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【題目】Everybody knows that the United Kingdom consists 【1】 four countries: English, Scotland, Wales plus Northern Ireland. However, about four hundred years ago Scotland tried to break away from English 【2】(influent). The Scots wanted to attack England and 【3】(decide) that France should take the place of England 【4】 their closest friend. England, 【5】, was unhappy when the relationship between the two countries broke down. Queen Elizabeth I did not want to be left out of any decisions 【6】(do) with Scotland, so she divided the Scottish lords into several groups so that they would argue with each other instead of 【7】(attack) England. This 【8】(arrange) worked well until 1603 【9】 Queen Elizabeth died. As King James of Scotland was her only relative, he became King of Scotland and England, and everybody was 【10】(delight) with the solution.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】of

【2】influence

【3】decided

【4】as

【5】however

【6】to do

【7】attacking

【8】arrangement

【9】when

【10】delighted

【解析】本文主要介紹了蘇格蘭是如何成為英國的一部分的歷史。

【1】考查固定短語。句意：每個(gè)人都知道英國是由四個(gè)國家組成。consist of“由……組成”，是固定短語，故填of。

【2】考查名詞。句意：大約四百年前，蘇格蘭想要脫離英國的勢(shì)力。作賓語用名詞，填influence。

【3】考查時(shí)態(tài)。由The Scots wanted to attack England可判斷出，是發(fā)生在過去的事情，用一般過去時(shí)，故填decided。

【4】考查介詞。句意：蘇格蘭人想要攻打英國并且認(rèn)為法國應(yīng)該代替英國，成為他們最好的朋友。表示“作為……”，故填as。

【5】考查副詞。句意：然而英格蘭，對(duì)于兩個(gè)國家關(guān)系的破裂不高興。表示轉(zhuǎn)折，故填however。

【6】考查不定式。表示將來的動(dòng)作，所以用不定式作定語，故填to do。

【7】考查固定用法。instead of是介詞，后面接名詞或動(dòng)名詞，故填attacking。

【8】考查名詞。作句子主語，用名詞，故填arrangement。

【9】考查時(shí)間狀語從句。句意：這個(gè)安排一直很有效，直到1603年，伊麗莎白女王去世。表示“當(dāng)……時(shí)”，故填when。

【10】考查固定短語。be delighted with“對(duì)……感到高興”，是固定短語，故填delighted。