英语国家概况问答题

1.Briefly discuss the international influence of the UK exercises

on today’s world.

The UK had built up a huge overseas empire.It is a developed country,with the fifth GDP largest economy in the world.The UK remains a major power with strong economic,cultural,military and political influence worldwide.

2.What are the causes of the Great Depression?

Unbalanced economy,the tendency to use profits for speculation rather than for productivity;an unregulated banking system and a lack of supervision of the stock market.

3. What are the characteristics of the British Constitution?

The UK has no written constitution in any one document it is only partly written and contained in multiple documents,characteristics:1constitutional monarchy;2 parliamentary sovereignty;3 representative democracy;4 the rule of law

4. Why has the turnout（参加人数）been so low in American general elections during the past few decades?

Because it is inconvenient for some citizens to participate in the election because of the different registration laws.And the Americans are

much more care about the local politics than those at the federal level.

5. What are the problems that the Social Security System confronts in the UK today?

Frist of all,the funding of its insurance has always been problematic and levels of benefit low;Secondly,it is very complicated for claimants and administrators alike with its array of benefit and is subject to fraud;Thirdly,one technical difficulty in implementing the system is that accurate figures of poverty are hard to define;Finally,the system has been criticized for the racism and sexism in the mind of original architect of the system.

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