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1、Chapter1ABriefIntroductiontotheUnitedKingdomI.Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrue(T)orfalse(F).1.GreatBritainincludes3constituentcountries:England,Scotland,andWales.2.WhenpeopleoutsidetheUKtalkaboutEngland,theymistakeitasBritainsometimes.3.MostpeopleinScotlandspeaktheoldCelticl

2、anguage,called“Gaelic”.4.ThestereotypeoftheEnglishgentlemanneverappliedthemajorityoftheBritishpeople.5.ThetitleofPrinceofWalesisheldbyaWelshaccordingtotradition.6.“Ulster”,referringtoNorthernIreland,wasonceanancientIrishKingdom.7.ThemajorityofIrishpeopleweredescendantsoftheoriginalCel

3、ticpeopleinhabitedBritishIslesbeforetheRomansarrived2000yearsago.8.MostBritishpeopleareProtestantswhilemostIrishpeopleareCatholics.9.SinnFeinisalegalpoliticalpartyinNorthernIreland.10.TheAnglo-IrishAgreementof1985guaranteedtheloyalistProtestantcommunitytheirrighttodecidetheirfutureinN

4、orthernIreland.II.Fillintheblanks.1.Britainisnowa______societywhichproducesapopulationofwhich1in20areof______ethnicity.2.Britainisacountrywithahistoryofinvasions.In43ADBritainwasinvadedby______inthelate8thcenturytheyexperiencedraidsfromScandinaviaandinthe11thcenturytheysufferedinvasio

5、nsfrom______.3.CharlestheFirst,kingofBritain,wasexecuted,becauseheattemptedtooverthrow______intheEnglishRevolution.4.NametwoScottishcitieswhichhaveancientandinternationallyrespecteduniversities:______and______.5.AlthoughWalesisthesmallestofthethreenationsonthemainland,it’sgoodatgettin

6、g______fromabroad,particularlyJapanand______.6.TopursueIrishindependence,themostspectaculareventintheIrishhistorywas______of1916,inwhichtherebelsoccupiedDublin’s______andforcedtheBritishtotakeitbackbymilitarymeans.1.ThreatenedbytheIRAinearly1970s,theProtestantsformedtheirownillegal___

7、___groupsandtookrevengeon______.2.1972wastheworstyearofthetroublesand468peoplewerekilledthatwhichincluded13Catholicswhohadbeentakingpartinapeaceful______.TheywereshotdeadbyBritishsoldiers.Thisdayhasnowbeenmythologizedas______.3.SinnFein,thelegal______party,supportstheIRA’srighttofight

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