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1、河北省武邑中学2016届高考英语一轮复习Unit2TheUnitedKingdom导学案新人教版必修5ReadingPUZZLESINGEOGRAPHYPeoplemaywonderwhydifferentwordsareused1.___________(describe)thesefourcountries:England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.YoucanclarifythisquestionifyoustudyBritishhistory.Firsttherewas
2、England.Waleswaslinkedtoitinthethirteenthcentury.NowwhenpeoplerefertoEnglandyoufindWales2.________(include)aswell.NextEnglandandWaleswerejoinedtoScotlandintheseventeenthcenturyandthenamewaschangedto“GreatBritain”.HappilythiswasaccomplishedwithoutconflictwhenKin
3、gJamesofScotlandbecameKingofEnglandandWalesaswell.FinallytheEnglishgovernmenttriedintheearlytwentiethcenturytoformtheUnitedKingdombygettingIreland3.________(connect)inthesamepeacefulway.However,thesouthernpartofIrelandwasunwillingandbrokeawaytoformitsowngovernm
4、ent.SoonlyNorthernIrelandjoinedwithEngland,WalesandScotlandtobecometheUnitedKingdomandthiswasshowntotheworldinanewflag4._______(call)theUnionJack.Totheircreditthefourcountriesdoworktogetherinsomeareas(eg,thecurrencyandinternationalrelations),buttheystillhavever
5、ydifferentinstitutions.Forexample,NorthernIreland,EnglandandScotlandhavedifferenteducationalandlegalsystemsaswellasdifferentfootballteamsforcompetitionsliketheWorldCup!Englandisthelargestofthefourcountries,andforconvenienceitisdividedroughlyintothreezones.Theon
6、enearestFranceiscalledtheSouthofEngland,themiddlezoneiscalledtheMidlandsandtheonenearesttoScotlandisknown5.______theNorth.Youfindmostofthepopulationsettledinthesouth,butmostoftheindustrialcitiesintheMidlandsandtheNorthofEngland.Although,nationwide,thesecitiesar
7、enotaslargeasthoseinChina,theyhaveworldfamousfootballteamsandsomeofthemevenhavetwo!Itisapitythattheindustrialcitiesbuiltinthenineteenthcenturydonotattractvisitors.ForhistoricalarchitectureyouhavetogotoolderbutsmallertownsbuiltbytheRomans.Thereyouwillfindoutmore
8、aboutBritishhistoryandculture.Thegreatesthistoricaltreasureofall6._____(be)Londonwithitsmuseums,artcollections,theatres,parksandbuildings.Itisthecentreofnationalgovernmentan
