2014-2015学年人教版高中英语选修26 (2)英语练习题.pdfVIP

语 篇 提 能 阅读理解 A Did anyone find the names of “Great Britain”， “the United Kingdom”， “England” and “the British commonwealth” which have the same meaning? Strictly speaking, these names all refer to something different. None of them are exactly the same as any of the others. The British isles refer to the main islands and several thousand small ones as well, which you can see on the map. Great Britain, or Britain, refers to the larger of the two main islands. But the word “Britain” is often used as a short form for the United Kingdom or you call it the UK. Now as for England, it refers simply to the largest of the three countries on the island of Great Britain. The United Kingdom is the name of the state and the official name of the country, which many people popularly refer to England. Finally, the Britain commonwealth is the usual name for what is left of the British Empire (帝国 ). This change shows the weakening of British Empire and the rising of the national liberation movements throughout the world today. 1. According to the passage, we know that ________. A. Great Britain has the same meaning as Britain B. all the names refer to England C. the United Kingdom has the same meaning as Britain or England D. all the names in the first paragraph have the same meaning 答案与解析　A　推理判断。根据文章第一段第一句可知 Great Britain 与the United Kingdom 意义相同，而又根据文章第三段可知 Great Britain 又与Britain 意义相同。 2. It is clear that the British isles refer to ________. A. Britain, England and the UK B. the two main islands and thousands of small ones C. three countries and several islands D. Great Britain or the United Kingdom 答案与解析　B　细节理解题。根据文章第二段第一句和第二句可知 British isles 指的是两大岛屿与成千上万的小岛屿。 3. We can infer that__________. A.