Question

    When people refer to Britain, they often use different names such as Britain, Great Britain, England, the Britain Isles, the United Kingdom or the UK. Do they m1. the same thing?

Strictly speaking, they are all geographical names. The British Isles are made up of two large islands and h2. of small ones. The two large islands are Great Britain and Ireland. Great Britain is the larger of these two islands. It forms the United Kingdom with Northern Ireland — the northern p3. of Ireland. So the o4. name of the UK is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

There are three political divisions on the island of Great Britain: England, S5. and Wales. England is the largest, the most popular and g6. speaking, it's the richest section. So people tend to use "England" and "English" when they meet the people from Britain. This-sometimes makes the Scots or the Welsh u7..

They don't regard themselves as English and they have a culture and even a l8. of their own.

Britain has been one of the most important c9. in the world. About a hundred years ago, Britain ruled an empire (帝国) that had one fourth of the world's people and one fourth of the world's l10. area.

Answer

1.mean

2.hundreds

3.part

4.other

5.Scots

6.generally

7.unhappy

8.language

9.countries

10.land

【解析】

文章大意：主要介绍英国的不同的名字，和它们具体所指的地方，虽然这些名字可以被用来代表这个国家，但是含义还是有差别的。

1.句意：它们意味着同一件事情吗？

根据上句When people refer to Britain, they often use different names such as Britain, Great Britain, England, the Britain Isles, the United Kingdom or the UK.句意英国有不同的名字和首字母提示可知，所以本句应为“它们意味着同一件事情吗”，故答案为mean。

2.句意：不列颠群岛由两个大岛和数百个小岛组成。

根据常识和首字母提示可知，空处的词为“数百个”，故答案为hundreds。

3.句意：它和北爱尔兰—爱尔兰的北部部分组成联合王国。

根据句意和首字母提示可知，空处的词是“部分”，故答案为part。

4.句意：因此英国的另外一个名字是大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国。

根据前文提到英国的一个名字是the United Kingdom和首字母提示，可知大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国是另外一个名字，故答案为other。

5.句意：关于大不列颠岛有三个政治划分：英国、苏格兰和威尔士。

根据文中This-sometimes makes the Scots or the Welsh u____7____.和首字母提示可知，空处的词为苏格兰，故答案为Scots。

6.句意：英国是最大、最流行和最普遍的说法。

根据常识可知，空处的词为“普遍的、一般的”，故答案为generally。

7.句意：这有时使苏格兰人和威尔士人不高兴。

根据前句So people tend to use "England" and "English" when they meet the people from Britain.句意和首字母提示可知，空处的词为“不高兴”，故答案为unhappy。

8.句意：他们不把自己当作英国人，并且他们有属于自己的文化甚至语言。

根据句意和首字母提示可知，空处的词为“语言”，故答案为language。

9.句意：英国已经成为世界上最重要的国家之一。

根据句意和首字母提示可知，空处的词为“国家”，并且在“one of+形容词最高级+名词复数”结构中，所以名词“国家”应用复数，故答案为countries。

10.句意：英国统治了一个有全球四分之一人口和四分之一陆地面积的帝国。

根据句意和首字母提示可知，空处的词为名词“陆地”，故答案为land。