Scotland lies        the north of England, it is       of Britain.

       A．to; part     B．on; the part      C．in; part     D．to; the part

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England, Wales and Scotland together form Great Britain. Scotland lying in the northern part of Great Britain and bordering England on the south, has an area of about 76,000 square kilometers, half the size of England and Wales. It is 400 km from the English border to John O'Groats at the northern tip of the mainland. Most of Northern Scotland is a mountainous area known as the Scottish Highlands. In the center of Scotland there are Central Lowlands and the South is a wavelike hilly area known as the southern Uplands which rise to 800metres.

1．Scotland lies ________.

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A．to the north of England

B．in the north of England

C．south of England

D．to the north of Great Britain

2．England and Wales together are ________.

A．half as big as Scotland

B．twice as large as Scotland

C．as big as Highlands and Uplands put together

D．two-thirds the area of Scotland

3．Great Britain has an area of ________.

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A．about 38,000 square kilometers

B．about 76,000 square kilometers

C．about 152,000 square kilometers

D．about 228,000 square kilometers

4． It is 400 km from the English border to John O'Groats at the northern tip of the mainland means that 400 km is ________.

A．the length of the coastline of Wales

B．the length of the coastline of Great Britain

C．the distance between the southern and northern borders of Scotland

D．the distance between the eastern and western borders of Scotland.

5．The Central Lowlands ________.

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A．lie between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands

B．lie to the north of the Scottish Highlands

C．lie to the south of the Southern Uplands

D．border England on the Southern Uplands