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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.FirsttherewasEngland.Wale
2、swaslinkedtoitinthethirteenthcentury.NowwhenpeoplerefertoEnglandyoufindWales2.________(include)aswell.NextEnglandandWaleswerejoinedtoScotlandintheseventeenthcenturyandthenamewaschangedto“GreatBritain”.HappilythiswasaccomplishedwithoutconflictwhenKingJamesofScotlandbecameKi
3、ngofEnglandandWalesaswell.FinallytheEnglishgovernmenttriedintheearlytwentiethcenturytoformtheUnitedKingdombygettingIreland3.________(connect)inthesamepeacefulway.However,thesouthernpartofIrelandwasunwillingandbrokeawaytoformitsowngovernment.SoonlyNorthernIrelandjoinedwithE
4、ngland,WalesandScotlandtobecometheUnitedKingdomandthiswasshowntotheworldinanewflag4._______(call)theUnionJack.Totheircreditthefourcountriesdoworktogetherinsomeareas(eg,thecurrencyandinternationalrelations),buttheystillhaveverydifferentinstitutions.Forexample,NorthernIrelan
5、d,EnglandandScotlandhavedifferenteducationalandlegalsystemsaswellasdifferentfootballteamsforcompetitionsliketheWorldCup!Englandisthelargestofthefourcountries,andforconvenienceitisdividedroughlyintothreezones.TheonenearestFranceiscalledtheSouthofEngland,themiddlezoneiscalle
6、dtheMidlandsandtheonenearesttoScotlandisknown5.______theNorth.Youfindmostofthepopulationsettledinthesouth,butmostoftheindustrialcitiesintheMidlandsandtheNorthofEngland.Although,nationwide,thesecitiesarenotaslargeasthoseinChina,theyhaveworldfamousfootballteamsandsomeoftheme
7、venhavetwo!Itisapitythattheindustrialcitiesbuiltinthenineteenthcenturydonotattractvisitors.ForhistoricalarchitectureyouhavetogotoolderbutsmallertownsbuiltbytheRomans.ThereyouwillfindoutmoreaboutBritishhistoryandculture.Thegreatesthistoricaltreasureofall6._____(be)Londonwit
8、hitsmuseums,artcollections,theatres,parksandbuildings.Itisthecentreofnationalgovernmentan
