Unit2 Reading 题型拓展拔高训练 一、完形填空 The British Isles consist of two large islands. One is called Ireland and 1 Britain. Britain, or Great Britain, is the larger one of these two islands, and it is 2 into three parts: Scotland, Wales and England. The United Kingdom is that part of the British Isles 3 by the Queen. It is made up of Scotland, Wales and England, that is, the 4 of Britain, and also about one sixth of Ireland, the northern part. The 5 of Ireland is self-governing. The 6 name of the United Kingdom is 7 "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". England is 8 and richer than Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and has the most 9 of the United Kingdom, so people often use the 10 "England" and " English" when they 11 ' Britain" and " British" . This sometimes makes the Scots and the Welsh a little 12 The Scots in particular are very 13 of their separate nationality. The Welsh too do not 14 themselves as English, and have a culture and 15 a language of their own. Ireland became part of the United Kingdom in 1801, but for forty years the "Irish 16" was the greatest headache of the United Kingdom. 17, Ireland was divided into two: Northern Ireland still 18 to the United Kingdom, and in 1922 the rest of Ireland 19 to found an Irish Free State, later called Eire and now the Republic of Ireland. The Republic of Ireland does not regard itself as part of Brit
