ThetwolargestislandsoftheBritishIslesareGreatBritainandIreland.EnglandWalesandScotlandtogetherformGreatBritain.ScotlandlyinginthenorthernpartofGreatBritainandbordering(接壤)EnglandonthesouthishalfthesizeofEnglandandWaleshavinganareaofabout76000squarekilometers.MostofNorthernScotlandismountainousareaknownastheScottishHighlands.InthecenterofScotlandtherearetheCentralLow-landsandthesouthiswavinghillyareaknownastheSouthernUplandswhichriseto800m.TherearemanyriversinGreatBritainbuttheyarenotverylong.Theriverswhichruntotheeastarelongerthantheoneswhichruntothewest.
InScotlandthemainrainywindscomefromtheAtlanticOcean.Thewestpartiswetwithanaverage(平均)rainfallofupto200cmwhiletheeastisdrywithabout75cm.ThewintersarecoldwithanaverageJanuarytemperatureof4℃.Thesummersarecoldandwarmbutrarelyhot.
1.Thispassagemainlytellsus____.
A.howmanypartsformGreatBritain
B.thepositionsofEnglandWalesandScotland
C.theareasofGreatBritain
D.SomethingaboutScotland
2.Englandlies____.
A.inthesouthofGreatBritain B.tothesouthofScotland
C.tothenorthofWales D.inthenorthofScotland
3.Thispassagealsotellsus____.
A.thepopulationofGreatBritain B.thehistoryofEnglandandWales
C.thesizeofScotland D.thepositionofNorthernIreland
4.TheCentrallowlands_____.
A.liebetweentheScottishHighlandsandtheSouthernUplands
B.lietothenorthofScottishHighlands
C.lietothesouthoftheSouthernUplands
D.borderEnglandonthesouth
5.ThewritersaysthatinScotlandthereismorerain____.
A.intheHighlandsthanintheSouthernUplands B.inthewestpartthanintheeast
C.intheCentralLowlandsthanintheHighland D.intheeastthaninthewest