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大学英语选词填空完型练习及答案

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【选词填空练习】

Britain is not just one country and one people; even if some of its inhabitants think so. Britain is, in fact, a nation which can be divided into several __1__ parts, each part being an individual country with its own language, character and cultural __2__. Thus Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales do not claim to __3__ to "England" because their inhabitants are not __4__ "English". They are Scottish, Irish or Welsh and many of them prefer to speak their own native tongue, which in turn is __5__ to the others.

These cultural minorities(少数民族) have been Britain's original inhabitants. In varying degrees they have managed to __6__ their national characteristics, and their particular customs and way of life. This is probably even more true of the __7__ areas where traditional life has not been so affected by the __8__ of industrialism as the border areas have been. The Celtic races are said to be more emotional by nature than the English. An Irish temper is legendary. The Scots could rather __9__ about their reputation for excessive thrift and prefer to be remembered for their folk songs and dances, while the Welsh are famous for their singing. The Celtic __10__ as a whole produces humorous writers and artists, such as the Irish Bernard Shaw, the Scottish Robert Burns, and the Welsh Dylan Thomas, to mention but a few.

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Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to the news.

Newspapers have one basic , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to it. Radio, telegraph, television, and inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. , this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are and read than ever before.

Competition also led newspapers to branch out to many other fields. Besides keeping readers of the latest news, today's newspapers and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers' economic choices advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very .Newspapers are sold at a price that even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The in selling advertising depends on a newspaper's value to advertisers. This in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment in a newspaper's pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper's value to readers as a source of information the community, city, country, state, nation, and world—and even outer space.

1. A.Just when B.While C.Soon after D.Before

2. A.to give B.giving C.given D.being given

3. A.gather B.spread C.carry D.bring

4. A.reason B.cause C.problem D.purpose

5. A.make B.publish C.know D.write

6. A.another B.other C.one another D.the other

7. A.However B.And C.Therefore D.So

8. A.value B.ratio C.rate D.speed

9. A.spread B.passed C.printed http://www.77cn.com.cnpleted

10. http://www.77cn.com.cnrm B.be informed C.to be informed http://www.77cn.com.cnrmed

11. A.entertain B.encourage C.educate D.edit

12. A.on B.through C.with D.of