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 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 the political arrangements have been 8 stable that, except for the 9 interruptions in the seventeenth 10 , they have been adopted throughout 11 centuries to meet changing needs without violent 12 .Britain, in 1978, was 13 in managing without 14 written constitution; some fragmentary definitions of 1688 still 15 .There had been 16 quarrels, social and economic as well 17 political, but the quarrels had been 18 , usually 19 compromise.The underlying 20 had not been broken.1.[单选题]____A.homeB.studyC.peaceD.war2.[单选题]____A.monthB.dayC.yearD.century3.[单选题]____A.changesB.changeC.alteredD.changed4.[单选题]____A.bitterB.happyC.pleasantD.unhappy5.[单选题]____A.nameB.peopleC.leadershipD.enemy6.[单选题]____A.aB.anyC.theD.few7.[单选题]____A.tooB.butC.orD.and8.[单选题]____A.centuriesB.yearsC.minutesD.seconds9.[单选题]____A.forB.asC.toD.at10.[单选题]____A.surviveB.survivingC.survivesD.survived11.[单选题]____A.andB.withoutC. withD. neither12.[单选题]____A.settlingB.settlesC.settleD.settled13.[单选题]____A.neitherB.asC.orD.either14.[单选题]____A.forB. atC.toD.by15.[单选题]____A.twoB.oneC.noD.couple16.[单选题]____A.twoB. aC.someD.their17.[单选题]____A.commonB.popularC.uniqueD.angry18.[单选题]____A.soB.veryC.tooD.such19.[单选题]____A.continueB.continuityC.continuousD.continued20.[单选题]____A.languageB.futureC.historyD.literature