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Many people who have not visited Britain call all the inhabitants English, f

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问题     Many people who have not visited Britain call all the inhabitants English, for they are used to thinking of the British Isles as England.【71】, the British Isles contain a variety of peoples, and only the people of England call themselves English. The others【72】to themselves as Welsh, Scottish, or Irish,【73】the case may be; they are often slightly annoyed【74】being classified as "English".
    Even in England there are many【75】in regional character and speech. The chief【76】is between southern England and northern England. South of a【77】going from Bristol to London, people speak the type of English usually learnt by international students,【78】there are local variations.
    Further north, regional speech is usually "【79】" than that of southern Britain. Northerners are【80】to claim that they work harder than Southerners, and are more【81】. They are openhearted and hospitable; visitors often find that they make friends with them【82】. Northerners generally have hearty【83】: the visitor to Lancashire or Yorkshire, for instance, may look forward to receiving generous【84】at meal times.
    In accent and character the people of the Midlands【85】a gradual change from the southern to the northern type of Englishman.
    In Scotland the sound【86】by the letter "R" is generally a strong sound, and "R" is often pronounced in words in which it would be【87】in southern English. The Scots are said to be a serious, cautious, thrifty people,【88】inventive and somewhat mystical. All the Celtic peoples of Britain (the Welsh, the Irish, the Scots) are frequently【89】as being more "fiery" than the English. They are【90】a race that is quite distinct from the English. [br]
选项 A、wider
B、broader
C、rarer
D、scarcer
答案 B
解析 语意搭配题。选项B broader(宽的，广阔的)，例如：broad shoulders(宽阔的肩膀)；也可用于表示(发音方面)带…口音的，口音重的，例如：a broad accent(带着明显的…口音)。因此B是正确答案。选项A wider宽松的，广泛的，例如：a wide skirt(宽松的裙子)；又如：wide interests(广泛的兴趣)。选项C rarer和选项D scarcer都表示稀少的。句意：越往北去，方言的差异通常比英国南部越大。
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