下的人完成的，故本题选D。 -
第8题：
共用题干
Prolonging Human Life
Prolonging human life has increased the size of the human population.Many people alive today would have died of childhood diseases if they had been born 100 years ago.Because more people live longer,there are more people around at any given time.In fact,it is a decrease in death rates,not an increase in birthrates,that has led to the population explosion.
Prolonging human life has also increased the dependency load.In all societies,people who are disabled or too young or too old to work are dependent on the rest of society to provide for them.In hunting and gathering cultures, old people who could not keep up might be left behind to die.In times of famine,infants might be allowed to die because they could not survive if their parents starved,whereas if the parents survived they could have another child.In most contemporary societies,people feel a moral obligation to keep people alive whether they can work or not.We have a great many people today who live past the age at which they want to work or are able to work;we also have rules which require people to retire at a certain age.Unless these people were able to save money for their retirement,somebody else must support them.In the United States many retired people live on social security checks which are so little that they must live in near poverty.Older people have more illness than young or middle-aged people;unless they have wealth or private or government insurance,they must often"go on welfare"if they have a serious illness.
When older people become senile or too weak and ill to care for themselves,they create grave problems for their families.In the past and in some traditional cultures,they would be cared for at home until they died.Today,with most members of a household working or in school,there is often no one at home who can care for a sick or weak person.To meet this need,a great many nursing homes and convalescent hospitals have been built.These are often profit-making organizations,although some are sponsored by religious and other nonprofit groups.While a few of these institutions are good,most of them are simply"dumping grounds"for the dying in which"care"is given by poorly paid,overworked,and underskilled personnel.It can be inferred from the passage that in hunting and gathering cultures______.
A:it was a moral responsibility to keep old-aged people alive
B:infants could be left dead in times of starvation
C:parents had to impart the cultural wisdom of the tribe to their children
D:death was considered to be freedom from hardships答案：B解析：由文章第一段最后一句可知，导致人口爆炸的原因事实上是死亡率的减低，而不是出生率的增高，故选C。
由文章第二段第四句可知，在狩猎与采集时代，遇到饥荒时，幼儿的死亡是可以接受的，因为如果其父母被饿死，幼儿也无法存活下去，B选项符合文意。
由文章第二段倒数第二句可知，在美国，很多退休后的人靠社会救济金生活，而救济金的数额非常小，以至于他们的生活穷困潦倒。A项的含义为他们大部分人过着艰难的生活，符合文意。
此句话之前的内容为：如今，大部分的家庭成员都去工作或上学，经常会发生无人在家照看生病体弱者的情况。接着本句话指出：为了满足这种需求……由此可知，这种需求指对照顾生病体弱者的需求，故选D。
由文章最后一段的最后一句可知，这些护理机构中只有极少数是不错的，绝大多数就如同接收濒临死亡者的“垃圾场”一样，所提供的“照顾”也都是由收人低、过度劳累及技术水平低下的人完成的，故本题选D。 -
第9题：
共用题干
第二篇
From Ponzi to Madoff
The year was 1920. The country was the United States of America. The man's name was Charles Ponzi.
Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account.Instead,they should give it to him to save
for them.Pouzi promised to pay them more than the bank.For example,a savings account might pay you
$5 a year for every $100 you deposit.Ponzi,however,would pay you $40 a year for every $100 you
gave him to hold.Many people thought this was a good plan.They began to give their money to Ponzi.
How could Ponzi make so much money for people?This is what he did with the money people gave him:
He used some of that money to pay other people who gave him money.However,he also kept a lot of the
money for himself. Soon he had $250 million.This was a kind of theft,and it was against the law.The
people who gave him their money didri't think anything was wrong.Ponzi paid them every month,just like
a bank.Ponzi continued this way of working for two years.Then one day,he didn't have enough money to
pay all the people.They discovered his crime,and he went to prison for fraud.
Ninety years later,people began to hear about a businessman in New York named Bernard Madoff.
People said he gave good advice about money.They said when they gave him their money,he paid them a
lot more than the bank.Madoff helped hospitals,schools,and individuals earn money.Over a period of 40
years,people gave him $170 billion.However,no one investigated what he did with the money.The
people who gave Madoff their money also didn'tthink anything was wrong because he paid them every
month.
One day,Madoff didn't have enough money to pay all the people he needed to pay.That's when
people discovered how Madoff worked:He was taking money from some people to pay other people,just the
way Charles Ponzi did.However,this time,instead of losing millions of dollars,people lost billions.
Madoff was accused of fraud,and the United States government officials arrested him.He didn'thave
to go on trial because he said he was guilty.In 2009,a judge sentenced him to 150 years in prison.Bernard
Madoff's crime was even bigger than Ponzi's.It was the biggest fraud in history.The lesson of this story is
clear:When something seems too good to be true,it probably is!For every$100,Ponzi promised to pay people_________.
A:$5 a year
B:$20 a year
C:$40 a year
D:$100 a year答案：C解析：由文章第一段倒数第三句话“Ponzi, however, would pay you $40 a year for every $ 100 you gave him to hold.”可知答案为C。
由文章第二段第二句话“He used some of that money to pay other people”可知答案为B。
由文章第二段第三句话“he also kept a lot of the money for himself”和第五句话“This was a kind of theft, and it was against the law.”可知答案为C。
由文章第三段第五句话“Over a period of 40 years”可知答案为A。
由文章第五段第二句话“He didn' t have to go on trial because he said he was guilty.”可 知答案为C。第三篇 本篇文章主要讲述的是不丹国王吉美·辛格·旺楚克在国内采取了一个新的经济指标——国民幸福指数，以及取得的成效。 -
第10题：
问答题Directions:In this section, there is one passage followed by a summary. Read the passage carefully and complete the summary below by choosing no more than three words from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet. Questions 1 - 5 are based on the following passage.The United Kingdom Britain (or Great Britain) is an island that lies off the north-west coast of Europe. The nearest country is France, which is 20 miles away and from which Britain is separated by the English Channel. The island is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the North Sea to the east. It comprises the mainlands of England, Wales and Scotland, that is, three countries. Scotland is in the north, while Wales is in the west. Ireland, which is also an island, lies off the west coast of Britain. It consists of Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. Britain together with Northern Ireland constitute the United Kingdom (UK). Thus, the United Kingdom is composed of four countries, the largest of which is England. The capital city is London, which is situated in south-east England. The UK has a total area of about 244,100 square kilometres (94,248 square miles). About 70% of the land area is devoted to agriculture, about 7% is wasteland, moorland and mountains, about 13% is devoted to urban development, and 10% is forest and woodland. The northern and western regions of Britain, that is Scotland and Wales, are mainly mountainous and hilly. Parts of the north-west and centre of England also consist of mountains and hills. Britain has a generally mild and temperate climate. It is, however, subject to frequent changes. It has an average annual rainfall of about 120 centimetres (47 inches). In 1998 the population of the United Kingdom was nearly 59 million. The density of population was approximately 240 people per square kilometre. However, in England, where 83% of the population live, the density was much higher, about 363 per square kilometre. In the UK, English is the first language of the vast majority of people. However, in western Wales, Welsh is the first language for many of the people. In Scotland only a small number of people speak Gaelic. In Britain about 66% of the population say that they are Christian, while fewer than 5% say that they belong to other religions. Summary: Britain is an island that 1 the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea. It comprises the mainlands of England, Wales and Scotland. Ireland 2 the west coast of Britain. I 3 Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. The United Kingdom consists of Britain together with Northern Ireland. The capital city is London which 4 outh-east England.In 1998 the population of the UK was nearly 59 million. The density of population was 240 people per square kilometre. In the UK English is the first language of most people. In western Wales, Welsh 5 many of the people, but few people in Scotland speak Gaelic.正确答案：
1.is surrounded by 从原文第一段第三句,可知The island(指Britain)is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean…and the North Sea…。)
2.lies off 根据原文第一段第六句Ireland…lies off the west coast of Britain可知此处是lies off。)
3.consists of (is composed of; comprises) 由原文第一段第七句It consists of Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic可知是“包含”的意思。)
4.is situated in (is located in) 从原文第一段最后一句…London…is situated in south-east England可知伦敦位于英格兰东南部。)
5.is spoken by 根据原文倒数第二段Welsh is the first language for many of the people,即许多人说Welsh。)解析： 暂无解析 -
第11题：
单选题According to the passage, people have difficulty getting to sleep because ______.Athey work more than sixty hours a week
Bthey have too many enemies
Cthey do not sleep happily
Dthey are not tired enough
正确答案： C解析：
文章首段指出据爱丁堡大学的Dr. Ian Oswald称世界上十分之一的人都入睡困难，原因很简单，大多数人睡不着觉是因为自身问题：他们睡得太早了。也就是说身体还不累就睡觉了，故D项符合题意。 -
第12题：
单选题The people of Scotland made thistle their national flower because _____.Ait is a beautiful plant
Bit is flesh and lovely
Cit had so many sharp needles all over it
Dit was the thistle that helped the Scots to win the battle
正确答案： D解析：
文章讲述了苏格兰人在蓟的帮助下打败偷袭的罗马军队，拯救苏格兰的故事。所以虽然这种植物不是很漂亮，但因为具有特殊含义，被苏格兰人奉为国花。故选D。 -
第13题：
Text 2 When people talk about a"north-south divide"in Britain they are usually referring to house prices,employment and the ratio of private-sector to public-sector jobs.The south scores higher on all such measures.But new data from the British Trust for Ornithology（BTO）,a research charity,hints at the growth of another north-south divide-this time to the north's benefit.Every 20 years the BTO produces a superbly detailed atlas of bird life in Britain and Ireland.The 2007 t0 2011 edition is cheery:more species are tallied than in previous atlases,and many birds are increasing in number.Compared with two decades ago,45%of regular native species are ranging more widely while 32%are living in smaller areas;the rest have stayed put.But the most striking news comes from the north.The overall populations of woodland,farmland and migrant perching birds are up in northern England and Scotland but down in the south.The same is true of individual species such as the garden warbler,bullfinch and swallow.The number of cuckoos,a closely-watched species,declined by 63%in England between 1995 and 2010 but by only 5%in Scotland.Raptors are faring especially well in the south,but their numbers are rising in most parts of Britain.Partly this reflects climate change,suggests Simon Gillings of the BTO.Some birds are drawn to warmer winters in Scotland and northem England;visiting migrants may stick around for longer.Hard though it may be to believe during a week of torrential rain,the south is becoming drier,pushing snipe northward.More efficient farming has squeezed some farmland species.Some birds find it harder to make homes in the south,too.Pressure on housing means dilapidated buildings and barns,handy for nesting,have been converted into human dwellings.Between 2006 and 2012 the number of vacant dwellings fell by 17%in London and by 12%in Kent.Over the same period the number of empty houses increased by 16%in Derbyshire and by 10%in Lancashire:Northern mining villages once full of workers are now sparsely populated,points out Ian Bartlett,a birdwatcher in Hartlepool,in north-east England.They have become hot spots for birds and the people who watch them.Culrural difference also plays a part,thinks Mark Cocker,an expert on birds.The"obsession with tidiness"is stronger in the south,he says.Fewer people cultivate gardens;they prefer to cover them in decking and remove weeds from between concrete slabs.Village greens are mowed short.In contrast,Scotland and northern England have more trees,grassland and wind-swept moors.Less popular with humans,rugged parts of the countryside are filling up with a winged population instead.
According to the passage,what is"north-south divide"recently?A.Home prices.
B.Job hunting.
C.Species richness.
D.Benefit plan.答案：C解析：事实细节题。根据题干关键词对应文章前两段，题目问的是新的南北分歧，在第一段的结尾处提到了新分歧的信息即：But new data from the British Trust for Ornithology（BTO），a research charity,hints at the growth of another north-south dividc-this time to the north's benefit．[但慈善研究机构英国鸟类研究信托公司（BTO）提供的新数据表明，英国又出现了新的南北分歧问题，而这一次却对英国北部有益。]由此可见，选项中出现了鸟类的相关信息可以作为备选项，刚好C项Species richness（物种丰富度）体现了原文的意思，故C项为正确选项。【干扰排除】A、B、D项在第一段都有体现，但这些信息都是之前的南北差异的体现，而不是最近的，因此应当排除。 -
第14题：
Text 2 When people talk about a"north-south divide"in Britain they are usually referring to house prices,employment and the ratio of private-sector to public-sector jobs.The south scores higher on all such measures.But new data from the British Trust for Ornithology（BTO）,a research charity,hints at the growth of another north-south divide-this time to the north's benefit.Every 20 years the BTO produces a superbly detailed atlas of bird life in Britain and Ireland.The 2007 t0 2011 edition is cheery:more species are tallied than in previous atlases,and many birds are increasing in number.Compared with two decades ago,45%of regular native species are ranging more widely while 32%are living in smaller areas;the rest have stayed put.But the most striking news comes from the north.The overall populations of woodland,farmland and migrant perching birds are up in northern England and Scotland but down in the south.The same is true of individual species such as the garden warbler,bullfinch and swallow.The number of cuckoos,a closely-watched species,declined by 63%in England between 1995 and 2010 but by only 5%in Scotland.Raptors are faring especially well in the south,but their numbers are rising in most parts of Britain.Partly this reflects climate change,suggests Simon Gillings of the BTO.Some birds are drawn to warmer winters in Scotland and northem England;visiting migrants may stick around for longer.Hard though it may be to believe during a week of torrential rain,the south is becoming drier,pushing snipe northward.More efficient farming has squeezed some farmland species.Some birds find it harder to make homes in the south,too.Pressure on housing means dilapidated buildings and barns,handy for nesting,have been converted into human dwellings.Between 2006 and 2012 the number of vacant dwellings fell by 17%in London and by 12%in Kent.Over the same period the number of empty houses increased by 16%in Derbyshire and by 10%in Lancashire:Northern mining villages once full of workers are now sparsely populated,points out Ian Bartlett,a birdwatcher in Hartlepool,in north-east England.They have become hot spots for birds and the people who watch them.Culrural difference also plays a part,thinks Mark Cocker,an expert on birds.The"obsession with tidiness"is stronger in the south,he says.Fewer people cultivate gardens;they prefer to cover them in decking and remove weeds from between concrete slabs.Village greens are mowed short.In contrast,Scotland and northern England have more trees,grassland and wind-swept moors.Less popular with humans,rugged parts of the countryside are filling up with a winged population instead.
According to Paragraph 6,"culture difference"relates to______A.working style
B.living environment
C.farming method
D.attitude towards the bird's living答案：B解析：推理判断题。根据定位词定位到文章第六段。解题的关键是上下文的信息，通读段落后发现，后文的内容在说南北方的居住环境不同，而与这个信息相对应的为B项living environment，故B项为正确选项。【干扰排除】A、C、D项均不能体现出后文的内容，因此应当排除。 -
第15题：
资料：“Our cars are for people who want something different.”
This has been the slogan for over 50 years of Suprema Cars, a manufacturer of an English sports car. The car is mostly handmade in the company's factory in northern England. Suprema Car produces approximately 500 cars a year. About 5 years ago, the company began to lose sales and market share, and in the last two years, it has made a loss.
Recently, there have been problems with the labor force. The factory workers have demand higher wages and better working conditions. They are also unhappy because the management is insisting that they increase production, but the workers think this will have a bad effect on the quality of the cars.
The company still has many loyal customers. People buy Suprema sports cars because they are handmade and have an image of quality and craftsmanship.
Why do some customers still stick to Suprema Cars?A.Because its products are handmade and qualified.
B.Because its name represents luxury.
C.Because the company is famous.
D.Because its products are cheap.答案：A解析：本题的问题是“为什么一些顾客仍然坚持选择Suprema汽车？”。选项A意为“因为它的产品是手工制作、质量过硬”；选项B意为“因为它的名字代表奢华”；选项C意为“因为公司很有名”；选项D意为“因为它的产品很便宜”。根据主题句可知，因为它的产品是手工制造而且质量精良，故选A。 -
第16题：
共用题干
第一篇
From Ponzi to Madoff
The year was 1920.The country was the United States of America. The man's name was Charles Ponzi.
Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account.Instead,they should give it to him to save
for them.Ponzi promised to pay them more than the bank.For example,a savings account might pay you$5
a year for every $100 you deposit.Ponzi,however,would pay you $40 a year for every $ 100 you gave
him to hold.Many people thought this was a good plan.They began to give their money to Ponzi.
How could Ponzi make so much money for people?This is what he did with the money people gave him:
He used some of that money to pay other people who gave him money.However,he also kept a lot of the
money for himself. Soon he had $ 250 million.This was a kind of theft,and it was against the law. The
people who gave him their money didn't think anything was wrong. Ponzi paid them every month,just like a
bank.Ponzi continued this way of working for two years.Then one day,he didn'thave enough money to pay
all the people.They discovered his crime,and he went to prison for fraud.
Ninety years later,people began to hear about a businessman in New York named Bernard Madoff.
People said he gave good advice about money.They said when they gave him their money,he paid them a lot
more than the bank.Madoff helped hospitals,schools,and individuals earn money.Over a period of 40
years,people gave him$170 billion.However,no one investigated what he did with the money.The people
who gave Madoff their money also didn't think anything was wrong because he paid them every month.
One day,Madoff didn't have enough money to pay all the people he needed to pay. That's when people
discovered how Madoff worked:He was taking money from some people to pay other people,just the way
Charles Fonzi did.However,this time,instead of losing millions of dollars,people lost billions.
Madoff was accused of fraud,and the United States government officials arrested him.He didn't have to
go on trial because he said he was guilty.In 2009,a judge sentenced him to 150 years in prison.Bernard
Madoff's crime was even bigger than Ponzi'5.It was the biggest fraud in history.The lesson of this story is
clear:When something seems too good to be true,it probably is!What did Ponzi do with the money people gave him?
A:He spent it all on things for himself.
B:He used some of it to pay other people.
C:He deposited it all in a bank.
D:He kept it all to save for a good plan.答案：B解析：从文章第一段倒数第三句话“Ponzi, however, would pay you $40 a year for every$100 you gave him to hold.”可知答案为C。
从文章第二段第二句话“He used some of that money to pay other people”可知答案为B。
从文章第二段第三句话“he also kept a lot of the money for himself”和第五句话“This was a kind of theft, and it was against the law.”可知答案为C。
从文章第三段第五句话“Over a period of 40 years”可知答案为A。
从文章第五段第二句话“He didn' t have to go on trial because he said he was guilty.”可 知答案为C。 -
第17题：
共用题干
第一篇
From Ponzi to Madoff
The year was 1920.The country was the United States of America. The man's name was Charles Ponzi.
Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account.Instead,they should give it to him to save
for them.Ponzi promised to pay them more than the bank.For example,a savings account might pay you$5
a year for every $100 you deposit.Ponzi,however,would pay you $40 a year for every $ 100 you gave
him to hold.Many people thought this was a good plan.They began to give their money to Ponzi.
How could Ponzi make so much money for people?This is what he did with the money people gave him:
He used some of that money to pay other people who gave him money.However,he also kept a lot of the
money for himself. Soon he had $ 250 million.This was a kind of theft,and it was against the law. The
people who gave him their money didn't think anything was wrong. Ponzi paid them every month,just like a
bank.Ponzi continued this way of working for two years.Then one day,he didn'thave enough money to pay
all the people.They discovered his crime,and he went to prison for fraud.
Ninety years later,people began to hear about a businessman in New York named Bernard Madoff.
People said he gave good advice about money.They said when they gave him their money,he paid them a lot
more than the bank.Madoff helped hospitals,schools,and individuals earn money.Over a period of 40
years,people gave him$170 billion.However,no one investigated what he did with the money.The people
who gave Madoff their money also didn't think anything was wrong because he paid them every month.
One day,Madoff didn't have enough money to pay all the people he needed to pay. That's when people
discovered how Madoff worked:He was taking money from some people to pay other people,just the way
Charles Fonzi did.However,this time,instead of losing millions of dollars,people lost billions.
Madoff was accused of fraud,and the United States government officials arrested him.He didn't have to
go on trial because he said he was guilty.In 2009,a judge sentenced him to 150 years in prison.Bernard
Madoff's crime was even bigger than Ponzi'5.It was the biggest fraud in history.The lesson of this story is
clear:When something seems too good to be true,it probably is!What was Ponzi's crime?
A:He robbed the banks of millions of dollars.
B:He gave people more than the bank did.
C:He kept a lot of other people's money for himself.
D:He did not pay people their interests.答案：C解析：从文章第一段倒数第三句话“Ponzi, however, would pay you $40 a year for every$100 you gave him to hold.”可知答案为C。
从文章第二段第二句话“He used some of that money to pay other people”可知答案为B。
从文章第二段第三句话“he also kept a lot of the money for himself”和第五句话“This was a kind of theft, and it was against the law.”可知答案为C。
从文章第三段第五句话“Over a period of 40 years”可知答案为A。
从文章第五段第二句话“He didn' t have to go on trial because he said he was guilty.”可 知答案为C。 -
第18题：
共用题干
第三篇
Oil Industry in Norway
The Norwegian Government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control.A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline;production limits have been laid down(though these have already been raised);and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers.But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems,and few people believe that the Government will be able to hold things back for long.
As an Norwegian politician said last week:"We will soon be changed beyond all recognition."
Ever since the war,the Government has been carrying out a program of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle.During the past few years this program has had a great deal of success: Tromso has been built up into a local capital with a university,a large hospital and a healthy industry.But the oil industry has already started to draw people south,and within a few years the whole northern policy could be in ruins.
The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north,however. With nearly 100 percent employment,everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose more of their workers to the oil industry.Some smaller industries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.
The real argument over oil is its threat to the Norwegian way of life.Farmers and fishermen do not make up most of the population,but they are an important part of it,because Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with pride as essentially Norwegian.And it is the farmers and the fishermen who are most critical of the oil industry because of the damage that it might cause to the countryside and to the sea.The Norwegian Government has tried to________.
A:encourage the oil companies to discover new oil sources
B:prevent oil companies employing people from northern Norway
C:help the oil companies solve many of their problems
D:keep the oil industry to something near its present size答案：D解析：第一段，挪威政府设定了一项新的法律以限制石油的勘探，其目的在于减缓发展的步伐，所以选B。
政府设定“production limits（产量限制）”的初衷在于使石油工业保持现有的发展水平，而不想扩展。
第二段开头提到政府在第二次世界大战后一直在实施北极圈北部地区的发展项目，尽管取得了成效，但是石油工业的高就业率吸引着人们，这将导致北部发展项目的失败。
第三段指出，服务业和旅游业的从业人员转向石油行业，其影响之一便是一些现有行业的消失。
挪威的农民和渔夫之所以重要，原因在于他们身上具有挪威人引以为自豪的品质，即他们的生活方式和价值观，因此选项D正确。 -
第19题：
共用题干
Prolonging Human Life
Prolonging human life has increased the size of the human population.Many people alive today would have died of childhood diseases if they had been born 100 years ago.Because more people live longer,there are more people around at any given time.In fact,it is a decrease in death rates,not an increase in birthrates,that has led to the population explosion.
Prolonging human life has also increased the dependency load.In all societies,people who are disabled or too young or too old to work are dependent on the rest of society to provide for them.In hunting and gathering cultures, old people who could not keep up might be left behind to die.In times of famine,infants might be allowed to die because they could not survive if their parents starved,whereas if the parents survived they could have another child.In most contemporary societies,people feel a moral obligation to keep people alive whether they can work or not.We have a great many people today who live past the age at which they want to work or are able to work;we also have rules which require people to retire at a certain age.Unless these people were able to save money for their retirement,somebody else must support them.In the United States many retired people live on social security checks which are so little that they must live in near poverty.Older people have more illness than young or middle-aged people;unless they have wealth or private or government insurance,they must often"go on welfare"if they have a serious illness.
When older people become senile or too weak and ill to care for themselves,they create grave problems for their families.In the past and in some traditional cultures,they would be cared for at home until they died.Today,with most members of a household working or in school,there is often no one at home who can care for a sick or weak person.To meet this need,a great many nursing homes and convalescent hospitals have been built.These are often profit-making organizations,although some are sponsored by religious and other nonprofit groups.While a few of these institutions are good,most of them are simply"dumping grounds"for the dying in which"care"is given by poorly paid,overworked,and underskilled personnel.The writer believes that the population explosion results from______.
A:an increase in birthrates
B:the industrial development
C:a decrease in death rates
D:cultural advances答案：C解析：由文章第一段最后一句可知，导致人口爆炸的原因事实上是死亡率的减低，而不是出生率的增高，故选C。
由文章第二段第四句可知，在狩猎与采集时代，遇到饥荒时，幼儿的死亡是可以接受的，因为如果其父母被饿死，幼儿也无法存活下去，B选项符合文意。
由文章第二段倒数第二句可知，在美国，很多退休后的人靠社会救济金生活，而救济金的数额非常小，以至于他们的生活穷困潦倒。A项的含义为他们大部分人过着艰难的生活，符合文意。
此句话之前的内容为：如今，大部分的家庭成员都去工作或上学，经常会发生无人在家照看生病体弱者的情况。接着本句话指出：为了满足这种需求……由此可知，这种需求指对照顾生病体弱者的需求，故选D。
由文章最后一段的最后一句可知，这些护理机构中只有极少数是不错的，绝大多数就如同接收濒临死亡者的“垃圾场”一样，所提供的“照顾”也都是由收人低、过度劳累及技术水平低下的人完成的，故本题选D。 -
第20题：
共用题干
第二篇
From Ponzi to Madoff
The year was 1920. The country was the United States of America. The man's name was Charles Ponzi.
Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account.Instead,they should give it to him to save
for them.Pouzi promised to pay them more than the bank.For example,a savings account might pay you
$5 a year for every $100 you deposit.Ponzi,however,would pay you $40 a year for every $100 you
gave him to hold.Many people thought this was a good plan.They began to give their money to Ponzi.
How could Ponzi make so much money for people?This is what he did with the money people gave him:
He used some of that money to pay other people who gave him money.However,he also kept a lot of the
money for himself. Soon he had $250 million.This was a kind of theft,and it was against the law.The
people who gave him their money didri't think anything was wrong.Ponzi paid them every month,just like
a bank.Ponzi continued this way of working for two years.Then one day,he didn't have enough money to
pay all the people.They discovered his crime,and he went to prison for fraud.
Ninety years later,people began to hear about a businessman in New York named Bernard Madoff.
People said he gave good advice about money.They said when they gave him their money,he paid them a
lot more than the bank.Madoff helped hospitals,schools,and individuals earn money.Over a period of 40
years,people gave him $170 billion.However,no one investigated what he did with the money.The
people who gave Madoff their money also didn'tthink anything was wrong because he paid them every
month.
One day,Madoff didn't have enough money to pay all the people he needed to pay.That's when
people discovered how Madoff worked:He was taking money from some people to pay other people,just the
way Charles Ponzi did.However,this time,instead of losing millions of dollars,people lost billions.
Madoff was accused of fraud,and the United States government officials arrested him.He didn'thave
to go on trial because he said he was guilty.In 2009,a judge sentenced him to 150 years in prison.Bernard
Madoff's crime was even bigger than Ponzi's.It was the biggest fraud in history.The lesson of this story is
clear:When something seems too good to be true,it probably is!Why didn't Madoff have to go on trial?
A:The officials couldn't find any evidence against him.
B:He had friends in the government who helped him.
C:He admitted he was guilty.
D:He returned all the illegal money.答案：C解析：由文章第一段倒数第三句话“Ponzi, however, would pay you $40 a year for every $ 100 you gave him to hold.”可知答案为C。
由文章第二段第二句话“He used some of that money to pay other people”可知答案为B。
由文章第二段第三句话“he also kept a lot of the money for himself”和第五句话“This was a kind of theft, and it was against the law.”可知答案为C。
由文章第三段第五句话“Over a period of 40 years”可知答案为A。
由文章第五段第二句话“He didn' t have to go on trial because he said he was guilty.”可 知答案为C。第三篇 本篇文章主要讲述的是不丹国王吉美·辛格·旺楚克在国内采取了一个新的经济指标——国民幸福指数，以及取得的成效。 -
第21题：
In the 17th century,the English government encouraged people from Scotland and Northern England to emigrate to the north of Ireland because（）
Athey wanted to increase its control over Ireland
Bthey had too many people and didn’t have enough space for them to live in Britain
Cthey intended to expand their investment
Dthey believed that Ireland was the best place for them
A
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第22题：
问答题Practice 1 Britain (or Great Britain) is an island that lies off the north-west coast of Europe. The nearest country is France, which is 20 miles away and from which Britain is separated by the English Channel. The island is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the North Sea to the east. 1______ Scotland is in the north, while Wales is in the west. Ireland, which is also an island, lies off the west coast of Britain. It consists of Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. Britain together with Northern Ireland constitute the United Kingdom (UK). Thus, the United Kingdom is composed of four countries, the largest of which is England. The capital city is London, which is situated in south-east England. 2______ About 70% of the land area is devoted to agriculture, about 7% is wasteland, moorland and mountains, about 13% is devoted to urban development, and 10% is forest and woodland. The northern and western regions of Britain, that is Scotland and Wales, are mainly mountainous and hilly. 3______ Britain has a generally mild and temperate climate. It is, however, subject to frequent changes. It has an average annual rainfall of about 120 centimetres (47 inches). 4______ The density of population was approximately 240 people per square kilometre. However, in England, where 83% of the population live, the density was much higher, about 363 per square kilometre. 5______ However, in western Wales, Welsh is the first language for many of the people. In Scotland only a small number of people speak Gaelic. In Britain about 66% of the population say that they are Christian, while fewer than 5% say that they belong to other religions.[A] The UK has a total area of about 244,100 square kilometres (94,248 square miles).[B] In the UK, English is the first language of the vast majority of people.[C] It comprises the mainlands of England, Wales and Scotland, that is, three countries.[D] The U. K. is a country that is both ancient and modern.[E] In 1998, the population of the United Kingdom was nearly 59 million.[F] UK transportation system is very convenient and fast.[G] Parts of the north-west and centre of England also consist of mountains and hills.正确答案： 1.C 空前介绍了英国的外部地理环境,空后讲的是英国的三大郡的情况。C项说“英国本土包括英格兰、苏格兰、威尔士三部分”。符合逻辑关系。故选C。
2.A 本段是关于英国的国土面积的介绍。A项说“英国的国土面积是24.41万平方公里”。符合逻辑关系。故选A。
3.G 空前说“英国的北部、西部是苏格兰和威尔士,地形以山地、丘陵为主”。G项说“英格兰西北部部分地区和中部也有不少山地和丘陵”。符合逻辑关系。故选G。
4.E 本段讲的是英国的人口概况。E项涉及人口。符合文意。故选E。
5.B 本段讲的是英国的语言。B项说“英国大部分人讲英语”。符合文意。故选B。解析： 暂无解析 -
第23题：
单选题In the 17th century,the English government encouraged people from Scotland and Northern England to emigrate to the north of Ireland because（）Athey wanted to increase its control over Ireland
Bthey had too many people and didn’t have enough space for them to live in Britain
Cthey intended to expand their investment
Dthey believed that Ireland was the best place for them
正确答案： A解析： 暂无解析