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Didanyonefindthenamesof“GreatBritain”“theUnitedKingdom”“England”and“theBritishcommonwealth”whichhavethesamemeaning?Strictlyspeakingthesenamesallrefert
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Didanyonefindthenamesof“GreatBritain”“theUnitedKingdom”“England”and“theBritishcommonwealth”whichhavethesamemeaning?Strictlyspeakingthesenamesallrefertosomethingdifferent①.Noneofthemareexactlythesameasanyoftheothers.

TheBritishislesrefertothemainislandsandseveralthousandsmallonesaswellwhichyoucanseeonthemap②.GreatBritainorBritainreferstothelargerofthetwomainislands.Buttheword“Britain”isoftenusedasashortformfortheUnitedKingdomoryoucallittheUK.

NowasforEnglanditreferssimplytothelargestofthethreecountriesontheislandofGreatBritain.TheUnitedKingdomisthenameofthestateandtheofficialnameofthecountrywhichmanypeoplepopularlyrefertoEngland.

FinallytheBritaincommonwealthistheusualnameforwhatisleftoftheBritishEmpire(帝国).ThischangeshowstheweakeningofBritishEmpireandtherisingofthenationalliberationmovementsthroughouttheworldtoday.

1.Accordingtothepassageweknowthat____.

A.GreatBritainhasthesamemeaningasBritain

B.theUnitedKingdomhasthesamemeaningasBritainorEngland

C.allthenamesinthefirstparagraphhavethesamemeaning

D.allthenamesrefertoEngland

2.ItisclearthattheBritishislesreferto____.

A.BritainEnglandandtheUK.

B.thetwomainislandsandthousandsofsmallones

C.threecountriesandseveralislands

D.GreatBritainortheUnitedKingdom

3.Whichofthefollowingshowstherightrelationship(关系)betweentheBritishisles(BI)Britain(B)andEngland(E)?

A.B>BI>EB.BI>E>BC.E>B>BID.BI>B>E

4.IfyouwanttowritetosomeoneinEdinburghthatliesinScotlandyoushouldwritetheaddressas____.

A.EdinburghEngland

B.EdinburghGreatBritain

C.ScotlandEdinburghEngland

D.GreatBritainScotlandEdinburgh

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  本文主要向读者介绍有关英国的几个英语名称所包括的范围,让读者清楚它们之间的不同之处。
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