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【单选题】Many people who have not visitedBritain call all the inhabitantsEnglish, for they are used to thinking of theBritish Isles asEnglanD、 (71) , theBritish Isles contain a variety of peoples, and only the people ofEngland call themselvesEnglish. The others (72) to themselves as Welsh, Scottish, or Irish, (73) the case may be; they are often slightly annoyed (74) being classified as "English".
Even inEngland there are many (75) in regional character and speech. The chief (76) is between southernEngland and northernEnglanD、South of a (77) going fromBristol to London, people speak the type ofEnglish usually learnt by international students, (78) there are local variations.
Further north, regional speech is usually " (79) " than that of southernBritain. Northerners are (80) to claim that they work harder than Southerners, and are more (81) . They are openhearted and hospitable; visitors often find that they make friends with them (82) . Northerners generally have hearty (83) : the visitor to Lancashire or Yorkshire, for instance, may look forward to receiving generous (84) at meal times.
In accent and character the people of the Midlands (85) a gradual change from the southern to the northern type ofEnglishman.
In Scotland the sound (86) by the letter "R" is generally a strong sound, and "R" is often pronounced in words in which it would be (87) in southernEnglish. The Scots are said to be a serious, cautious, thrifty people, (88) inventive and somewhat mystical.All theCeltic peoples ofBritain (the Welsh, the Irish, the Scots) are frequently (89) as being more "fiery" than theEnglish. They are (90) a race that is quite distinct from theEnglish.
A、line B、row C、border D、scale
网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
语意搭配题。选项A line(线，线条)，例如：draw a line；又如：a fishing line；选项B row(行，排)，例如：a row of houses；选项C border(边界，边沿)，例如：a border of flowers asound the lawn(草坪四周边缘的花坛)；选项D scale(尺度，规模)，例如：business on a large scale(大规模的生意)。句意：在英格兰划一条从布里斯托到伦敦的线用以区别南部和北部，故选项A是正确答案。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>