Unit2TheUnitedKingdomPeriodOneWarmingUp&Reading(Ⅰ)基础落实Ⅰ.课文理解1．What’sthemainideaofthetext?A．AbriefintroductiontotheUnitedKingdomaboutitsgeographyandhistory.B．AbriefintroductiontotheUnitedKingdomaboutitsfoundationanddevelopment.C．AbriefintroductiontotheUnitedKingdomaboutitspoliticsandculture.D．Allofabove.2．Whathappenedinthe17thcentury?A．Thenamewaschangedto“GreatBritain”whenEnglandandWaleswerejoinedtoScotland.B．TheUKwasfounded.C．Englandwasdividedroughlyintothreemainareas.D．Londonbecamethegreatesthistoricaltreasureofall.3．WhichofthefollowingisthemainreasonforthesouthernpartofIrelandtobreakawayfromtheUnitedKingdom?A．Itwantedtosetupitsowngovernment.B．ItscustomsweredifferentfromthoseoftheUnitedKingdom.C．ItwasoncebadlytreatedbytheUnitedKingdom.D．ItwasrefusedbytheUnitedKingdom.4．WheredomostofthepeoplesettleinEngland?A．ThezonenearestFrance.B．ThezonenearestScotland.C．TheMidlands.D．TheNorthofEngland.5．Whichcityisthecentreofnationalgovernmentanditsadministration?A．Dublin.B．London.C．Manchester.D．Plymouth.6．WhichgroupofinvadersinfluencedtheBritishwordsforfood?A．TheRomans.B．TheVikings.C．TheNormans.D．TheAngloSaxons.Ⅱ.课文缩写Asweallknow，theUnitedKingdom1.__________fourcountries：England，Wales，ScotlandandNorthernIreland.Thereisnoneedtodebateanymore.Youcan2.________thisquestionifyoustudyBritishhistory.NowwhenpeoplerefertoEnglandyoufindWales3.__________aswell.GreatBritainwasthenamegivenwhenEnglandandWaleswere4.__________Scotland.JustastheyweregoingtogetIreland5.__________formtheUnitedKingdom，thesouthernpartofIreland6.__________toformitsowngovernment.Totheircreditthefourcountries7.__________togetherinsomeareas，buttheystillhaveverydifferentinstitutions.Englandisthelargestofthefourcountries，and8.__________itisdividedroughlyintothreezones.Mostofthepopulation9.__________thesouth，butmostofthelargeindustrialcitiesintheMidlandsandtheNorthofEngland.Londonwithitsmuseums，art10.__________，theatres，parksandbuildingsisthegreatesthistoricaltreasureofall.Itisthecentreofnationalgovernmentanditsadministration.Ⅲ.用适当的介、副词填空1．Waleswaslinked________itinthethirteenthcentury.2．Happilythiswasaccomplished________conflictwhenKingJamesofScotlandbecameKingofEnglandandWalesaswell.3．FinallytheEnglishgovernmenttried_________theearlytwentiethcenturytoformtheUnitedKingdom________gettingIrelandconnected________thesamepeacefulway.4．________theircreditthefourcountriesdoworktogetherinsomeareas，buttheystillhaveverydifferentinstitutions.5．Forexample，NorthernIreland，EnglandandScotlandhavedifferenteducationalandlegalsystemsaswellasdifferentfootballteams________competitions________theWorldCup!6．Englandisthelargestofthefourcountries，and________convenienceitisdividedroughly________threezones.7．ThezonenearestFranceiscalledtheSouthofEngland，themiddlezoneiscalledtheMidlandsandtheonenearest________Scotlandisknown________theNorth.8．________historicalarchitectureyouhavetogotoolderbutsmallertownsbuilt________theRomans.9．Thegreatesthistoricaltreasure________allisLondon________itsmuseums，artcollections，theatres，parksandbuildings.10．Ifyoulook________theBritishcountrysideyouwillfindevidenceofalltheseinvaders.Ⅳ.用课文中的单词或短语替换划线部分1．YoucanmakethisquestionclearifyoustudyBritishhistory.__________________2．Nowwhenpeopletalk_aboutEnglandyoufindWalesincl...
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