高考英语一轮复习 Unit2 The United Kingdom导学案 新人教版必修5-新人教版高三必修5英语学案

河北省武邑中学 2016 届高考英语一轮复习 Unit2 The United Kingdom 导学案 新人教版必修 5Reading PUZZLES IN GEOGRAPHYPeople may wonder why different words are used 1.___________(describe) these four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. You can clarify this question if you study British history.First there was England. Wales was linked to it in the thirteenth century. Now when people refer to England you find Wales 2.________ (include)as well. Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed to “Great Britain”. Happily this was accomplished without conflict when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well. Finally the English government tried in the early twentieth century to form the United Kingdom by getting Ireland 3. ________(connect) in the same peaceful way. However, the southern part of Ireland was unwilling and broke away to form its own government. So only Northern Ireland joined with England, Wales and Scotland to become the United Kingdom and this was shown to the world in a new flag 4._______(call) the Union Jack.To their credit the four countries do work together in some areas (eg, the currency and international relations), but they still have very different institutions. For example, Northern Ireland, England and Scotland have different educational and legal systems as well as different football teams for competitions like the World Cup!England is the largest of the four countries, and for convenience it is divided roughly into three zones. The one nearest France is called the South of England, the middle zone is called the Midlands and the one nearest to Scotland is known 5.______ the North. You fi...