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：
1. of和as之間加上it.代替前文的a nation
—both.指代上文的US和Great Britain
—which
ient—sufficiently.修飾形容詞用副詞
5. indicated—indicating　
—ended.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— 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
—e 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

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