Britain is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in the ______ and the North Sea in the east.

单项选择题Linguistically, compared with the writings of Mark Twain, Henry James's fiction is noted for his ______.

单项选择题A typical feature of the English Victorian literature is that writers became social and moral ______, exposing all kinds of social evils.

单项选择题English has undergone dramatic periods. The period of ______ is roughly from 449 to 1100.

单项选择题In Britain, ministers are appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of ______.

单项选择题______ looks at language from a psychological point of view, and to him, competence is a property of the mind of each individual.