Test 2
(the 10th Form)
Unit 2
1.
Вы услышите информацию о политической системе Новой Зеландии.
Определите,
какие
из приведенных утверждений А-G соответствуют содержанию текста (1 – True),
какие
не соответствуют (2 – False) и о чем в тексте не сказано, то есть на основании
текста
нельзя дать ни положительного, ни отрицательного ответа (3 – Not stated).
Занесите
номер выбранного Вами варианта ответа в таблицу. Вы услышите
запись
дважды.
A New
Zealand is a colony of Great Britain.
B The
British monarch is the head of state in New Zealand.
C The
Monarch’s representative is the governor-general.
D The
governor-general is a member of the National Party.
E The
Parliament represents the legislative branch.
F The
Executive Council and the Cabinet represent the executive branch.
G The
judicial branch in New Zealand is powerful. It is involved in the system of
checks and
balances.
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Утверждение
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A
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B
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C
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D
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E
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F
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G
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Соответствие информации
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2.
Прочитайте текст и выполните задания 2-6. В каждом задании запишите в поле
ответа цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.
Every
four or five years we have a General Election. Voting is carried out on the
basis of areas
of
population called constituencies. There are about 650 constituencies in the
United Kingdom
with
60-70,000 electors in each of them. Any group willing to pay a reasonable but
not large sum
of
money can put up a candidate. In practice the only political parties of any
significance are the
Conservatives,
the Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats, and, in Wales and Scotland, the
nationalist
parties. In England, some constituencies will have two candidates, most will
have
three.
The parties put forward different manifestos describing what they would do if
elected;
meetings,
television programmes, candidates and their supporters knocking at your door
and
discussing
issues, leaflets, more meetings – all these take place during the campaign. On
Election
Day,
people go to the polling station, collect their voting paper which has a list
of candidates and
mark
an ‘X’ beside the candidate they wish to be elected. We do not cross out the
names of those
we do
not want. In each constituency, the candidate with most votes wins.
If,
for example, when all the candidates have been elected, Parliament consists of
330
Conservative
members, 300 Labour members and 28 Liberal Democrat members then the
Conservative
Party, because it has the largest number of members in Parliament, has to form
the
Government.
The leader of the Government, the Prime Minister, is the person whom the
Conservative
Party has already chosen to be its leader. There is no separate election for
the
Prime
Minister. All these figures apply to the House of Commons. Although we have a
second
chamber,
the House of Lords, it is not elected and has little political importance. The
Prime
Minister
appoints the Ministers who, with the help of the Civil Service, will run the
various
Ministers,
from among the Members of Parliament from the majority Party. The most
important
Ministers
and the Prime Minister form the Cabinet of about 20 members, and it is this
powerful
committee
which effectively rules the country.
The
Government proposals are put to the Members of Parliament for debate. The
proposals are
debated in
the House of Commons, and later in the House of Lords, and this is where Party
interests become active. The Labour
Party Members of the Parliament have formed the
Opposition
to the Government. The Opposition spokesman explains all the objections. Liberal
Democrats
will also have some ideas. Parts of the debate will be televised, so that the
public
think
that this is the chief part of parliamentary activities. In fact, after the
debate, the proposals
are
examined in detail in committees of MPs, compared with existing laws and slowly
turned
into a
detailed law which is then once again discussed by Parliament. Then the MPs
vote. Since
the
majority party forms the Government, the policies of the Government are
normally approved:
the
new law becomes an Act of Parliament.
How
democratic is this system? It certainly works quite effectively: policy
decisions are taken,
laws
are passed, the country is governed by stable government, and citizens sleep
safety in their
beds.
2 You
can put your name for a candidate at the election if you …
1) are
a member of a political party.
2)
have 60-70,000 supporters.
3) are
ready to make a certain payment.
Ответ:
3 If
you want a candidate to be elected, you should …
1)
cross out his or her name in the voting paper.
2)
cross out all other names in the voting papers.
3)
mark a voting paper with a cross against the name of a person.
Ответ:
4 The
second chamber, the House of Lords, …
1) is
elected by the House of Commons.
2) is
not elected.
3) is
appointed by the Prime Minister.
Ответ:
5 To
become law the Government proposals need to be accepted by …
1)
Parliament.
2) the
Opposition.
3) the
public.
Ответ:
6 The
author of the book thinks that the political system in Britain …
1) is
not protected against extremes.
2) is
quite balanced.
3)
should be reformed.
Ответ:
3.
Прочитайте приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуйте, если необходимо,
слова,
напечатанные
заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 7-13, так,
чтобы
они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните
пропуски
полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию
из
группы 7-13.
The
Bald Eagle
In
1782, soon after the United States won its independence, the
bald CHOOSE
7
eagle __________ as the national bird of the new country.
American
leaders wanted the eagle to be a symbol of their country
DISAPPEAR
because
it is one of the strongest birds.
8
Today the bald eagle almost __________ from the
country. BE
9 In
1972 there _______ only 3,000 bald eagles in the entire
DECREASE
10 The
reason for the bird’s ________ population was pollution
Pesticides
poison the fish/ Eagles eat these fish and then the eggs
11
Eagles lay have very thin shells and _____.
NOT HATCH
12
Today, the American government and the American people _____ TRY
13 We
are sure that the American national bird _______ a symbol of
Strength
and courage for many years to
come. REMAIN
4.
Прочитайте приведенный ниже текст. Образуйте от слов, напечатанные
заглавными
буквами
в конце строк, обозначенных номерами 14-19, однокоренные слова, так, чтобы
они
грамматически и лексически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните
пропуски
полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию
из
группы 14-19.
14 The
USA is a _______________ republic. Presidential
15
___________ occur every four years. The President makes
16 the
most important ____________ and chooses the members
17 of
his cabinet. In other words, the President _________
the
heads of the most important departments in the Administration.
18 The
President ______________ the United States on official
19
occasions. The President’s ___________ are approved by the
House
of Representatives and the Senate before they become law.
PRESIDENT
ELECT DECIDE
APPOINTMENT
PRESENT APPOINT
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