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English is one of the world's most widely spoken languages. this is partly because it was the language of the british empire. the empire once controlled so much of the world when it was said that the sun never set on the british empire.(1)____
England, the birthplace of english, takes on most of the
island of great britain.(2)____ it is one of the four land that form the united kingdom.(3)____ the english that people speak there today is quite differed from the english that was spoken long ago.(4)____ if you were read a book by geoffrey chaucer, one of the early writers of english, someone would have to explain it to you what many words mean.(5)____(6)____
Ingland has product many famous writers since chaucer.(7)____ they include such poets as john milton and percy bysshe shelley and such novelists as jane austen and charles dickens. england is also known for its theater. that art has remained important since the time of playwright william shakespeare some 400 years ago. england's oxford and cambridge are two of the oldest universities in the world. the country' s contributions of classical and folk music, as well as to rock and roll, are also important.(8)____ it's not hard to imagine what rock would be like if there hadn't been english performers such as the beatles, the rolling stones, and david bowie.(9)____ the english also discovered two of the world' s most popular sports: football known as "soccer" in the united states) and cricket.(10)____

答案解析
文章大意
本文讨论的是英国国家概况。文章苜段介绍了英语为世界上使用范围最广的语言。第二段讲述了英格兰是英语的起源地，是大不列颠联合王国的四大组成之一。第三段介绍了英格兰文学艺术以及体育方面的情况：此段开头通过雪莱、狄更斯等人的例子，说明英格兰盛产作家，接着介绍了剑桥和牛津两所名校以及英格兰对音乐的贡献。文章最后还告诉我们，英国人发明了足球和板球这两种受人欢迎的运动。
答案详解
1．when→that语法错误。根据句意“英国曾经控制世界如此多的地方”以及“它棱称为日不落大英帝国”可知，从句并不表示主句发生的时间，而是主句的结果，so... that...引导结果状语从句，表示“如此……以致……”，放在此处符合句意，故将when 改为that。
2．on→up词汇错误。take on的意思为“呈现；承担”，用于此处，句意不通。take up意为“占据”，放在这里表示“英格兰占据了大不列颠岛的很大一部分”，放将on改为up。
3．land→lands词汇错误。在“one of+名词”的结构中，名词需要用复数形式。故将land改为lands。land作名词表示“陆地，大地，地域”时为不可数名词，此处为可搬名词，意为“国土”。
4．differed→different词汇错误。如果用differ表示a与b不同。需用a differs from b句型，且前面不能加系动词，故此处用is differed from不妥。be different from为同定表达，也表示“与……不同”，故将differed改为different。
5．∧read→to语法错误。were read为动词过去式的被动语态，此处“休”和读书在逻辑上是主动关系，故此种说法有误。根据if可以猜测这里是用虚拟语气，表示对将来情况的主观推测，主句为should/would/could/might“do，从句用if+主语+were to do 的形式。此处符合这种用法，故加上to，整句意为“如果你要读一本杰弗里?乔皇（英国早期作家之一）的书，你不得不接受某人为你解释其中许多词语的意思。”
6．it→it语法错误。explain的用法为explain sth．to sb.，在此用法中宾语也可以放到to sb.的后面，即为explain to sb. sth.，本句中what引导的从句作解释的内容，因此本行中的it多余，故删除。
7．product→produced词汇错误。product为名词，意为“产品，产物”，其后又紧接一个名词结构many famous writers。假设has是作谓语，但其也不能接双宾语。根据提示词since，可以推测此处主句需要用现在完成时，故把product改为其动词的过去分词形式produced，与has一起构成完成时态，表示“已经产生”。
8．of→to词汇错误。contributions to...为固定搭配，表示“对……的贡献”，根据后面的as well as可知，这里与to rock and roll是一致、相呼应的，故将of改为to。
9．not→not语篇错误。前一句提到英国对流行和古典音乐也有重要的贡献，所以可以推断“如果没有英国著名的表演者例如披头士……”．应该是“难”以想象摇滚乐会如何发展。若用not hard，则与文章语义相反，不符合逻辑，应将not删掉。
10.discovered→invented词汇错误。discover指以前存在的东西被人发现了，用于此不符合句意。根据常识，足球和板球是之前没有的，是新发明的，故将discovered改为invented。