2017届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解素材：55
<p>爱尔兰总统首次访英</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="visit">visit</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="UK">UK</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="Irish">Irish</span> <span word="head">head</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="way">way</span>.</p><p>爱尔兰国家领导人对英国的首次正式访问即将启动。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Queen">Queen</span> <span word="shook">shook</span> <span word="hands">hands</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Martin">Martin</span> <span word="McGuinness">McGuinness</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="trip">trip</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Belfast">Belfast</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span></p><p><span word="President">President</span> <span word="Michael">Michael</span> <span word="D">D</span> <span word="Higgins">Higgins</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="meet">meet</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Queen">Queen</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="address">address</span> <span word="Parliament">Parliament</span> - <span word="another">another</span> <span word="historic">historic</span> <span word="first">first</span>.</p><p><span word="Ahead">Ahead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="trip">trip</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Anglo">Anglo</span>-<span word="Irish">Irish</span> <span word="relations">relations</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="warned">warned</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="was">was</span> "<span word="significant">significant</span> <span word="work">work</span>" <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="secure">secure</span> <span word="peace">peace</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Northern">Northern</span> <span word="Ireland">Ireland</span>.</p><p><span word="Ireland">Ireland</span> <span word="won">won</span> <span word="independence">independence</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1921 <span word="following">following</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="civil">civil</span> <span word="war">war</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="guerrilla">guerrilla</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="forces">forces</span>.</p><p><span word="However">However</span>, <span word="six">six</span> <span word="counties">counties</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="kept">kept</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="control">control</span>, <span word="creating">creating</span> <span word="Northern">Northern</span> <span word="Ireland">Ireland</span>.</p><p><span word="For">For</span> <span word="centuries">centuries</span> <span word="Ireland">Ireland</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="rule">rule</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="troubles">troubles</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="traced">traced</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="partition">partition</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>.</p><p><span word="President">President</span> <span word="Higgins">Higgins</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="were">were</span> "<span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="memories">memories</span>" <span word="and">and</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="wrong">wrong</span> <span word="to">to</span> "<span word="wipe">wipe</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="slate">slate</span> <span word="clean">clean</span>".</p>
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