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13机械设计1班《英语国家慨况》复习资料二——【判断题】专项 ————UK英国篇———— F 1. The United Kingdom is located in northern Europe. F 2. The United Kingdom consists of four political divisions — England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. F 3. England is one of the two large islands in the British Isles. F 4. The British Isles are made up of three large islands and hundreds of small ones. F 5. Wales lies on the east coast of the island of Great Britain. F 6. The Commonwealth of Nations is a free association of independent countries that all used to be colonies of Britain. T 7. In Scotland, rugged mountains, green valleys, and deep, blue lakes provide some of the most beautiful scenery in Europe. F 8. The longest river in Britain is the Thames. F 9. The largest lake in Britain is the Lough Neagh in northwest England. T 10. Britain’s climate is influenced by the Gulf Stream, a warm ocean current that sweeps up from the equator and flows past the British Isles. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ F 2-1. The English, the Scots, and the Welsh are Anglo-Saxons, but the Irish are Celts. T 2-2. London and England as a whole have great influence over the rest of the United Kingdom because of their large population. T 2-3. People of Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi origin are the largest group of immigrants in Britain. F 2-4. Compared to the rest of the world, the UK has a smaller percentage of older people and a higher percentage of younger people. T 2-5. The Welsh language is the official language in Wales. F 2-6. Scottish Gaelic is the official language in Scotland. T 2-7. The English language is the predominant language in Northern Ireland. F 2-8. English people all strive to free themselves of regional or local accents in order to sound like educated English-speaking people. F 2-9. Social class in the UK lays more emphasis on money and property. T 2-10. Britishness is associated with political, historical, technological, sporting, and cultural achievements in Bri