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【单选题】Many foreigners who have not visitedBritain call all the inhabitantsEnglish, for they are used to thinking of theBritish Isles asEnglanD、 (1) , theBritish Isles contain a variety of peoples, and only the people ofEngland call themselvesEnglish. The others (2) to themselves as Welsh, Scottish, or Irish, (3) the case may be; they are often slightly annoyed (4) being classified as "English".
Even inEngland there are many (5) in regional character and speech. The chief (6) is between southernEngland and northernEnglanD、South of a (7) going fromBristol to London, people speak the type ofEnglish usually learnt by foreign students, (8) there are local variations.
Further north regional speech is usually " (9) " than that of southernBritain. Northerners are (10) to claim that they work harder than Southerners, and are more (11) . They are open-hearted and hospitable; foreigners often find that they make friends with them (12) . Northerners generally have hearty (13) : the visitor to Lancashire or Yorkshire, for instance, may look forward to receiving generous (14) at meal times.
In accent and character the people of the Midlands (15) a gradual change from the southern to the northern type ofEnglishman.
In Scotland the sound (16) by the letter "R" is generally a strong sound, and "R" is often pronounced in words in which it would be (17) in southernEnglish. The Scots are said to be a serious, cautious, thrifty people, (18) inventive and somewhat mystical.All theCeltic peoples ofBritain (the Welsh, the Irish, the Scots) are frequently (19) as being more "fiery" than theEnglish. They are (20) a race that is quite distinct from theEnglish.
A、factor B、virtue C、privilege D、division
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[解析] 考查名词辨析。前一句中的differences暗示此处应选D．division“分歧，差异”。factor“要素”，virtue“美德，价值”，privilege“特权”，均不符合题意。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>