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A by-election is called if an individual MP dies, resigns or is ___ peerage and Parliament as a whole is not disolved.
A daughter who succeeds to the throne becomes Queen Regnant and ___ the Crown’s powers as though she were king.
According to the Constitution of the USA, all citizens of both sexes ___ 18 years of age have a right to vote, but in reality it is not so.
All ___ Commonwealth citizens were free to enter the country and look for work, which was plentiful.
Another power possessed by Congress is the right to propose amendments to the Constitution whenever ___ of both Houses shall consider it necessary.
At weekends, at Christmas, Easter and the late Spring Bank Holiday ___ well as during a long summer ‘recess’ (usually late July until October) Parliament is adjourned.
Before a bill that has passed all its stages in both Houses of Parliament becomes a law it ___ receive the Royal Assent.
Each state has its own government, ___ the Washington pattern — State Assemblies or Legislatures with two chambers.
Each union sends a delegation ___ the party’s annual conference.
Ethnic minorities ___ concentrated in the cities.
Four Royal Garden Parties, attended by some 30,000 people from all sections of the community, including visitors from overseas, ___ held every year.
How many constitutional monarchies ___ there in the world?
If the majority of MPs vote ___the bill, it is sent to the House of Lords for discussion.
Immediately after ___ Second World War, Britain looked like a prosperous and friendly country for an immigrant worker.
It is the Queen ___ summons, prorogues (suspends until the next session) and dissolves Parliament.
It is the Queen’s duty to ___ appointments of many important office holders, including government ministers, judges, officers in the armed forces, governors, diplomats, bishops and other senior clergy of the Church of England.
Most ___ the union members are affiliated through the union to the Labour Party.
Only a member of the House of Representatives can introduce a bill to raise money, but it must also ___ passed by the Senate before it can become a law.
Outside Parliament the party has more ___ a million individual members who pay annual subscriptions.
Parliament consists of two chambers known as the House of ___ and the House of Lords .
Senate approves or disapproves major Presidential appointments of ___ high officials as ambassadors, Cabinet members, and federal judges.
Supreme legislative power in the American government lies ___ Congress, which consists of two chambers or houses — the Senate (the upper house) and the House of Representatives.
The British constitution, unlike that of most other countries, is an unwritten constitution, not being ___ in any single legal document.
The Conservative Party ___ formed by Robert Peel from what was left of the old Tory Party in the 1830s.
The House of Commons is presided over by the ___ a member acceptable to the whole House.
The Lord Chancellor sits on the ___ as Chairman of the House and controls the procedure and meetings of the House.
The MPs ___ expected to observe discipline and to vote with the party.
The Party gives emphasis ___ the importance of law and order.
The Queen appoints the ___ (usually the leader of the political party which has a majority in the House of Commons) to form a government.
The Queen normally opens each session with a speech from the throne, ___ outlines her Government’s programme.
The US Constitution also gives ___ Congress the power to impose taxes, to make rules for trade with foreign countries and between states, to coin money, to organize the Armed Forces, to declare war, etc.
The ___ is a seat in the form of a large cushion stuffed with wool from several Commonwealth countries
The automatic succession is summed up in the famous phrase «The King ___ dead; long live the King!».
The government is responsible for ___ laws into effect and directing national policy and acts formally in the name of the monarch.
The legislature, which consists of both Houses of Parliament and formally the monarch, is the supreme authority, the supreme ___ -making body.
The life of a Parliament is divided into periods, called
The main task of Congress is to ___laws.
The members of ___ House of Lords offer homage.
The party is highly disciplined, and its leader is accepted as the director of ___policies.
The party’s Central Office is responsible ___ the leader.
The percentage of members of ethnic minorities who ___ unemployed, or in low-grade jobs, is higher than in the population as a whole.
The power to create the peerages belongs formally to ___ Crown, but in effect new peerages are a gift of the Prime Minister of the day.
The royal title in the United Kingdom is: “Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the___ ”.
The service used at Queen Elizabeth II coronation in 1953 was ___ on that used at the coronation of the Saxon King Egbert at Bath in 973.
The sons of the Sovereign and their descendants have precedence ___ daughters in succeeding to the throne.
The sovereign succeeds ___ the throne as soon as his of her predecessor dies; there is no interval of interregnum.
The___ , followed by the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition, then make their way into the Lords, followed by MPs walking two by two, to hear the speech.
There are different demands put to the voters — in some states the voter ___ be a resident of the state where he votes.
Though Britain is actually governed by Her ___ Government, it would be wrong to underestimate the role of the monarchy in Britain.
Thus in reality the number of voters is ___ smaller and often even those who can vote do not participate in the election as they do not want to deal with politics.
What ___ more modern ceremonies and customs?
What are the criticisms of ___ British monarchy?
What charity work ___ performed by the Royal Family?
What is ___by the separation of powers?
___ average, Britain’s top ten “royal’s” spend one month per year on official foreign tours.
___ has been mentioned, the form of the Labour Party’s annual conference reflects the origins of the party as the political arm of the trade unions.
___ most important function of an association is to choose the party’s candidate for the next election.
___ the Constitution give any special rank to the husband of a Queen Regnant?
___ the Constitution, the US Senate has some special powers not given to the House of Representatives.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) A Committee chairman is the member of the majority party who serves longest on the committee.
В) His job makes him a real power in Congress.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) A Representative must be at least 25 years of age, a US citizen for seven years and live in the state from which he is elected.
В) Congressmen of the House of Representatives does not have individual seats, by tradition Democrats sit on the Speaker’s right, Republicans — on his left.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) A new Congress session is beginning on the 3rd of January each odd-numbered year and continues for two years.
В) Many people think that nearly all the 435 Representatives are in the House chamber and the 100 Senators are in the Senate chamber most of the day.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Almost all the Congressmen are members of the two big bourgeois parties.
В) Among Representatives more than 40% are lawyers (Senators — 62%).
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) California, which had the largest population at the 1986 census, has the greatest number of representatives.
В) The Constitution says that each state, no matter how small in population, must have at least one Representative.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Generally Congress goes along with the decisions of its committees.
В) For a bill becomes a law it must be passed by both the House and the Senate and signed by President.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Here bills are studied, experts are consulted, and recommendations are made to the whole House or Senate.
В) During a two-year term of Congress, as many as 20,000 bills may be introduced.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) If President will disapprove, he vetoes the bill by refusing to sign it and sends it back to Congress. President’s objections are read and debated, then the bill is put to vote.
В) To overcome President’s veto the bill must get a two-thirds majority in each chamber.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) In 1809, after his second term expired, Jefferson retired to his estate but to his last days kept in touch with public affairs through a large correspondence.
В) He died on July 4, 1826, on the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the «Declaration of Independence».
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) In addition to Secretaries, President has an inner Cabinet, the so-called “White House Office”.
В) It is the name given to the President’s immediate assistants and various advisers on different aspects of home and foreign policy.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) More than 30% are businessmen and bankers, with a small number of journalists, scientists, landowners, a few trade union representatives.
В) There are no workers, as congressional elections need lots of money and only rich people can afford it.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The Constitution says that a Senator must be at least 30 years old, a citizen of the US for nine years and a resident of the state from which he is elected.
В) The individual seats in the Senate numbered.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The House of Representatives, at the present time, have 435 members.
В) The number of Representatives which each state sends to the House depends on its population.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The Senate is composed of 100 members, two from each of the 50 States, who are elected for a terra of six years.
В) Although Congressional elections take place every two years, only one-third of the Senate is re-elected, thereby ensuring continuity.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The Speaker presides over the House, he conducts debates.
В) The Speaker, like Vice-President in the Senate, may vote, but usually he does not do it, except in case of a tie-vote.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The assassination was a terrible shock to people around the world.
В) Even today, older people remember the moment when they heard the news.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The presidency of the United States is highest governmental office.
В) President of the USA is head of the State and the Government, he is also Commander-in-Chief of the US Armed Forces.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Thomas Jefferson was an outstanding American revolutionary democrat, the author of the immortal «Declaration of Independence».
В) He was born in 1743 in the family of a Virginia planter, received a very good schooling at the College of William and Mary.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) US President is assisted in Administration by a Cabinet of 12 members.
В) Cabinet secretaries correspond to European ministers.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Under US Constitution, the House of Representatives may bring charges against the President in impeachment proceedings.
В) The “Impeachment” is a formal accusation against a public official by a legislative body.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Under the pressure of the progressive circles the number of representatives of racial minorities have grown, but still the elections have a discriminatory character.
В) In neither chamber there isn’t a representative of American youth, because of the age census for Congressmen.