To others and themselves the British have a reputation for being conservative— not in the narrow political sense, but in the sense of adherence to accepted ideas and unwilling to question them. The reputation comes partly from their 【B1】. For 900 【B2】 they have suffered 【B3】 invasion nor revolution (except in 19 【B4】 1688) nor disastrous defeat in 【B5】. Their monarchy (君主) survives 【B6】 serious question. Under its normal 【B7】 the political arrangements have been 【B8】 stable that, except for the 【B9】 interruptions in the seenth 【B10】, they have been adopted throughout 【B11】 centuries to meet changing needs without violent 【B12】. Britain, in 1978, was 【B13】 in managing without 【B14】 written constitution; some fragmentary definitions of 1688 still 【B15】. There had been 【B16】 quarrels, social and economic as well 【B17】 political, but the quarrels had been 【B18】, usually 【B19】 compromise. The underlying 【B20】 had not been broken.

A．continue
B．continuity
C．continuous
D．continued