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1、 England is the most important part of the Kingdom in wealth， size， and population. ??? 2、 Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in Britain. It is 1343 meters. ??? 3、 The North Sea is the first high quality petroleum. ??? 4、 Britain is one of the worlds most advanced manufacturing and trading nations. ??? 5、 The British economy was the first to have been fully industrialized. ??? 6、 The cotton industry， the largest branch， has undergone a severe contraction. ??? 7、 The British agricultural industry is one of the most efficient in Europe. ??? 8、 The earliest invasion is that by the dark-haired Mediterranean race called the Iberians. ??? 9、 Birmingham is the second largest city in England. ??? 10、Liverpool is the second largest port of England. ??? 11、Before the great Ice Age， Great Britain was joined to the continent of Europe. It was then that men first came to Britain. ??? 12、Alfred was considered the first national hero. ??? 13、Normandy was the most highly organized state in Europe at that time. ??? 14、There were a number of lords， but the most important class was the knights. ??? 15、The Normans were the finest fighting horsemen. ??? 16、At the end of the century， the most well-known company， the East India Company was formed. ??? 17、The English Renaissances finest exponents were Christopher Malovve， Ben Johnson， and William Shakespeare. The greatest dramatist of the age was Shakespeare. ??? 18、The early 17th century was a period of the most acute class struggle between the bourgeoisie and the feudalists with the King as their head. ??? 19、Economic recovery was the most difficult task for the Commonwealth. In 1651 Parliament passed the first Navigation Act. ??? 20、The most notoriously comipt of the Whig statesmen in that half century was Robert Walpole. ??? 21、In 1761 the first extensive canal was opened. In1814 George Stephenson constructed the first successful steam locomotive. ??? 22、The economic boom which began in 1824 collapsed in 1825，causing the first of many