单项选择题

案例分析题

To others and themselves the British have a reputation for being conservative--not in the narrow political sense，but in the sense of adherence to accepted ideas and unwilling to question them.The reputation comes partly from their【C1】______.For 900【C2】______they have suffered【C3】______invasion nor revolution（except in 1649【C4】______1688）nor disastrous defeat in【C5】______.Their monarchy survives【C6】______serious question.Under its normal【C7】______the political arrangements have been【C8】______stable that，except for the【C9】______interruptions in the seventeenth【C10】______，they have been adopted throughout【C11】______centuries to meet changing needs without violent【C12】______.Britain，in 1978，was【C13】______in managing without【C14】______written constitution；some fragmentary definitions of 1688still【C15】______.There had been【C16】______quarrels，social and economic as well【C17】______political，but the quarrels had been【C18】______，usually【C19】______compromise.The underlying【C20】______had not been broken.

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