ThemajorityofpeopleinScotlandareinfavourbreakingawayfromtherestoftheUKandbecomingindependent，accordingtoapoll（民意测评）takenjustbeforethe300thanniversaryoftheActofUnion，whichunitedScotlandandEngland．
The majority of people in Scotland are in favour breaking away from the rest of the UK and becoming independent，according to a poll（民意测评） taken just before the 300th anniversary of the Act of Union，which united Scotland and England．
A pair of Acts of Parliament，passed in 1706and 1707that came into effect on May 1，1707，created Great Britain．The parliaments（议会） of both countries were dissolved，and replaced by a new Parliament of Great Britain in Westminster，London．
The poll showed support for independence for Scotland is running at 51%．This is the first time since 1998that support for separation has passed 50%，and the first time since devolution（中央全力下放） gave power to the country in 1999．Six months before elections for the Scottish Parliament，these poll results come as good news to the Scottish Nationalist Party，who are hoping to make progress against Labour and further the cause of an independent Scotland．
Many people have become disillusioned（幻想破灭的） with devolution，and believe that the Scottish Parliament has failed to deliver what they had hoped it would； only a tenth have no opinion．In fact，only 39% of those polled want to keep things as they are．
8．Which of the following statements is true？___
A．Scotland and England have always been united．
B．Scotland and England want to break up the union．
C．Scotland and England have been united for a long time．
D．Scotland and England were united by war．
9．Great Britain was formed by___．
A．an Act of Parliament in 1706．
B．two Acts of Parliament in 1707．
C．an Act of Parliament that came into effect on May 1，1707．
D．Acts of Parliament that came into effect on May 1，1707．
10．What does the underlined word"dissolved"in Paragraph 2mean？___
A．developed．
B．formed．
C．ended．
D．combined．
11．The number of people who want to keep things as they are___．
