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Many foreigners who have not visited Britain call all the inhabitants English, for they are used to thinking of the British Isle

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问题     Many foreigners who have not visited Britain call all the inhabitants English, for they are used to thinking of the British Isles as England. (1)_____, the British Isles contain a variety of peoples, and only the people of England call themselves English. The others (2)_____ to themselves as Welsh, Scottish, or Irish, (3)_____ the case may be; they are often slightly annoyed (4)_____ being classified as "English".
Even in England there are many (5)_____ in regional character and speech. The chief (6)_____ is between southern England and northern England. South of a (7)_____ going from Bristol to London, people speak the type of English usually learnt by foreign students, (8)_____ there are local variations.
    Further north, regional speech is usually" (9)_____ "than that of southern Britain. Northerners are (10)_____ to claim that they work harder than Southerners, and are more (11)_____ They are openhearted and hospitable; foreigners often find that they make friends with them (12)_____. Northerners generally have hearty (13)_____: the visitor to Lancashire or Yorkshire, for instance, may look forward to receiving generous (14)_____ at meal times.
    In accent and character the people of the Midlands (15)_____ a gradual change from the southern to the northern type of Englishman.
    In Scotland the sound (16)_____ by the letter "R" is generally a strong sound, and "R" is often pronounced in words in which it would be (17)_____ in southern English. The Scots are said to be a serious, cautious, thrifty people, (18)_____ inventive and somewhat mystical. All the Celtic peoples of Britain (the Welsh, the Irish, the Scots) are frequently (19)_____ as being more "fiery" than the English. They are (20)_____ a race that is quite distinct from the English.

选项 A、confine
B、attach
C、refer
D、add
答案C
解析 此题属于语意搭配题。选项refer：refer to...as...表示"把…称为…"，例如：California is referred to as "Golden State"．(加利福尼亚被称为"黄金之州")。选项confine：confine...to...表示"把…局限于"，例如：Could you confine your discussion to the matter in question?(你能把发言限定在正在讨论的问题上吗?)选项attach：attach...to...表示"系上，贴上，依恋"，例如：I attached a photo to my application form．(我在申请表上贴了一张照片)。选项add：add to表示"增加"，相当于increase，例如：The news added to his anxiety．(这条消息增加了他的焦虑)。全句可译为：其他居民把自己称为"威尔士人"、"苏格兰人"或"爱尔兰人"。
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