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2020年11月29日发(作者：潘承烈)
Ireland has had a very difficult history阅读
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Ireland has had a very difficult history. The problems
started in the 16th century when English rulers tried to conquer
(征服) Ireland. For hundreds of years，the Irish people fought
against the English. Finally, in 1921，the British government
was forced to give independence to the south of Ireland. The
result is that today there are two “Irelands”. Northern Ireland，in
the north，is part of the United Kingdom. The Republic of
Ireland, in the south，is an independent country.
In the 1840s the main crop，potatoes，was affected by
disease and about 750,000 people died of hunger. This, and a
shortage (短缺) of work, forced many people to leave Ireland
and live in the USA，the UK, Australia and Canada. As a result
of these problems, the population fell from million in 1841 to
million in 1851.
For many years，the majority of Irish people earned their
living as farmers. Today, many people still work on the land but
more and more people are moving to the cities to work in
factories and offices. Life in the cities is very different from life

in the countryside，where things move at a quieter and slower
pace.
The Irish are famous for being warm-hearted and friendly.
Oscar Wilde，a famous Irish writer，once said that the Irish were
“the greatest talkers since the Greeks”．Since independence，
Ireland has revived (复兴)its own culture of music，language,
literature and singing. Different areas have different styles of
old Irish songs which are sung without instruments. Other
kinds of Irish music use many different instruments such as the
violin, whistles, etc.
( ) does the author tell us in Paragraph 1?
A. How the Irish fought against the English.
B. How Ireland gained independence.
C. How English rulers tried to conquer Ireland.
D. How two “Irelands” came into being.
( ) last paragraph is mainly about ________.
A．the Irish character
B．Irish culture
C．Irish musical instruments D．a famous Irish writer

( ) can be the best title for the text?
A．Life in Ireland
B．A Very Difficult History
C．Ireland，Past and Present
D．The Independence of Ireland
【要点综述】爱尔兰分为南爱尔兰和北爱尔兰两个部分，
北爱尔兰是英国的一部分(大不列 颠及北爱尔兰联合王国)，
南爱尔兰为爱尔兰共和国，于1921年脱离英国，取得独立。
本文 主要介绍爱尔兰的历史与现状，特别是爱尔兰独立后文
化的复兴。1．D 段落大意题。第一段的大意就是爱尔兰的
历史及南爱尔兰和北爱尔兰是如何形成的。
2．B 段落大意题。最后一段主要说到爱尔兰音乐、
语言、文学等与文化相关的话题，故答案为B。
3．C 主旨大意题。文章主要谈论爱尔兰的历史与
现状，故选C。