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