Question

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

There are several names for Britain: Britain, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, and the UK. The official name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: 1. large number of people call the country “England”, but this is not correct. England is only one part of the UK. However, it is the 2. (large) part in the UK. There are four “countries” in the UK—England, Scotland, Wales 3. Northern Ireland. 4. (be) an independent country, the Republic of Ireland (or Eire) isn’t part of the. UK.

London is the capital of the UK, as well as England, but all the other countries have their own smaller capital 5. (city), too.

Until 1603, Scotland and England were separate countries with their own monarchs (国王) and parliaments (国会). In that year, however, the English queen, Elizabeth I, 6. (die). She had no children, so James Ⅵ, the King of Scotland, became King James I of England. In 1999, Scotland got its own parliament again, 7. can make laws about some things.

The English king, Edward I, conquered Wales in the 13th century. Many people in Wales, 8. (special) in the north, speak Welsh as their first language and all children must learn Welsh at school. In some schools other subjects 9. (teach) in Welsh, too.

Elizabeth. Ⅰ’s armies conquered Ireland in the 16th century and it later became part of the United Kingdom. There were a lot of problems in Ireland in the 19th century and thousands of people moved to the USA. In the 1920s, the south achieved 10. (independent), but Northern Ireland is still part of the UK.

Answer

1.A

2.largest

3.and

4.Being

5.cities

6.died

7.which

8.specially

9.are taught

10.independence

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。本文是关于英国的历史的讲述，包括英格兰、苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰的议会和语言的来历等。

1.

考查冠词。句意：很多人称这个国家为“英格兰”，但这是不正确的。结合后文call为动词原形，以及句意表示“许多，大量的”可知此处为短语a large number of。句首单词首字母要大写。故填A。

2.

考查最高级。句意：然而，这是英国最大的一部分。根据句意知此处为三者以上的比较，另外短形容词的最高级通常与the连用，可知应填形容词最高级。故填largest。

3.

考查连词。句意：英国有四个国家：英格兰、苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰。当三个以上名词出现时，最后两个名词之间用“and”连接，前面名词之间用“、”连接，故填and。

4.

考查非谓语动词。句意：作为一个独立的国家，爱尔兰共和国不属于英国。分析句子结构可知be在句中应用非谓语动词形式，且本句中应用现在分词作状语，句首单词首字母要大写。故填Being。

5.

考查名词的数。句意：但是所有其他国家也有他们自己的小的首都城市。city为可数名词，根据主语是复数和句意可知应用复数形式。故填cities。

6.

考查动词时态。句意：但是那年英国女王伊丽莎白一世去世了。描述过去发生的动作应用一般过去时。故填died。

7.

考查定语从句。句意：1999年，苏格兰又有了自己的议会，可以就一些事情制定法律。本句为which引导的非限制性定语从句来修饰parliament，且从句中缺少主语，故应用关系代词which引导。故填which。

8.

考查副词。句意：特别是在北方，许多威尔士人把威尔士语言作为母语来说。本句中“特别是在北方”，应用副词specially修饰介词短语。故填specially。

9.

考查动词时态语态。本句中主语与谓语动词构成被动关系，且陈述客观事实应用一般现在时，主语为subjects，故谓语动词应用复数。故填are taught。

10.

考查名词。根据上文achieve sth.“实现了某事”可知需要将independent变形为名词形式independence作宾语。故填independence。