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тест (английский язык, 10 класс) по теме

Fill in the gaps.

Britain is a 1)  …  democracy with a constitutional monarch. Queen 2)….    is the head of state, but she has no3) …power. In law the queen is the head of the 4) … branch and a part of the legislative branch but in fact her role is mostly 5) … . She acts on the 6) … of her ministers.

In Britain it is 7) …  that has the power. It makes laws. It is made up of the House of 8) … and the House of Commons. The members of the House of Lords are 9) … - mostly lords and people who have been made lords for life. The Lords can revise and even delay bills. They have real 10) … in politics. The House of 11) … have much more real power. The members of the Commons are 12) … by the people. They control the executive branch and discuss most important political 13) … .

The largest party in the Commons forms the 14) … and its leader becomes 15) … . The people 16) … elect the Prime Minister directly. Officially Parliament appoints Prime Minister. The Prime Minister chooses 17) … and non-cabinet ministers. They are all collectively 18) …  the government, the executive branch, and 19) … responsible for their departments.

1)Parliament  2)Lords 3)permanent 4)influence 5)Commons 6)elected  7)problems 8)individually 9)responsible for 10)the Cabinet 11)do not  12)Prime Minister 13)government 14)parliamentary 15)Elizabeth II 16)real 17)executive 18)ceremonial 19)advice

Find English equivalents for the following Russian phrases

1. Конституционный монарх (a constitutional monarch)
2. Законодательная ветвь (the legislative branch)
3. Создает законы  (makes laws)
4. Реальная власть   (real power)
5. Палата общин   (the Commons)
6. Министры, не  являющиеся членами Кабинет   (non-cabinet ministers)

Ключ 1.14   2.15  3.16    4.17   5.18    6. 19    7. 1    8. 2    9.3    10.4          

11.5    12.6   13.7      14.13     15.12     16.11    17.10    18.9    19.8

Fill in the gaps.

The United States of America is a 1) … republic. So, the President is the 2) … of state there. But the President is 3) … directly by the people and he is not a member of the American Parliament, 4) … . Congress, the 5) … branch of the federal government, is made up of the Senate and the House of 6) … .

There are 7) … senators, two for each state. The House has 435 8) … , the number of Representatives from each state depends on its 9) … . Congress makes all 10) … and each house of Congress can 11) … a new project. Each can 12) … against the project passed by the other. If both houses agree and the President signs it, the 13) … becomes law.

The President and his 14) … represent the 15) … branch of the federal government. The Administration includes the 16) … , who are heads of the executive departments. Each department is 17)  … a specific area. The President appoints the Secretaries but the Senate must 18) … his appointments. The legislative and the executive 19) … of government are involved in the system of checks and balances.

1) branches 2) approve 3) responsible for 4) Secretaries 5) Administration

6) executive 7) 100 8) members 9) population 10) introduce 11) laws 12) project

13) vote 14) presidential 15) head 16) Congress 17) elected 18) Representatives

19) legislative  

Find English equivalents for the following Russian phrases

1. Не член американского парламента (not a member of the American Parliament)
2. Федеральное правительство (the federal government)
3. Двое от каждого штата  (two for each state)
4. Новый проект (a new project)
5. Главы исполнительных отделов  (heads of the executive departments)
6. Определенная часть (a specific area)

Ключ 1. 14   2.15   3.17    4.16   5.19    6.18    7.7      8.8    9.9    10.11

           11.10      12.13    13.12    14.5      15.6    16.4   17.3    18.2    19.1