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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、confine B、attach C、refer D、add
网考网参考答案：C
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语意搭配题。选项C refer：refer to...as...意为“把…称为…”，例如：California is referred to as the "Golden State"．(加利福尼亚被称为“黄金之州”。)选项A confine：confine... to...意为“把…局限于”，例如：Could you confine your discussion to the matter in question 你能把发言限定在正在讨论的问题上吗 选项 B attach：attach...to...意为“系上，贴上，依恋”，例如：I attached a photo to my application form．我在申请表上贴了一张照片。选项D add：add to意为“增加”，相当于increase，例如：The news added to his anxiety．这条消息增加了他的焦虑。句意：其他居民把自己称为“威尔士人”、“苏格兰人”或“爱尔兰人”。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>