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1、单元词汇通关，快来挑战自己吧！（M5） Unit2 PUZZLES IN GEOGRAPHY(词汇)People may _(想知道) why different words are used to_（描述） these four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. You can_（阐述）this question if you study British history. First there was England. Wales was_（合并）to it in the thirteenth century
2、. Now then people refer to England you find Wales _（包含在内） as well. Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was _（改变）to “Great Britain”. Happily this was _（完成）without _（冲突） when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well. Finally the
3、 English government tried in the early twentieth century to_（形成） the United Kingdom by getting Ireland connected in the same _（和平的） way. However, the southern part of Ireland was _（不乐意）and broke away to form its own _（政府）. So only Northern Ireland joined with England, Wales and Scotland to become th
4、e United Kingdom and this was shown to the world in a new flag called the Union Jack. To their credit the four countries do work together in some areas (eg, the _（货币流通）and _（国际的）relations), but they still have very different educational and _（法律）systems as well as different football teams for _（比赛）
5、like the World Cup! England is the largest of the four countries, and for_（便利） it is divided roughly into three _（区域）. The zone nearest France is called the South of England, the middle zone is called the Midlands and the one nearest to Scotland is known as the North. You find most of the_（人口） settl
6、ed in the south, but most of the _（工业的）cities in the Midlands and the North of England. Although, nationwide, these cities are not as large as those in China, they have world-famous football teams and some of them even have two! It is a pity that the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century
7、 do not_（吸引）visitors. For _（历史的）architecture you have to go to older but smaller towns built by the Romans. There you will find out more about British history and culture. The greatest historical_（宝藏）of all is London with its museums, art _（藏品）, theatres, parks and buildings. It is the centre of nat
8、ional government and its _（行政部门）. It has the oldest port built by the Romans in the first century AD, the oldest building begun by the Anglo-Saxons, left their language and their government. The third, the Vikings, _（影响）the vocabulary and _（地名）of the North of England, and the fourth, the Normans, left _（城堡） and introduced new words for food. If you look around the British _（乡下）you will find _（证据） of all these_（侵略者）. You must keep your eyes open if you are going to make your trip to the United Kingdom enjoyable and _（值得的）.