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初中英语阅读5选5 篇一：中考英语阅读还原5选5 Ireland has had a very difficult history. The problems started in the 16th century when English rulers conquered（征服）Ireland. ____1_____. Finally, in 1921, the British government was forced to give independence to the south of Ireland. The result is that today there are two “Irelands”. Northern Ireland, in the north, is part of the United Kingdom. ____2_____. In the 1840s the main crop, potatoes was affected by disease and about 750,000 people died of hunger. _____3______. As a result of these problems, the population fell from 8.2 million in 1841 to 6.6 million in 1851. For many years, the majority of Irish people earned their living as farmers. Today, many people still work on the land but more and more people are moving to the cities to work in factories and offices._____4_____, where things move at a quieter and slower pace. _____5_____. Oscar Wilde, a famous Irish writer, once said that the Irish were “the greatest talkers since the Greeks”. Since independence, Ireland has revived(复兴) its own culture of music, language, literature and singing. Different areas have different styles of old Irish song which are sung without instruments. Other kinds of Irish music use many different instruments such as the violin, whistles（口哨）, etc. A. And a shortage of work forced people to leave Ireland and live in other countries B. The Irish are famous for being warm-hearted and friendly C. The republic of Ireland, in the south, is an independent country D. Life in the cities is very different from life in the countryside E. For hundreds of years, the Irish people fought against the English Jogging is basically running at a steady speed over short or long distances. It has become popular some twenty years and remained a favorite way of keeping fit for lots of people. One of the main advantages of jogging over many other sports is that it can be done anywhere. People jog around college campuses, in parks, in the countryside and even in urba