To others and themselves the British have a reputation for beingconservative——not in the narrow political sense, but in thesense of adherence to accepted ideas and unwilling to questionthem.The reputation comes partly from their 1_ .For 900 2_they have suffered 3_ invasion nor revolution (except in 1649 4_ 1688) nor disastrous defeat in 5_ .

      Their monarchy (君主政体) survives 6 _serious question.Under its normal 7_ politicalarrangements have been 8_ stable that, except for the 9_interruptions in the seventeenth 10_ , they have been adopted throughout 11_ centuries to meetchanging needs without violent 12_ .Britain, in 1978, was 13 _in managing without 14 _writtenconstitution; some fragmentary definitions of 1688 still 15 _.There had been 16_ quarrels, socialand economic as well 17_ political, but the quarrels had been 18_ , usually 19 _compromise.Theunderlying 20_ had not been broken.

    1.A.language B.future C.history D.literature
 

　　2.A.centuries B.years C.minutes D.seconds
 

　　3.A.neither B.as C.or D.either
 

　　4.A.too B.but C.or D.and
 

　　5.A.home B.study C.peace D.war
 

　　6.A.and B.without C.with D.neither
 

　　7.A.name B.people C.leadership D.enemy
 

　　8.A.so B.very C.too D.such
 

　　9.A.two B.one C.no D.couple
 

　　10.A.month B.day C.year D.century
 

　　11.A.a B.any C.the D.few
 

　　12.A.changes B.change C.altered D.changed
 

　　13.A.common B.popular C.unique D.angry
 

　　14.A.two B.a C.some D.their
 

　　15.A.survive B.surviving C.survives D.survived
 

　　16.A.bitter B.happy C.pleasant D.unhappy
 

　　17.A.for B.as C.to D.at
 

　　18.A.settling B.settles C.settle D.settled
 

　　19.A.for B.at C.to D.by
 

　　20.A.continue B.continuity C.continuous D.continued














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