There are about 56 million people in the United Kingdom. This is a big population(人口) for such a small country. But large parts of the country have few people. Most of the population is crowed into the big cities and industrial (工业的) areas. About 90% of the people live in cities and towns. Only about 10% live in the countryside. Today very few people less than 2% of the population are farmers and farm workers.

England has the most people. About 46 million live in England. Of these, about 14 million live in London and the southeast. London is now a city of about 7 million people. Most of Scotland’s population of 5 million live in the middle part. The mountains in the north and the south have a very small population. Less than 3 million people live in Wales. There are only about one and a half million people in Northern Ireland and one third live in and around the big industrial city of Belfast.

1.[单选题]1. The United Kingdom ______.
  • A. is a large country
  • B. has many people
  • C.has a small population
  • D.is a small country without many people
2.[单选题] Most of the people live ______.
  • A.in cities and towns
  • B.in the countryside
  • C. in every part of the country
  • D.near rivers
3.[单选题]Northern Ireland is ______.
  • A. the name of a country
  • B. a small city of the United Kingdom
  • C. a country with a smaller population
  • D.one part of the United Kingdom
4.[单选题] London is a city ______.
  • A.quiet
  • B.small
  • C.crowed
  • D. new
5.[单选题] Most people live in the ______ in Scotland.
  • A.northwest
  • B.middle part
  • C.southeast
  • D.northeast
参考答案: B,A,D,C,B
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