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英语国家概况课后习题（附答案）

Chapter1

Ⅰ.Readthefollowingstatementanddecidewhethertheyareture(T)orfalse(F).

—F—1.PeopleindifferentpartsofBritainliketousethenameEnglandtorefertotheircountry.

—T—2.TheSevernRiveristhelongestriverofBritain,whichoriginatesinWalesandflowsthroughwesternEngland.

—F—3.TodaymorethanhalfofthepeopleinWalesstillspeaktheancientWelshlanguage.

—F—4.Intermsofpopulationandarea,NorthernIrelandisthesecondlargestpartofBritain.

—F—5.AlthoughtheclimateinBritainisgenerallymild,thetemperatureinnorthernScotlandoftenfallsbellow10℃inJanuary.

—T—6.ThemajorityofthepeopleinBritainaredescendantsoftheAngloSaxons.

—T—7.TheCelticpeopleweretheearliestknowninhabitantsofBritain.

—F—8.EnglishevolvedintowhatisnowdescribedasModernEnglishfromthelate16thcentury.

Ⅱ.Choosethebestanswertocompleteeachofthefollowingstatements.

ThetwomainislandsoftheBritishIslesare—A—

A.GreatBritainandIrelandB.GreatBritainandShcotland

C.GreatBritainandEnglandD.GreatBritainandEngland

2.—B—isthecapitalcityofScotland.

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A.BelfastB.Edinburgh

C.LondonD.Cardiff

3.AmongthefourpartsoftheUnitedKingdom,—D—isthesmallest.

A.EnglandB.Scotland

C.WalesD.NorthernIreland

4.Englishbelongstothe—C—groupoftheIndoEuropeanfamilyoflanguages.

A.CelticB.Norman

C.GermanticD.Roman

5.TheintroductionofChristianitytoBritainaddedthefirstelementof—D—wordstoEnglish.

A.DanishandFinnishB.DutchandGerman

C.FrenchandItalianD.LatinandGreek

6.TheevolutionofMiddleEnglishwasreinforcedbythe—A—influence.

A.