The Political Systems of the US and the UK

Додано: 16 травня 2023
Предмет: Англійська мова, 10 клас
Тест виконано: 275 разів
26 запитань
Запитання 1

The Head of State in the US is ...

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the President

the Vice President

the Congress

the Prime Minister

Запитання 2

The President of the United States is ... every four years.

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examined

changed

elected

impeached

Запитання 3

The President makes the most important decisions and chooses the members of his ...

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Congress

Council

Cabinet

Court

Запитання 4

  The President ... the heads of the most important departments in the Administration.

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appoints

delays

elects

opposes

Запитання 5

The President ... the United States on official occasions.

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controls

declares

ensures

represents

Запитання 6

  The President cannot act without the Senate’s ... .

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opposition

appointment

approval

veto

Запитання 7

Congress is the ... branch of the US government.

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democratic

political

legislative

supervising

Запитання 8

The President’s policies must be approved by the House of Representatives and the Senate before they become ... .

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constitution

sentence

democracy

law

Запитання 9

The Cabinet represents the legislative branch of power. 

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True

False

Запитання 10

The Speaker heads the Cabinet. 

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True

False

Запитання 11

Which statement is NOT TRUE about the House of Lords?

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Bishops can be the members of the House of Lords.

It also includes hereditary peers.

It is an elected chamber of the Parliament.

The House of Lords can punish those who break the laws.

Each Member of the House of Lords represent their constituencies.

Lords are selected for their knowledge and experience

Запитання 12

The House of Lords can hold the Government to account by using their expertise to look at laws in detail.

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True

False

Запитання 13

The Monarch.

Mark only TRUE statements

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The Monarch has the right to veto the proposed law.

The Monarch can take the Government into account.

The Monarch acquires the membership of the House of Lords.

The Monarch has the scheduled weekly audience with Prime Minister.

The Monarch’s role is mostly ceremonial.

The Monarch formally agrees every new law.

Запитання 14

The Monarch.

Mark only FALSE statements.

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The Monarch formally agrees every new law.

The Monarch has the right to veto the proposed law.

The Monarch’s role is mostly ceremonial.

The Monarch can take the Government into account.

The Monarch is one of the members of the House of Lords.

The Monarch has the scheduled weekly audience with Prime Minister.

Запитання 15

General elections in the UK are held ...

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every four years

every five years

every four point five years

Запитання 16

Elections in the UK.

Mark only TRUE statements.

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After general elections the candidate with the most votes becomes that constituency’s MP.

Once elected an MP represents all their constituents – even the one’s who didn’t vote or voted for another candidate.

Once elected an MP acquires the right to represent only those who gave their votes in his favour.

The Government is formed by the MPs who received the minor number of votes.

The party with the most MPs elected forms the Government.

Запитання 17

The leader of the party with the most MPs elected becomes ...

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the Speaker

the MP

the Senator

the Prime Minister

Запитання 18

Mark the parts of the legislative branch in the USA:

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the House of Commons

the House of Representatives

the House of Lords

the President

the Senate

Запитання 19

The Constitution of the USA was adopted in the second part of the 18th century and is still in power.

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True

False

Запитання 20

Each state has two Senators and some number of Representatives depending on the number of people that live in that state.

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True

False

Запитання 21

Mark only TRUE statements


The system of checks and balances ...

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guarantees the major power of the legislative branch as it mentioned in the Constitution

ensures the balance and accountability of the three branches of power.

means that no one branch has would ever become too powerful 

provides the other branch with the ability to check the power of the other two.

approves the possibility of amending the Constitution by any of the branches.

Запитання 22

The amount of the MPs in the House of Commons is

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four hundred and sixty five

six hundred and fifty

six hundred and forty five

one hundred

Запитання 23

... means that the power is in the hands of the people through the right to vote.

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Democracy

Presidential republic

Constitutional monarchy

Запитання 24

What is the principal law in the USA?

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the Declaration of Independence

Magna Carta

the Constitution

the Treaty of the Founding Fathers

Запитання 25

Mark only TRUE statements

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The Founding Fathers were the men who signed the Declaration of Independence and helped to draft the Constitution of the USA.

The Founding Fathers were the veterans of the Revolutionary war.

The Founding Fathers knew that they did not want to establish a new country ruled by the monarch.

Запитання 26

Which events established the representative democracy we have today?

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coronation of Charles III

signing Magna Carta

World War II

calling the first Parliament in 1265

hereditary succession of the Monarchs

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