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1、河北省武邑中学2016届高考英语一轮复习Unit2TheUnitedKingdom导学案新人教版必修5ReadingPUZZLESINGEOGRAPHYPeoplemaywonderwhydifferentwordsareused1.___________(describe)thesefourcountries:England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.YoucanclarifythisquestionifyoustudyBritishhistory.FirsttherewasEngland.Wal
2、eswaslinkedtoitinthethirteenthcentury.NowwhenpeoplerefertoEnglandyoufindWales2.________(include)aswell.NextEnglandandWaleswerejoinedtoScotlandintheseventeenthcenturyandthenamewaschangedto“GreatBritain”.HappilythiswasaccomplishedwithoutconflictwhenKingJamesofScotlandbecame
3、KingofEnglandandWalesaswell.FinallytheEnglishgovernmenttriedintheearlytwentiethcenturytoformtheUnitedKingdombygettingIreland3.________(connect)inthesamepeacefulway.However,thesouthernpartofIrelandwasunwillingandbrokeawaytoformitsowngovernment.SoonlyNorthernIrelandjoinedwi
4、thEngland,WalesandScotlandtobecometheUnitedKingdomandthiswasshowntotheworldinanewflag4._______(call)theUnionJack.Totheircreditthefourcountriesdoworktogetherinsomeareas(eg,thecurrencyandinternationalrelations),buttheystillhaveverydifferentinstitutions.Forexample,NorthernIr
5、eland,EnglandandScotlandhavedifferenteducationalandlegalsystemsaswellasdifferentfootballteamsforcompetitionsliketheWorldCup!Englandisthelargestofthefourcountries,andforconvenienceitisdividedroughlyintothreezones.TheonenearestFranceiscalledtheSouthofEngland,themiddlezoneis
6、calledtheMidlandsandtheonenearesttoScotlandisknown5.______theNorth.Youfindmostofthepopulationsettledinthesouth,butmostoftheindustrialcitiesintheMidlandsandtheNorthofEngland.Although,nationwide,thesecitiesarenotaslargeasthoseinChina,theyhaveworldfamousfootballteamsandsomeo
7、fthemevenhavetwo!Itisapitythattheindustrialcitiesbuiltinthenineteenthcenturydonotattractvisitors.ForhistoricalarchitectureyouhavetogotoolderbutsmallertownsbuiltbytheRomans.ThereyouwillfindoutmoreaboutBritishhistoryandculture.Thegreatesthistoricaltreasureofall6._____(be)Lo
8、ndonwithitsmuseums,artcollections,theatres,parksandbuildings.Itisthecentreofnationalgovernmentan
