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

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问题     Many people who have not visited Britain call all the inhabitants English, for they are used to thinking of the British Isles as England.【71】, the British Isles contain a variety of peoples, and only the people of England call themselves English. The others【72】to themselves as Welsh, Scottish, or Irish,【73】the case may be; they are often slightly annoyed【74】being classified as "English".
    Even in England there are many【75】in regional character and speech. The chief【76】is between southern England and northern England. South of a【77】going from Bristol to London, people speak the type of English usually learnt by international students,【78】there are local variations.
    Further north, regional speech is usually "【79】" than that of southern Britain. Northerners are【80】to claim that they work harder than Southerners, and are more【81】. They are openhearted and hospitable; visitors often find that they make friends with them【82】. Northerners generally have hearty【83】: the visitor to Lancashire or Yorkshire, for instance, may look forward to receiving generous【84】at meal times.
    In accent and character the people of the Midlands【85】a gradual change from the southern to the northern type of Englishman.
    In Scotland the sound【86】by the letter "R" is generally a strong sound, and "R" is often pronounced in words in which it would be【87】in southern English. The Scots are said to be a serious, cautious, thrifty people,【88】inventive and somewhat mystical. All the Celtic peoples of Britain (the Welsh, the Irish, the Scots) are frequently【89】as being more "fiery" than the English. They are【90】a race that is quite distinct from the English.
选项 A、quiet
B、obscure
C、faint
D、silent
答案D
解析 语意搭配题。此处指语言学中不发音的字母，用silent表示，选项A quiet(安静的)，选项B obscure(模糊不清的)和选项C faint(微弱的)都不正确。句意：在苏格兰，字母“R”所表示的是强音，且“R”常常在有些词中读出声来，而在南部英语中这些词的R是不发音的。
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