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 is a developed

country,with the fifth GDP largest economy in 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 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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