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It is difficult to think of a nation as an abstract collection of people living on a patch of territory. It is easier to think of as a person. This is why we sometimes call Great Britain __1__
"Britannia" and the United States "Columbia", and think of it as stately women. We also use masculine symbols in our __2__
personification of nations. In 1712 John Arbuthont, a Scot, wrote a political satire in that the characters were supposed __3__
to be typical members of different nationalities. The Englishman was John Bull. This name, which was sufficient flattering to be __4__
adopted generally, combined the most common English first name with a last name indicated strength. John Bull is usually __5__
pictured as a partly businessman with a Union Jack on his hatband.
After the American War of Independence began in 1783, the United __6__
States was knownfor "Brother Jonathan". Jonathan was a biblical __7__
name associated with simple people from rural areas, and it seemed fitting since the United States is rural and unsophiscated, and since __8__
American considered their type of simplicity a virtue compared to __9__
the wickedness of European cities. It is possible, however, that the name was originated with President George Washington, who would __10__
often say, when faced with a hard problem, "Let us consult Brother Jonathan", referring to his secrectary, Johnathan Trumbull.

答案詳解(反白可見)：

1. of和as之間加上it.代替前文的a nation
．指代上文的US和Great Britain

ient—sufficiently．修飾形容詞用副詞
5. indicated—indicating
．根據(jù)歷史知識，美國獨立戰(zhàn)爭開始于1776年7月4日（《獨立宣言》發(fā)表），直到1783年英國正式承認美國獨立才結(jié)束。
7. for—as．be known for意為“因......而眾所周知”
8. is—was．美國過去曾是一個rural and unsophisticated的國家
．compare to 意為“把......比作.......”compare with意為“與......比較，與.......匹敵，與......競爭”
10. 刪掉name和originated之間的was ?