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1、Chapter1landandpeople1.whatarethedifferencesbetweenBritainandtheBritishIsles,GreatBritain,England,theUnitedKingdomandtheBritishCommonwealth?TheBritishIsles,GreantBritinaandEnglandaregeographicalnames,notheofficialnamesofthecountry,whiletheofficialnameistheUnitedKi
2、ngdom,butthefullnameistheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.TheBritishCommonwealthisafreeassociationofindependentcountriesthatwereoncecoloniesofBritian.2.DescribethegeographicalpositionofBritian?Britainisanislandcountry.ItliesinthenorthAtlanticOceanofft
3、henorthcoastofEurope.ItisseparatedfromtherestofEuropebytheEnglishchannelinthesouthandtheNorthSeaintheeast.3.WhereaboutsinGreatBritainaremostlyhighlandandlowland?ThenorthandwestofBritainaremainlyhighland,whilethesouthandsouth-eastaremostlylowlands.4.DoesBritainhave
4、afavourableclimate?why?Yes,ithasafavourableclimate,becauseithasamaritimetypeofclimate---wintersaremild,nottoocoldandsummersarecool,nottoohot.Ithasasteadyreliablerainfallthroughoutthewholeyear.Ithasasmallrangeoftemperature,too.5.whatarethefactorswhichinfluencethecl
5、imateinBritain?WhichpartofBritainhasthemostrainfallandwhichpartisthedriest?ThefactorswhichinfluencetheclimateinBritainarethefollowingthree:1)Thesurroundingwatersbalancetheseasonaldifferences;2)theprevailingsouth-westwindsbringwarmandwetairinwinterandkeepthetempera
6、turesmoderate;3)theNorthAtlanticDrift,awarmcurrent,passesthewesterncoastoftheBritishIslesandwarmsthem.Thenorthwesternparthasthemostrainfall,whilethesouth-easterncorneristhedriest.6.DescribethedistributionofBritain’spopulation.Britainhasapopulationof57million.Itisd
7、enselypopulated,withanaverageof237peoplepersquarekilometre.Itisalsoveryunevenlydistributed,with90%ofthepopulationinurbanareas,10%inruralareas.Geographically,mostBritishpeopleliveinEngland.Ofthetotalof57millionpeople,47millionliveinEngland,14millionliveinLondonandS
8、outheasternEngland.7.WhatarethethreenaturalzonesinScotland?ThethreenaturalzonesinScotlandare:theHighlandsinthenorth,thecentralLowlands,andthesouthernUpl
