PAGE-10-18－19学年度第一学期高二年级第一学段英语试卷注意：本试卷,满分100分,时间90分钟第I卷（共50分）第一部分阅读理解（共15小题,满分30分）ATothewestandofftheEuropeanContinent,thereareseveralthousandsofislandsontheContinentalshelf(大陆架).TheyaregenerallycalledtheBritishIsles.Ofalltheseisles,thelargestoneiscalledGreatBritain.Forconvenience,itisoftenshortenedtoBritain.StilltothewestofGreatBritainisthesecondlargestislandknownasIreland.TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland(UK)ismadeupofGreatBritain,NorthernIreland,andanumberofsmallerislandsaroundthem.Thetotalareaofthecountryissome240,000squarekilometerswithapopulationofabout57million.GreatBritainrunsnearly1,000kilometersfromsouthtonorthandextends,atthewidestpart,about500kilometersfromwesttoeast.Itsareaissome230,000squarekilometers.GreatBritainistraditionallydividedintothreeparts,orcountries：Englandinthesouth,Scotlandinthenorth,andWalesinthesouthwest.Therearediscernible(可辨别的)differencesbetweenthemevennow.Englandisthelargestandmostdevelopedofallthethree.Itsarea,about130,000squarekilometers,takesupnearly60%ofthewholeisland.Itspopulationismorethan46millionwhichmakesup85%ofthecountry’swholepopulation.TheimportanceofEnglandissogreatinBritainthatsomeforeignersjustsay“England”whentheymeanBritain.ThesameistrueofthecustomofspeakingoftheBritishpeopleastheEnglishwhoarethemajorityintheUnitedKingdom.Scotlandisthesecondlargestbothinareaandpopulation.Ithasanareaofabout78,760squarekilometers,lessthan30%ofthewholeisland,withapopulationof5million,lessthanone­tenthofthewholepopulation.Walesisthesmallestofthethreebothinareaandpopulation.Inarea,20,700squarekilometers,makesuplessthan9%whileitspopulation,2.7million,doesnotexceed(超过)5%ofthewhole.TheBritishIslesismadeupof________.theEuropeanContinentandGreatBritaintheUK.andtheRepublicofIrelandEngland,ScotlandandWalesseveralthousandsofislandstothewestandofftheEuropeanContinentWhichofthefollowingfiguresshowsthecorrectpositionofGreatBritain?WecaninferthatGreatBritainhasapopulationofabout________million.54B.46C.60D.