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  3. The British Empire was once home to third of the 【M1】 ________. world’s population. But, with the retur

The British Empire was once home to third of the 【M1】 ________. world’s population. But, with the retur

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问题    The British Empire was once home to third of the                          【M1】 ________.
world’s population. But, with the return of Hong Kong and its six        
million inhabitants to China, only 180,000 people in 12 populated
territories now themselves as British colonial subjects.                     【M2】 ________.
   Britain’s imperial expansion, which continued for 400 years,
was motivated by the desire to acquire the wealth, and to                    【M3】 ________.
maintain the British navy’ s control of the seas. Today, that flow
of wealth has reversed and most of the "dependent territories",              【M4】 ________.
as these colonies are known, require some financial support from Britain.
It was with the granting of independence to India in 1947 Britain            【M5】 ________.
started to dismantle its empire. It was relative easy to give independence   【M6】 ________.
to the larger colonies -indeed, most campaigned vigorously for self- rule--
but the small dependencies ,which were less economically viable, preferred   【M7】 ________.
to remain beyond British rule.                                               【M8】 ________.
   Most are still unwilling to cut these old ties, chiefly for financial
reasons. Since 1990, Britain has provided its dependencies with ￡ 153 million
in aid, and for many this money is a lifeline. Even Britain’s rich           【M9】 ________.
territory, Bermuda ,wants to maintain its links with the UK. In
a referendum in 1995 voters overwhelmingly rejected dependence.              【M10】 ________.
Bermuda is Britain’s oldest colony and it earns much of its income
through banking and other financial services.
【M7】
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答案small：smaller
解析 结合上下文，理解它们的含义。 The larger colonies campaigned for self-rule，and how a- bout the smaller ones．他们的关系是parallel or analogous．“viable”为“capable of living or developing under favorable conditions”能生存的。
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