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1、1.whydotouristsfromallovertheworldliketogotoScotland?TheyliketoenjoythebeautifulScottishscenery,todrinkScotchwhiskyandtoseeScotsmenwearingkiltsandplayingbagpipes.2.WhatweretheresultsoftheIndustrialRevolutioninBritain?TheIndustrialRevolutionchangedBrit
2、aininmanyways.First,industrialproductivityincreaseddramatically.Britainbecamethemostadvancedindustrialcountryandalsothefinancialcenterintheworld.Second,urbanizationtookplace.Manynewcitiessprangup.Third,itcausedgreatchangesintheclassstructure.Theoldsoc
3、ialclassesdeclined,andnewonesemergedanddeveloped.3.TheRiseandFalloftheBritishEmpire.ColonizationofNewfoundland,thefirstBritaincolonyoverseas,in1583markedthebeginningoftheBritishEmpire.By1837,BritainhadlongbeenanempirewhichincludedthecoloniesinCanada,A
4、ustralia,NewZealand,IndiaandmanysmallstatesintheWestIndies.Bytheendofthe19thcentury,theBritainEmpireincludedaquarteroftheglobalpopulationandnearlyaquarteroftheworld’slandmass.Duringthemid-19thcentury,theBritaingovernmentconsolidatedtheexistingcolonies
5、bybringingthemunderthedirectcontrolofthegovernment.BeforeWorldWarI,Britainhadthelargestcolonialempireintheworld.However,BritainsufferedgreatlosstoitsmanpowerinthetwoWorldWarsandexhausteditsreservesofgold,dollarsandoverseasinvestment.MostofBritain’scol
6、oniesgainedindepependencesincethe1940s,whichinevitablyledtothefalloftheEmpire.4.WhatarethethreefunctionsoftheHouseofCommons?Thethreefunctionsare:todraftlaws,toscrutinize,criticizeandrestraintheactivitiesofthegovernment,andtoinfluencefuturegovernmentpo
7、licy.5.WhatistheCommonwealthofNations?TheCommonwealthofNationsisavoluntaryassociationofindependentsovereignstates,allofwhichacknowledgetheBritishmonarchasthehead.TheCommonwealthisnotapoliticalunionofanysort,anditsmemberstateshavefullautonomytomanageth
8、eirinternalandexternalaffairs.Itisprimarilyanorganizationinwhichcountrieswithdiverseeconomicbackgroundshaveanopportunityforcloseandequalinteractionaftergainingindependence.ThemajoractivitiesoftheCommonwealtharedesignedtoadvocatedemocracy,human
