The United Kingdom
reading
PUZZLES IN GEOGRAPHY
Skimming
to get
general ideas
Organization
England
Wales
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
England
England
Scanning
Reading Comprehension II
Scotland
Southern
Northern
England
the UK
largest
South
Midlands
North
historical
museums
collections
buildings
Anglo-Saxons
Vikings
The full name of England is the ______ ________ of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It consists of four parts. They are ________, __________, ________ and ________________. People always think ______is a part of England. The flag of the UK is called the ______ ______. The four countries have different ___________and _____ _______as well as different
United
Kingdom
England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Wales
Union
Jack
educational
legal
systems
Answer
football teams.
________ is the largest of the four countries and it is _______ ____ three parts. Most of the people settled in the ______, but most of the large industrial cities are in the _________and the ______. The capital of the UK is ________, which has many great places of interest.
England
divided
into
South
Midlands
North
London
Translation
Quiz II
The southern part of Ireland ______
________________________ (不愿意而
分离了出去) to form its own government.
2. You find most of the population __________________ (聚居在南部) .
3. It is a pity that ____________________
_______________________ (这些建于19世纪的工业城市) do not attract visitors.
unwilling and broke away
settled in the south
the industrial cities built
in the nineteenth century
was
Read the passage and complete the sentences using the words in the box.
England Wales Scotland
Northern Ireland
Republic of Southern Ireland
1 The countries that make up Great
Britain are___________________
________.
England, Wales and
Scotland
Skimming
Reading Comprehension I
2 If we speak of England we mean
____________________.
3 The United Kingdom includes
______________________________
__________________.
4 The part of Ireland that separated
from England is called ___________
________________.
5 London is the capital city of _________
_____________________.
England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
England and Wales
Southern Ireland
Republic of
Great Britain / the UK
England/
1 The Union Jack flag unites the flags of three countries in the United Kingdom, which country is left out? Why?
The country left out is Wales. It is usually assumed to be part of England.
Read the passage and answer the questions.
Scanning
Reading Comprehension III
Ireland
Union Jack
Scotland
England
2 What three countries does British
Airways represent?

3 Which group of invader did not influence London?
England, Scotland and Wales.
The Vikings did not influence London.
Match the main idea of each paragraph.
A. Explains the joining of England and Wales.
B. Explains the importance of London as a cultural and political center in the UK
C. States the topic to be examined in the reading
D. Explains differences in the four countries.
E. Explains what the term “Great Britain” means and how it came about
F. Explains how England is divided into three zones.
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
Para 6
Scanning
to get
detail information
The passage falls into three parts.
Write down the main idea of each part.
Part 1: Para1- Para 3 what England includes; about Great Britain; the UK.

England
Wales
How UK was formed
In the 13th century AD
England
Wales is usually assumed
(被认为是) to be part of
England.
Scotland
In 1603
In the early 1900s, the English
government tried to get Ireland connected.
Northern Ireland
Only Northern Ireland joined with Britain to become the United Kingdom.
Para 4 the geographic division of England into zones; their similarities and differences.
Part 2:
Part 3: Para 5 & Para 6 the cultural importance of London.
The Romans---
Anglo-Saxons---
Vikings---
Normans---
towns and roads
language and government
vocabulary and place-names of the North
castles and words for food
Use the information above to write a short summary of the passage.
The writer examines how the UK developed as an administrative unit. It shows how England is also divided into three zones. It explains why London became the cultural capital of England.
How do you think the United Kingdom began to be formed?
First Wales was linked to England. Then in the 17th century England and Wales were joined to Scotland, thus forming Great Britain. In the 20th century the UK was formed with Northern Ireland joined.
Scanning
Reading Comprehension IV
England: The first country people think of when speaking of the UK and the largest of the four countries. It is roughly divided into three zones: the South of England, the Midlands and the North.
Wales: The first country that was linked
to England in the 13th century and it is
included when people refer to England.
Great Britain: The name given and used when England, Wales and Scotland were joined together, which took place in 1603, when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales.
Northern Ireland: The northern part of Ireland that was joined to Great Britain to become the United Kingdom, which was shown to the world in the flag called Union Jack.
London: The capital of the UK and
England as well. It contains the greatest
historical treasure of all, with its
museums, art collections, theatres,
parks and buildings. It has the oldest
port, building and castle and it has
been influenced by some invaders of
London.
Ireland: The southern part of that country – Ireland or Southern Ireland, which broke away to form its own government and a country independent of Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK.
Quiz
1. Jenny hopes that Mr. Smith will
suggest a good way to have her
written English ___in a short period.
(2007 福建卷)
improved B. improving
C. to improve D. improve
Quiz III
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2. She wants her paintings ___ in the gallery, but we don’t think they would be very popular.
(2007 上海春卷)
A. display B. to display
C. displaying D. displayed
3. He is very popular among his
students as he always tries to make
them ______ in his lectures.
(2007 江苏卷)
interested B. interesting
C. interest D. to interest
4. _____ to reach them on the phone,
we sent an email instead.
(2008 重庆卷)
A. Fail B. Failed
C. To fail D. Having failed
5. To learn English well, we should
find opportunities to hear English
______ as much as we can.
(2008 江苏卷)
speak. B. speaking
C. spoken D. to speak
Find sentences with past
participles in the text and
get prepared for grammar study.
Thank you.