试题题干
( ) laid the foundations of the English state.
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试题解析
本题考查奠定英国国家基础的民族。
Although the Anglo-Saxons were ferocious people, constantly quarrelling, they laid the foundations of the England state.
虽然盎格鲁-撒克逊人冷酷残忍，争吵不断，但他们奠定了英国的国家基础。
故选择A选项。