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1、Britainversion2.0PartOneGeographyChapterIAbriefintroductiontophysicalgeographyWhereistheU.K.?Andwhatisitmadeupof?Whatisitstotalarea?-TheU.K.issituatedinNorthwesternEurope,lyingtothenorthofFranceandthewestoftheNetherlandsandDenmark.ItismadeupofEngland,Scotland,Wale

2、s,andNorthernIreland.Itstotalareais242534squarekilometers.WhatarethepresentfeaturesoftheclimateofBritain?-Britainhasamaritimec1imate--wintersarenottoocoldandsummersare:nottoohot.Therefore,itstemperaturevarieswithinasmallrange,rarelyfallingbelow-5'Cinwinterorrising

3、about24'Cinsummer.Sunshinehoursarefewerinmoresoutherly13climatesThe"backboneofEngland":ItreferstothePennines,arangeofhillsextendingabout257kmsouthwardfromtheCheviotHillsontheScottishbordertocentralEngland.Whatpercentageofthecountry'swaterrequirementsareobtainedfro

4、mundergroundsources?-About38%ofthecountry'swaterrequirementsdependonundergroundsources.ChapterIIIEconomyWhatarethecharacteristicsoftheBritisheconomy?-TheBritisheconomywasthefirsttohavebeenfullyindustrialized.Britainwasoneoftheworld'smostadvancedmanufacturingandtra

5、dingnations.Thepoundsterlingistheexchangecurrencyforaboutonethirdoftheworld's13foreigntrade.Theagriculturedoesnotproduceenoughfoodtomeetthecountry'sbasicneedsandpartofallvitalfoodstuffshastobeimported.Thelaborforceishomogeneous.ChapterVTheMainCitiesWhichcityisthec

6、apitalofEnglandandGreatBritain?IsitthepoliticalcentreoftheCommonwealth?-LondonisthecapitalofEngland,anditisalsothepoliticalcentreoftheCommonwealth.WhatdoesLondonconsistofadministratively?-LondonadministrativelyconsistsofthecityofLondon,theoriginalnucleus,retaining

7、amedievalsystemofgovernmentofcourtsofaldermenandanelectedlordmayor;andGreaterLondonametropolitancounty,madeupofInnerLondonboroughsand20OuterLondonboroughs.13GreaterLondon:Itisametropolitancounty(pop.7million),madeupof12InnerLondonboroughs,20OuterLondonboroughs.Par

8、tThreeCultureChapterIEducationHowmanyyearsdoesapupilstudyataprimarystateschool?-Sixyears,fromtheageoffivetoeleven.Whichtypeofschoolsenrollsthetoppupilsa