Question

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

Answer 1

【答案】of；influence；decided；as；however；to do；attacking；arrangement；when；delighted
【解析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了蘇格蘭是如何成為英格蘭的一部分的歷史。
（1）考查固定短語。每個人都知道英國是由四個國家組成。consist of固定短語，“由……組成”，所以填of。
（2）考查名詞。句意：大約四百年前，蘇格蘭想要脫離英國的勢力。這里需要使用名詞，填influence。
（3）考查時態(tài)。根據(jù)“The Scots wanted to attack England”可判斷出是發(fā)生在過去的事情，用一般過去時，所以填decided。
（4）考查介詞。句意：蘇格蘭人想要攻打英國并且認為法國應該代替英國，成為他們最好的朋友。表示“作為……”，所以填as。
（5）考查副詞。句意：然而英國，對于兩個國家關系的破裂不高興。表示轉(zhuǎn)折，所以填however。
（6）考查不定式。表示將來的動作，所以用不定式作定語，填to do。
（7）考查動名詞。instead of后面接v+ing形式，所以填attacking。
（8）考查名詞。作句子主語，用名詞，填arrangement。
（9）考查狀語從句。這個安排一直很有效，直到1603年，伊麗莎白女王去世。表示“當……時”，所以填when。
（10）考查固定短語。be delighted with固定短語，“對……感到高興”，所以填delighted。