70. CHOOSE THE APPROPRIATE WORDS TO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE...

61- 70. Choose the appropriate words to complete the following passage. (10 points)

Great Britain, the (61) _____ industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading (62) _____ in developing

parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its (63) ______ the British Empire stretched over one-fourth

of the earth's (64) _____. The first half of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously (65) _____ in two World Wars. The

second half (66)____ the dismantling of the Empire and the UK rebuilding itself into a modern and prosperous European nation.

The UK currently is weighing the (67) _____ of its integration with continental Europe. A member of the EU, it chose to remain

(68)______ of the EMU for the time (69)______ . Constitutional reform is also a significant issue in the UK. Regional assemblies

with (70) ________ degrees of power opened in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland in 1999.