Question

【题目】Everybody knows that the United Kingdom consists 【1】 four countries: English, Scotland, Wales plus Northern Ireland. However, about four hundred years ago Scotland tried to break away from English 【2】(influent). The Scots wanted to attack England and 【3】(decide) that France should take the place of England 【4】 their closest friend. England, 【5】, was unhappy when the relationship between the two countries broke down. Queen Elizabeth I did not want to be left out of any decisions 【6】(do) with Scotland, so she divided the Scottish lords into several groups so that they would argue with each other instead of 【7】(attack) England. This 【8】(arrange) worked well until 1603 【9】 Queen Elizabeth died. As King James of Scotland was her only relative, he became King of Scotland and England, and everybody was 【10】(delight) with the solution.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】of

【2】influence

【3】decided

【4】as

【5】however

【6】to do

【7】attacking

【8】arrangement

【9】when

【10】delighted

【解析】本文主要介绍了苏格兰是如何成为英国的一部分的历史。

【1】考查固定短语。句意：每个人都知道英国是由四个国家组成。consist of“由……组成”，是固定短语，故填of。

【2】考查名词。句意：大约四百年前，苏格兰想要脱离英国的势力。作宾语用名词，填influence。

【3】考查时态。由The Scots wanted to attack England可判断出，是发生在过去的事情，用一般过去时，故填decided。

【4】考查介词。句意：苏格兰人想要攻打英国并且认为法国应该代替英国，成为他们最好的朋友。表示“作为……”，故填as。

【5】考查副词。句意：然而英格兰，对于两个国家关系的破裂不高兴。表示转折，故填however。

【6】考查不定式。表示将来的动作，所以用不定式作定语，故填to do。

【7】考查固定用法。instead of是介词，后面接名词或动名词，故填attacking。

【8】考查名词。作句子主语，用名词，故填arrangement。

【9】考查时间状语从句。句意：这个安排一直很有效，直到1603年，伊丽莎白女王去世。表示“当……时”，故填when。

【10】考查固定短语。be delighted with“对……感到高兴”，是固定短语，故填delighted。