阅读理解AsyouarestudentsofEnglishit'sverypossiblethatyou'llbeinterestedinEngland.That'swherethelanguagewasfirstspoken.ButEnglandisoftencalledbyothernames.ThisoftenconfusespeopleandIwonderi

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　　AsyouarestudentsofEnglishit'sverypossiblethatyou'llbeinterestedinEngland.That'swherethelanguagewasfirstspoken.ButEnglandisoftencalledbyothernames.ThisoftenconfusespeopleandIwonderifyouknowwhatthesenamesmean.SonowIwouldliketotellyouaboutthismatterofnames.Ibelievethatyouhaveheardpeopleusethenames--EnglandBritainorGreatBritain.Let'sseewhateachofthesenamesmeans.

　　IfyoulookatamapofEuropeyou'llseeagroupofislands--onelargerislandoffthenorthwestcoastonesmallerandmanytinyones.ThesemakeupwhatiscalledtheBritishIsles.ThelargestislandoftheBritishIslesisBritain.ItisalsocalledGreatBritain.ThesmallerislandisIreland.

　　Britainisdividedintothreeparts:ScotlandWalesandEngland.Butsometimestheword“England”isusedinsteadof“Britain”.Whyso?

　　InancienttimeswhatisBritainnowusedtobethreedifferentcountries.Peopleinthesedifferentcountriesspokedifferentlanguage.Overmanyyearsthethreecountriesbecameone.Englandisthelargestandrichestofthethreeandithasthemostpeople.SotheEnglishpeopletakeitforgrantedthattheirownnamestandsforthewholeisland.

　　There'sanotherthingthatconfusespeople:sometimesyoumayhearpeoplesay“theUntiedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland”.Thatistheofficialnameofthecountry.NorthernIrelandisonlyonesixthoftheislandofIreland.TherestoftheislandisanindependentstatecalledtheRepublicofIreland.Sowehavethenamesof“England”“Britain”“GreatBritain”and“theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland”.Nowdoyouknowwhateachofthemmeans?

　　(1)Englishwasfirstspokenin________.

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　　A．Britain

　　B．England

　　C．GreatBritain

　　D．Ireland

　　(2)Britainisdividedinto________.

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　　A．EnglandBritainandWales

　　B．EnglandScotlandandWales

　　C．WalesScotlandandGreatBritain

　　D．GreatBritainWalesandScotland

　　(3)Accordingtothepassagewhichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

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　　A．Walesistherichestofthethree

　　B．Scotlandisthelarge