What’sthedifferencebetweentheBritishIslesBritaintheUnitedKingdomandEngland?

TheBritishIslesismadeupoftwolargeislands:OneiscalledIrelandandtheotherBritain.BritainorGreatBritainisthelargerofthesetwoislandsanditisdividedintothreeparts:ScotlandWalesandEngland.

TheUnitedKingdom(UK)isshortfortheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.ItismadeupofScotlandWalesandEngland(i.e.thewholeofBritain)andalsoaboutone-sixthofIrelandtheNorthernpart.TherestofIrelandisself-governing(自治的).

Englandisthelargestmostpopulous(人口众多的)andgenerallyspeakingtherichestsection.Englishpeopleoftenusethewords“England”and“English”whentheymean“Britain”and“British”.ThissometimesmakestheScotsandtheWelshangry.TheScotsareveryproudoftheirseparatenationality.TheWelshtoodonotconsiderthemselvesasEnglandandhaveacultureandevenalanguageoftheirown.IrelandbecamepartoftheUnitedKingdomin1801butissoongrewdiscontented(不满的)andforfortyyearsthe“IrishQuestion”wasthegreatestheadacheofBritishParliament(国会).AtlastIrelanddivideditselfintotwo:NorthernIrelandremainedloyal(忠诚于)totheCrown(英国王室)andin1922therestofthecountrybrokeawaytoformIrishFreeStatenowtheRepublicofIreland.

小题1:Whichisthelargestinarea?A．TheBritishIlesB．GreatBritainC．EnglandD．TheUnitedKingdom小题2:WhichisthelargestislandoftheBritishIsles?.A．IrelandB．BritainC．EnglandD．NorthernIreland小题3:TheUnitedKingdomismainlymadeupof .A．3parts:ScotlandWalesandEnglandB．4parts:ScotlandWalesEnglandandIrelandC．2parts:thewholeofBritainandIrelandD．2parts:thewholeofBritainandNorthernIreland小题4:Strictlyspeaking(严格地说)whichiswrong?A．“English”refers(指)topeopleofEngland.B．“TheScots”referstopeopleofScotland.C．“England”referstoallthepeopletotheUK.