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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、swiftly
B、promptly
C、immediately
D、quickly
答案D
解析 此题属于近义词辨析题。四个词都表示"立刻地"，但着重点不同。选项swiftly强调行为发生的敏捷性，例如：They denied the accusation swiftly．(他们很快否认那桩起诉)。选项promptly和选项immediately都含有without delay的意义，例如：I’ll deliver your purchases promptly．(我会立刻送你买的货)。又如：I came immediately after I had had dinner．选项quickly意为after only a very soon time，例如：I realized fairly quickly that I was wrong．全句可译为：北方人一般很亲切、好客，外国人经常发现自己能很快和他们交上朋友。
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