Section B Summary
Fill in the gaps in this text with the choices from the list below to make a paragraph summarizing the ‘style of democracy’, ‘constitution’, and ‘modern situation’ sections of chapter 4 of Britain.
| Traditionally, politics in Britain values liberty and privacy more highly than participatory democracy. The __1__ is that the government and the people will __2__ as much as possible. What they tell each other to do and not do, and also what they know about each other, is __3__ . But this traditional balance has recently been upset. On the one hand, the authorities can now learn a lot more about individual people than they used to (for example, through __4__) while, despite the __5__ , people still find it difficult to learn much about the __6__ . In addition, while restrictions on what people are allowed to do have increased, for example with regard to __7__ , restrictions on what the authorities are allowed to do, such as how long they can hold a suspect and when they can __8__ , have decreased. | A activities of the authorities B CCTV and the DNA databases C Freedom of Information Act D kept to a minimum E leave each other alone F protest and publicly expressed opinions G search a person's house H traditional expectation |
Answer key
1 H, 2 E, 3 D, 4 B, 5 C, 6 A, 7 F, 8 G |
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