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.

　　68．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.

　　解析　主旨大意题。通读第一段可知，本段介绍了爱尔兰共和国(The Republic of Ireland)及北爱尔兰(Northern Ireland)的由来，故D项正确。

　　70．The last paragraph is mainly about ________.

　　A．the Irish character

　　B．Irish culture

　　C．Irish musical instruments

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