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1、Chapter1landandpeople1.whatarethedifferencesbetweenBritainandtheBritishIsles,GreatBritain,England,theUnitedKingdomandtheBritishCommonwealth?TheBritishIsles,GreantBritinaandEnglandaregeographicalnames,notheofficialnamesofthecountry,whiletheofficialnameistheUnitedKingdom,
2、butthefullnameistheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.TheBritishCommonwealthisafreeassociationofindependentcountriesthatwereoncecoloniesofBritian.2.DescribethegeographicalpositionofBritian?Britainisanislandcountry.ItliesinthenorthAtlanticOceanoffthenorthcoast
3、ofEurope.ItisseparatedfromtherestofEuropebytheEnglishchannelinthesouthandtheNorthSeaintheeast.3.WhereaboutsinGreatBritainaremostlyhighlandandlowland?ThenorthandwestofBritainaremainlyhighland,whilethesouthandsouth-eastaremostlylowlands.4.DoesBritainhaveafavourableclimate
4、?why?Yes,ithasafavourableclimate,becauseithasamaritimetypeofclimate---wintersaremild,nottoocoldandsummersarecool,nottoohot.Ithasasteadyreliablerainfallthroughoutthewholeyear.Ithasasmallrangeoftemperature,too.5.whatarethefactorswhichinfluencetheclimateinBritain?Whichpart
5、ofBritainhasthemostrainfallandwhichpartisthedriest?ThefactorswhichinfluencetheclimateinBritainarethefollowingthree:1)Thesurroundingwatersbalancetheseasonaldifferences;2)theprevailingsouth-westwindsbringwarmandwetairinwinterandkeepthetemperaturesmoderate;3)theNorthAtlant
6、icDrift,awarmcurrent,passesthewesterncoastoftheBritishIslesandwarmsthem.Thenorthwesternparthasthemostrainfall,whilethesouth-easterncorneristhedriest.6.DescribethedistributionofBritain’spopulation.Britainhasapopulationof57million.Itisdenselypopulated,withanaverageof237pe
7、oplepersquarekilometre.Itisalsoveryunevenlydistributed,with90%ofthepopulationinurbanareas,10%inruralareas.Geographically,mostBritishpeopleliveinEngland.Ofthetotalof57millionpeople,47millionliveinEngland,14millionliveinLondonandSoutheasternEngland.7.Whatarethethreenatura
8、lzonesinScotland?ThethreenaturalzonesinScotlandare:theHighlandsinthenorth,thecentralLowlands,andthesouthernUpl
