高中英语UnitTheUnitedKingdomreading人教版必修五

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1.HowmanycountriesdoestheUKconsistof?A.twoB.threeC.four

√bemadeupofquizWhatarethey?LondonEdinburghCardiffNorthernBelfast

So,Whatisthenameofthecountry?

England

Britain

TheUnitedKingdom

theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland

2.HowlongdoesittaketoflyfromBeijingtoLondonHeathrowAirport?A.aboutsixhoursB.abouttenhoursC.aboutsixteenhoursdirectflightquiz3.WhorulestheUK:ThePrimeMinisterorthequeen?ATheQueenBThePrimeMinisterCBoth4.WhataretheprovincescalledinEngland?AcountiesBdepartmentsCstates5.WhichisthelongestriverinEngland?ATheRiverAvonBTheRiverThamesCTheRiverSevern

TheQueen’spositionisCeremonial:OpeningParliament,welcomingHeadsfromothercountries,goingontourstoothercountriestoencouragetradewithBritain.VSThePrimeMinistertogetherwithhismostimportantministers(calledCabinet)andhisMembersofParliamentmakeimportantpoliticaldecisionsandlaws.ThamesSevernAvonTheRiverThamesandSevernareverysimilarinlengthbutRiverThamesisslightlylonger.TheRiverThamesis338KmandtheRiverSevernis290Km.TheRiverAvonismuchshorter.6.WhichisthenationalfloweroftheUK?B.CherryRoseC.Maple7.WhichisthenationalanimaloftheUK?B.

BeaverC.

Redbreast/RobinBaldeagle海狸知更鸟秃头鹰QueenElizabethⅡBeckhamPuzzlesinGeographyReadingPredicting:Readthetitleandguesswhatthecontentofthereadingpassagemightbeabout.cultureInfluencedby?Historyconqueredby...Whatisthetextmainlyabout?

AbriefintroductiontotheUKaboutitsfoundationanddevelopmentbasedongeography,historyandculture,etc.SkimmingDividethepassageintothreepartsandwritedownthemainideaofeachpart.Information

abouttheUKMainideaofeachpart:Part1:_____________________________

Part2:_____________________________Part3:_____________________________HowtheUKcameintobeing.ThegeographicaldivisionofEnglandintozones.Theculturalimportanceof

London.Part1UK-GeographyTheUnitedKingdomc__________ofthefourcountries:_____________,_____________,_____________,_____________.onsistsEnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIrelandPart1UK-HistoryfirstonlyEnglandthe13thcenturyAD,England+Wales.1603,England+Wales+ScotlandGreat

BritainLater,GreatBritain+NorthernIrelandEnglandtheUnitedKingdom(belinkedto)(bejoinedto)TheUnionJackflagunitestheflagsofthreecountriesintheUnitedKingdom.Whichcountryisleftout?Why?

ThecountryleftoutisWales.ItisusuallyconsideredtobepartofEngland.Inwhatwaysarethefourcountries

different?Theyarethesameininternationalrelations,buttheyhavedifferenteducationalandlegalsystemsaswellasfootballteams.Part2-EnglandEnglandisdividedinto3zones.theNorth

theSouthofEnglandtheMidlands

Part2-EnglandEnglandisdividedinto3zones.Mostpopulationsettledin___________________.Mostofthelargeindustrialcitiesarein

___________________.Manycitieshavefamous___________________.theSouthofEnglandthe

North

and

the

Midlandsfootball

teamsWhydidcapitalLondonbecometheculturalcenterofEngland?

TherearealotofhistoricaltreasuresinLondon.WhyaretheresomanyhistoricaltreasuresinLondon?

Londonhasbeeninfluencedbysomeinvaders.Part3-LondonPart3-InvadersIntheEnglandhistory,thereareseveralinvasions.Theyare:___________,_____________,____________,___________.theRomans

theAnglo-Saxonsthe

Vikingsthe

NormansWhatdidtheyleave?Romans:

Anglo-Saxons:townsandroadsLanguageandgovernmentthe

Vikings:theNormans:Influencethevocabulary

andplace-namesoftheNorthCastlesandwordsforfoodWhichgroupoftheinvadersdidnotinfluenceLondon?TheVikingsUKContains________,______,Scotlandand_______________.Inthe13thCentury______waslinkedto________.In17thCentury________andWaleswerejoinedto________.OrganizationEnglandWalesNorthernIrelandScotlandWalesEnglandEnglandSometimelater_________Irelandbrokeawayand_________Irelandjoinedwith________,Walesand________.Thus_______comeintobeing.Englandthe______ofthefourcountries,consistsofthe______,________and_____ofEnglandScotlandSouthernNorthernEnglandtheUKlargestSouthMidlandsNorthLondonthegreatest________treasureofall,has_________,art_________,theatres,parksand________.ThefourgroupsofinvadersaretheRomans,____________,_______andNormans.historicalmuseumscollectionsbuildingsAnglo-SaxonsVikingsDetailedinformationabout_______Historical

_____WhenWhoinfluenceTheoldestportInthe1stcenturyADBythe_______,thefirstinvaders_____androadsLondontreasuresRomansTownsReadthelasttwoparagraphs(P10)carefullyandfillintheblanks.Theoldestbuilding___________