Book5-unit2

人教课标高二必修5Unit2ThehostessofQuizShowAbriefintroductiontotheUKAbriefintroductiontotheUKTheUnitedKingdomisagreatcountry.Ithasalonghistory.ItconsistsofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.GreatBritainismadeupofthreecountries,thatis,England,ScotlandandWales.SotheUnitedKingdomisactuallycomposedoffourcountries:England,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland.Londonisitscapital.The2012OlympicGameswasheldinthecity.ThisisthefamousHeathrowAirport.Ifyouwanttovisitthecountry,youcangotoLondonbyair.Ifyouleaveat11:15BeijingtimefromBeijingairport,youwillgettoLondonHeathrowAirportatabout15:10Londontime.BeijingissevenhoursearlierthanLondon.ThiswasthePrimeMinisteroftheUK.AndthiswastheQueen.Thequeenistheheadofstate,butit’sinnameonly.ThemostpowerfuloneisthePrimeMinister,whocontrolseverythingintheUK.Thereare23provincesinChina.ButinEngland,peopledon’tusetheword“province”.Instead,theyusetheword“county”.TherearemorethaneightycountiesintheUK.TheRiverThamesisthelongestriver.1.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?A.twoB.threeC.four2.WhorulestheUK:thePrimeMinisterortheQueen?A.theQueenB.thePrimeMinisterC.both3.WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland?A.countiesB.departmentsC.states4.WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?A.theRiverAvonB.theRiverThamesC.theRiverSevern5.HowlongdoesittaketoflyfromBeijingairporttoLondonHeathrowAirport?A.about6hoursB.about10hoursC.about16hoursGreatBritainconsists________fourcountries：England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.Inthe13thcentury,Wales________(link)toEngland.In1603,theywerejoinedtoScotland.Theywereunited________peaceinsteadofbywar.However,justastheyweregoingtogetIreland________(connect)toformUnitedKingdom,thesouthernpartofIrelandbrokeaway,⑤________onlyNorthernIrelandjoinedwithEngland.ofwaslinkedinconnectedsoEnglandis________(large)ofthefourcountriesandfor____________(convenient)itwasdividedintothreezones:theSouthofEngland,theMidlandsandtheNorth.Mostofthepopulation__________(settle)intheSouth,butmostoftheindustrialcitiesarelocatedintheMidlandsandtheNorth.Londonisthecapitalcitywiththegreat⑨________(history)treasures.Ithastheoldestport⑩________(build)bytheRomansinthe1stcenturyAD,theoldestbuildingbegunbytheAngloSaxonsinthe1060sandtheoldestcastleconstructedbylaterNormanrulersin1066.thelargestconveniencearesettledhistoricalbuiltCompletethefollowingpassagewiththegivenphrasalverbsbelowwasdelightedwith,arguewithwanttobeleftoutof,brokedown,taketheplaceof,wantedtoattack,breakawayfrom,consistofEverybodyknowsthattheUnitedKingdom(1)fourcountries:England,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland.However,aboutfourhundredyearsagoScotlandtriedto(2)Englishinfluence.TheScots(3)EnglandanddecidedthatFranceshould(4)Englandastheirclosedfriend.England,however,wasunhappywhentherelationshipbetweenthetwocountries(5).QueenElizabeth1didn’t(6)anydecisionstodowithScotland,soshedividedtheScottishlordsintoseveralgroupssothattheywould(7)eachotherinsteadofattackingEngland.Thisarrangementworkedwelluntil1603whenQueenElizabethdied.AsKingJamesofScotlandwasheronlyrelative,hebecameKingofScotlandandEngland,andeverybody(8)thesolution.keys1.consistof2.breakawayfrom3.wantedtoattack4.taketheplaceof5.brokedown6.wanttobeleftoutof7.arguewith8.wasdelightedwithTranslatethefollowingpassageintoEnglish(somethingaboutYangShuo)阳朔是最早的“国家级风景旅游名胜区”之一，其山水景色更胜桂林。境内还有挺拔俊秀的奇峰2万多座，蜿蜒于万山丛中的河流17条。田园风光如诗如画（picturesquelandscapes），文化遗产（culturalheritages）也十分丰富，古建筑、古桥梁、名人纪念地、摩崖石刻（calligraphyorscriptswrittenbyfamouspeople），点缀于山水间。总之，处处是景的自然风光，古朴清秀的田园景致，惊绝天下的溶岩奇观，难以忘怀的“洋人”西街，阳朔之行绝对让你别有一番惊喜！YangshuowasoneofthefirstplacestobedesignatedanddevelopedasatouristresortbytheChineseGovernmentanditssceneryisfarmorebeautifulthanthatofGuilin.MorethantwentythousandhillsandseventeenriversarelocatedinandaroundYangshuo.Wecanseepicturesquelandscapesandvariousculturalheritageshere.Duringyourvisit,youmayalsoseeagreatvarietyofancientbuildingsandbridges,aswellascalligraphyorscriptswrittenbyfamouspeople.Tosumup,youcanenjoybeautifullandscape,greentrees,beautifulfarmland,interestingandstrangelyshapedcaves,andtheintriguing“ForeignWestStreet.AtriptoYangshuoisthuscertaintoprovideyouwithmanypleasantsurprises!阳朔经过近几十年来的发展建设，已建起了许多各具特色的住宿宾馆、饭店和假日宾馆，大多数的酒店具有三星级的条件（three-starestablishments）。阳朔当地的风味除米粉外，主要有啤酒鱼、啤酒鸭、清水鱼、水煮狗肉、干锅（hotpot）狗（羊）肉等。Afterdecadesofdevelopment,Yangshuohasbuiltlotsofhotels,restaurants,andholidayinns,mostofwhicharethree-starestablishments,TypicalYangshuodishesincludericenoodles,beerfish,beerduck,fishsoup,dogmeat,anddogandlambmeathotpot.Thankyou