The Irish are famous for being warm­hearted 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.

　　本文简要介绍了南北爱尔兰的形成及其人口、生产生活以及文化的复兴等知识。

　　17．What 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.

　　答案：D。主旨大意题。第一段主要介绍了在英国统治下的爱尔兰如何独立分化成南北爱尔兰的历史原因。

　　18．We learn from the text that in Ireland________.

　　A. food shortages in the 1840s led to a decline in population

　　B. people are moving to the cities for lack of work in the countryside

　　C. it is harder to make a living as a farmer than as a factory worker

　　D. different kinds of old Irish songs are all sung with instruments

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