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Opposition， Shadow cabinet
26. the ministers
27. Hundred， ambitious
28. Cavaliers， Roundheads
29. House of Assembly
30. Acts； decisions
31. jobs， wars
IV.
1. Thatcherism
The election of 1979 returned the Conservative Party to power and Margaret Thatcher became the first woman prime minister in Britain. Her policies are popularly referred to as Thatcherism. It included the return to private ownership of state - owned industries， the use of monetarist policies to control inflation， the weakening of trade unions， the strengthening of the role of market forces in the economy， and an emphasis on law and order.
2. diversity of American education
Diversity is considered to be an outstanding characteristic of American education. This can be seen not only in type， size and control of the institutions， but educational policies and practices. As is stated by the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution， education is a function of the state， not the federal govemment. As each state has the freedom to develop its own school system and delegates its power over education to local districts， many variations can be found in the education system of the 50 states.
3. the Canadian Shield
The Canadian Shield is a semicircular band of rocky highlands and plateaus around Hudson Bay from the northern shores of Quebec to the Arctic shores of the Northwest Territories. It is a region of rounded hills， and tens of thousands of lakes and swamps.
4. Australia's service industries
Service industries are also called “tertiary industy”。 This sector now includes an additional “quaternary” level， which covers the research， processing and storage of information. Australia's service sector is the fastestgrowing one. It has been growing in importance， due to higher living standards and greater demand for more and better transport and housing， and the expansion by government of educational， health and welfare services.
5. the New Deal
In order to deal with the Depression， President Franklin Roosevelt put forward the New Deal program. It passed a lot of New Deal laws and set up many efficient social security systems. The New Deal helped to save American democracy and the development of American economy.
V.
1. Look at a physical map of the United States and find out and name the main monition ranges， rivers and lakes in the United States.
There are two main mountain ranges in the United States. They are the Appalachian Mountains and the Rocky Mountains. There are many important rivers in the United States. The Mississippi River and its two branches， the Missouri River and the Ohio River， flow south to the Gulf of Mexico. On the Pacific side there are two great rivers： the Colorado River and the Columbia River. The Rio Grande River forms a natural boundary between Mexico and the Unit 上一页 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] 下一页 | 
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