1841 the London Library in St. James Square was ________— a library of about 600,000 volumes, mainly devoted to the humanities and fine arts.
In international affairs the Queen, as head of state, has the power to declare war and make peace, to recognize foreign states and governments, to conclude treaties and to annex or cede territories.
For advice on such matters the Queen has her own _________.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) But although I approve of the idea of a monarchy, I don’t approve of the monarchy we have in Britain at the moment.
В) I’m against them personally, if you like.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Do the speaker approve of the British monarchy?
В) Do the speaker approve of monarchies in general?
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Does he feels sorry for the British Royal Family?
В) How does he compare monarchs and ‘soap operas’ (popular television dramas)?
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Elizabeth inherited a tattered realm: dissension between Catholics and Protestants tore at the very foundation of society; the royal treasury had bled dry by Mary and her advisors.
В) Continental affairs added to her problems - France had a strong foothold in Scotland, and Spain, the strongest European nation at the time, posed a threat to the security of the realm.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Elizabeth lacking the fanaticism of her siblings, who enabled her to devise a compromise that, basically, reinstated Henrician reforms.
В) She were, however, compelled to take a stronger pro-Protestant stance when events demanded it
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Elizabeth's reign was one of the more constructive periods in English history
В) Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh was instrumental in expanding English influence in the New World.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Elizabeth's religious compromise lay many fears to rest and de-fused a potential powder keg.
В) Fashion and education come to the fore because of Elizabeth's penchant for knowledge, courtly behavior and extravagant dress.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Elizabeth, "Gloriana," the last of the Tudors, died without left an heir at seventy years of age after a reign that had exceeded all realistic expectations for it and qualifies her to be considered in the top rank of British monarchs.
В) Fashion and education come to the fore because of Elizabeth's penchant for knowledge, courtly behavior and extravagant dress.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Good Queen Bess, as she came to be called, maintained a regal air until the day she died.
В) This regal figure surely had her faults, but she excelled at rising to challenges and emerging victorious.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) How does he compare monarchs and presidents?
В) Which monarchies does he praise?
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) I simply don’t believe this.
В) I would love to swop my job for their job any day.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) I think I would be in favour of a monarchy of the sort you find in other countries in Northern Europe: in Scandinavia, in Holland, for example, perhaps in Belgium.
В) Because those royal families set a good example.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) I think now I accepting the idea of a royal family, because they can function and operate outside politics.
В) What I mean by that is that they’re not going to be touched by political scandal, in the way that a president, for example, might be, President of the United States, for example.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) I think the problem we have with our monarchy is that they are greedy, I would say.
В) They do lazy.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) In 1620, a group of people left England in America.
В) They had decided to make homes for themselves in the new land across the ocean.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) In 1776 the thirteen young American colonies united and began a war against England for freedom and independence, which was called the War of Independence.
В) They won the victory and a new nation was born which became the United States of America.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) In the 11th century England was conquered by the Normans, who had come from the north of France.
В) The conquerors were cruel, and they robbed and killed the natives without mercy.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) July 4, 1776, is still celebrated as "the birthday" of the American nation, and is called Independence Day.
В) The leaders of the new state decided they would form a republic which would have no king but would have a President, who was to be chosen every four years.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Many of them had to run away into the forest to seek for shelter and safety.
В) They became outlaws.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) She inherited her father's supremacist view of the monarchy, but showed great wisdom by refusing to directly antagonize Parliament.
В) She acquired undying devotion from her advisement council, who were constantly perplexed by her habit of waiting to the last minute to make decisions.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) She sent an army to aid French Huguenots a 1572 massacre wherein over three thousand Huguenots lost their lives.
В) She sent further assistance to Protestant factions on the continent and in Scotland following the emergence of radical Catholic groups and assisted Belgium in their bid to gain independence from Spain.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) She used the various factions playing one off another until the exhausted combatants came to her for resolution of their grievances.
В) Few English monarchs enjoyed so political power, while still maintaine the devotion of the whole of English society.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Soon more and more European settlers coming and more colonies were forming.
В) The American colonies grew more bigger and bigger, they prospered, but they were for a long time ruled by England, and all the riches of the new country belonged to England.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The first Queen Elizabeth, whose name has become a synonym for the era which she dominated, was born in 1533 to Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
В) Elizabeth's deft political skills and strong personal character were directly responsible for putting England on the road to becoming a true world economic and political power and restoring the country's lost sense of national pride.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The leaders of the new state decided they will form a republic which would have no king but would have a President, who was to be chosen every four years.
В) As their settlements were called "colonies", the people called "colonists".
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The situation came to head in 1588 after Elizabeth rejected a marriage proposal from Philip II of Spain.
В) The indignant Spanish King sended his much-feared Armada to raid England, inadvertently providing Elizabeth with an opportunity to put on public display those qualities of heart that one might expected to find in those days, in a small, frail woman.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The situation with Mary Queen of Scots was most vexing to Elizabeth.
В) Mary, in Elizabeth's custody beginning in 1568, gained the loyalty of Catholic factions and instituted several-failed assassination/overthrow plots against Elizabeth.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) They display their wealth in a very ostentatious and vulgar way.
В) They keeps their wealth and their treasures well away from the public.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) They does contribute to the public good.
В) They’re modest.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) They ruined their houses and took their possessions.
В) The Saxons suffered very much from the Normans and hates their new masters.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) They usually work hard.
В) You know, you hear, in England you hear all the time, ‘Oh, don’t you feel sorry for the Royal Family.’
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Those early settlers built their first colonies and began to explore the new country which they called New England.
В) As their settlements were called "colonies", the people called "colonists".
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Well, I suppose I does approve of the monarchy, of the idea of a monarchy.
В) I used to disapprove of royal families in general.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Who of the adjectives in the Introduction does he associate with the British monarchy?
В) How does he compare monarchs and ‘soap operas’ (popular television dramas)?
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) After irrefutable evidence of Mary's involvement in the plots came to light, Elizabeth sadly succumb to the pressure from her advisors and has the Scottish princess executed in 1587.
В) The persecution of continental Protestants forced Elizabeth into war, a situation which she desperately tried to avoid.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) Elizabeth proved the most calm and calculating, employed capable and distinguishing men to carrying out royal prerogative.
В) Her first order of business was to eliminate religious unrest.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) The English won the naval battle handily, aided by some fortuitous inclement English Channel weather, and emerged as the world's strongest naval power, setting the stage for later English imperial designs.
В) Elizabeth was a master of political science.
Верна ли грамматическая конструкция в данных предложениях?
А) They hoped they will have a better life there.
В) After a stormy voyage across the Atlantic, their small ship, the "Mayflower", reached the shores of the new land.
"Great Britain" often is used to mean the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and _________ Ireland".
16 Scottish representative peers also __________ the House of Lords.
A daughter who succeeds to the throne becomes __________ and acquires the Crown’s powers as though she were king.
A daughter _______ succeeds to the throne becomes Queen Regnant and acquires the Crown’s powers as though she were king.
A Parliament has a maximum duration of __________ years, but it is not fixed, and the government of the day may dissolve it and call for a general election at any time during the term.
All the amendments adopted by the __________ become an integral part of the Constitution.
Amendment 1: Freedom of___________; the right to petition the government.
American colonists fought _____ their British colonists in the American Revolutionary War of the 1770s.
Among the ___________ are a Committee of Finance, of Foreign Relations, of Aeronautical Space Science, of Armed Services, etc., President Woodrow Wilson summed up the importance of the committees when he said, “Congress in its committee rooms is Congress at work.”
Anglo-Russian relations covers the relationship ________ the countries of Russia and the United Kingdom and their predecessor states.
Animals and humans must have _______ between mainland Europe and Great Britain via a crossing.
As recently _________ 8,000 years ago Great Britain was joined to the continent.
Beefeater or the Queen's Guard are considered _______ be symbolic of Englishness.
Before a bill that has passed all its stages in both Houses of Parliament becomes a law it must receive the _____________.
Britain has a ____________ parliament.
Britain is actually governed by __________________.
Britain’s monarchy is the oldest, ________ back to the 9th century.
British Commonwealth is a free association of sovereign states comprising Great Britain and a number of its former dependencies who
By 12 o’clock on January 20, the participants of the Inauguration ceremony and guests take their places on a rostrum especially erected in front of __________.
Ceremonial activities have always been associated __________British kings and queens and, in spite of changing attitudes, many traditional ceremonies still take place.
Choose from the words on the right the name of the person who is in charge of or the leading person in the group, place, etc. on the left.
Coronation of the new Sovereign follows the accession _________ a convenient interval.
During the Grand Embassy of Peter I in 1697-1698, Czar Peter I of Russia visited Britain ______ three months.
Each session of British Parliament is ended by ____________.
Each union sends a delegation _______ the party’s annual conference.
Elizabeth was _________ master of political science.
Four ___________, attended by some 30,000 people are held every year. Three are held at Buckingham Palace and one — at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, at which the Queen distributes the awards granted to both civilians and members of the armed forces.
From the time of the scientific revolution, England and Scotland, and thereafter the United Kingdom, have _______prominent in world scientific and technological development.
Great Britain is only the largest _______within the United Kingdom.
Historically, many of the UK's greatest scientists _______ been based at either Oxford or Cambridge University.
In 1801, _________ a new Act of Union, this kingdom merged with the Kingdom of Ireland, over which the monarch of Great Britain had ruled.
In Cheddar Gorge the remains of animal species native to mainland Europe such as antelopes, brown bears, and wild horses _________ been found alongside a human skeleton, 'Cheddar Man', dated to about 7150 B.C.
In its beginnings, the United States consisted only of the Thirteen ______.
In subsequent centuries ______Vikings settled in several parts of the island.
It is a long-standing tradition that the Monarch never enters the House of Commons. Instead he or she uses a messenger, the Gentleman Usher of _______, to summon MPs to the Lords.
It was proclaimed that Queen Victoria’s descendants in the male line would adopt the name _____________.
Its Iron Age inhabitants are _________as the Britons, a group speaking a Celtic language.
John F. Kennedy started making some important changes in the United States:
Juan Ponce de León, who arrived in Florida in 1513, is credited as _____ the first European to reach modern-day U.S. territory.
Like the monarchy in the UK, Parliament is an ancient institution dating from the middle of the _______________.
Local authorities play _________important part in encouraging the arts.
London is one of the ________literary-minded cities in the world.
Match the following political parties with their definitions.
Match the stages of the coronation service in Great Britain.
Morris dancers or the costumes for the traditional English May dance are cited _______ some as examples of traditional English costume.
Most people think that the Royal Family is _________ for tourism.
Most _______ the union members are affiliated through the union to the Labour Party.
Newton's Principia is one of _________ most influential works in the history of science.
On June 10, 1215, Magna Carta, the Great Charter was signed. It was an important symbol of political freedom as this programme
Other public duties of the Queen include the ____________ at the Cenotaph in Whitehall. This special ceremony remembers the soldiers who died in World War I and World War II and all of the Royal Family and Britain’s political leaders attend it.
Outside Parliament the party has more ________ a million individual members who pay annual subscriptions.
Oxford was first occupied in Saxon times, and was initially ________ as "Oxenaforda", meaning "Ford of the Ox".
President of the USA is
Prince Consort fills an important role in the life of the nation, as does __________, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband.
Since the union of 1707, the entire island __________ one political unit.
Some evidence suggests that John Cabot ______ have reached what is presently New England in 1498.
Spanning nearly five centuries, it ________ often switched from a state of alliance to rivalry.
Taking full advantage of the colonists’ skill in conducting __________, George Washington kept his troops afield and by 1781 had managed to build up an able army which entrapped the British at Yorktown.
The amendments establish the individual rights and freedoms to all people of the States, some of them are now relatively unimportant, but the Fifth Amendment retains its significance in the fight of the American people for ___________.
The arts in Britain are flourishing, and ___________ a varied and lively picture.
The automatic succession is summed up in the famous phrase ‘The King is dead; long ______ the King!’.
The cartoonist Thomas Nast invented the Democratic __________as the party emblem.
The cartoonist Thomas Nast invented the Republican __________as the party emblem.
The Conservative Party has always been the party of the___________, identified with the idea of economic freedom and the existing social order.
The Conservative Party ________ formed by Robert Peel from what was left of the old Tory Party in the 1830s.
The coronation service is traditionally conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury at ___________ in the presence of representatives of the Houses of Parliament.
The current Union Flag dates _______ 1 January 1801 with the Act of Union 1800.
The executive branch consists of __________headed by ministers (or secretaries of state).
The executive in the UK consists of __________________.
The first Queen Elizabeth, whose name has become a synonym for the era which she dominated, was born in 1533 to _________ and Anne Boleyn.
The first ______ inhabitants of modern-day United States territory are believed to have arrived over a period of several thousand years.
The full royal title in Britain 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 full royal title in Britain 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 ___________, Defender of the Faith».
The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, usually known as «Black Rod», is responsible for
The House of Lords is presided over by the Lord Chancellor, the senior ________of the state.
The House of Lords today consists of the
The island of Great Britain formed _______ the end of the Pleistocene ice age when sea levels rose due to depression of the crust and the melting of glaciers.
The island was first inhabited by people who ________over the land bridge from the European mainland.
The Kingdom of England and Tsardom of Russia established relations in 1553, when English navigator Richard Chancellor _________ in Archangelsk.
The legislature in the UK consists of _____________.
The legislature, which consists of both Houses of Parliament and formally the monarch, is
The main functions of British Parliament today are
The main principle underlying the US Constitution was as follows: private property is the backbone of __________.
The most famous of all English scientists, Isaac Newton, is considered by historians of science to ________ crowned and ended the scientific revolution with the 1687 publication of his Principia Mathematica.
The Muscovy Company held a monopoly over trade between England and Russia ______ 1698.
The name Britain is derived from the _________ name Britannia.
The new design added the red saltire cross of St Patrick's Flag for _____________.
The new Sovereign is proclaimed at an Accession Council to which all members of the Privy Council __________ summoned.
The nickname for the American government is __________.
The Party gives emphasis __________ the importance of law and order.
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 persecution of continental Protestants forced Elizabeth _______ war, a situation which she desperately tried to avoid.
The political power of the _________ is second only to that of the President. He has the duty of trying to maintain peace and to negotiate economic and political treaties.
The present monarch, Queen _________, is directly descended from Saxon king Egbert, who united England under his rule in 829.
The present royal family belonged to ____________ until 1917 when, in the light of the First World War, it was considered more appropriate for the King to have an English rather than a German name.
The President’s Inauguration speech is regarded as a declaration of principles proclaimed by the new Administration. The wording of the President’s _________is laid down in the Constitution.
The Privy Council consists of
The purpose in creating life peerages was not merely to honour but also to enhance the quality of business done in the _________.
The Queen personifies the State. She is
The Queen today is only a formal ruler and does not actually govern: nowadays monarchs reign but do not___________.
The Queen’s Christmas Speech to the Commonwealth is made on _______ and lasts ten minutes. In it the Queen usually talks about the past twelve months and her hopes for the year ahead.
The situation with Mary Queen of Scots was ________vexing to Elizabeth.
The sons of the Sovereign and their descendants have precedence over daughters in _______ to the throne.
The sons of the Sovereign and their ___________ have precedence over daughters in succeeding to the throne.
The south-east of Scotland was colonised _______ the Angles and formed, until 1018, a part of the Kingdom of Northumbria.
The southeastern part of Great Britain ________ still connected by a strip of low marsh to the European mainland in what is now northeastern France.
The Speaker
The spread of musical interest in Britain owes _________ to the British Broadcasting Corporation.
The trade union movement, which founded the ____________, remains influential in the evolution of the party policy.
The Twenty-second amendment, adopted in 1951, makes it impossible for any President to hold office for more than _________ terms.
The Union Flag, also known as the ________, is the national flag of the United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom is one of six constitutional monarchies within Europe (the other five being Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and _________).
The United Kingdom is one of _________ constitutional monarchies within Europe.
The United States ranges from the Atlantic Ocean on the nation's _____ coast to the Pacific Ocean bordering the west.
The University of Oxford is first __________ in 12th century records.
The USA is located in the middle of _____ North American continent with Canada to the north and the United Mexican States to the south.
The woolsack is
The _________is the best-known ancient tradition started over 1,000 years ago to show that monarchs cared for the old and poor. Each year the Queen gives money to a group of old people at Westminster Abbey. She gives them as many coins as her age plus one.
The ___________ is responsible for putting laws into effect and directing national policy and acts formally in the name of the monarch in the UK.
The ___________ presides over the House of Representatives, he conducts debates.
There are _______ 900 museums and art galleries in Britain.
These colleges were established ________ a time when Europeans were starting to translate the writings of Greek philosophers.
Throughout Britain there are festivals and centres of _________ activity.
To speakers of Germanic languages, the Britons ________ called Welsh.
Today’s successful lobbyists
Traces of modern humans have ______ found in Great Britain from some 30,000 years ago.
Unless the Congressmen are called in to vote for or against a bill, most of them seldom appear on the House _________.
Up until about 9,000 years ago, Great Britain ______ joined to Ireland.
Votes are taken in Congress in different ways (e.g. the Speaker or Vice-President does the counting in his chamber and announces the result. If there is still doubt, two __________are appointed).
What King is Queen Elizabeth II directly descended _________?
When the flag ________introduced in 1606, it was known simply as "the British flag" or "the flag of Britain".
_______ 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.
_______ Norman Conquest introduced a French ruling élite who also became assimilated.
________ artists, writers, musicians and architects exert a powerful influence abroad.
________ English won the naval battle handily, aided by some fortuitous inclement English Channel weather, and emerged as the world's strongest naval power.
________ from time to time demonstrate majority support for the institution of monarchy as against a republican alternative.
________ most important function of an association is to choose the party’s candidate for the next election.
_________, a rich plantation owner from Virginia, is known to be the “Father of the Constitution”.
__________ Britain’s monarchy is the oldest, dating back to the 9th century.
__________ the Constitution give any special rank to the husband of a Queen Regnant?
__________ to the Throne in the United Kingdom is still hereditary.
___________ reign was one of the more constructive periods in English history.
____________ do not pass their title when they die.
____________ ranks ahead of other Departments in prestige and seniority.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Parliament is also known as ‘____________’, since it is housed in the Palace of Westminster, once a home of the monarchy.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Since the mid-19th century the Prime Minister has normally been the leader of the party with a majority in the House of____________.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The chief officer of the House of Commons is the ___________.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The Lord Chancellor sits on the __________ as Chairman of the House and controls the procedure and meetings of the House.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The sovereign succeeds __________ the throne as soon as his of her predecessor dies.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Unlike the Lords, who can only claim expenses, MPs are paid an annual salary. There are also a number of _______, including travel ________, a supplement for London and provincial members, subsistence _______ and _________for second homes.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. ___________of the new Sovereign follows the accession after a convenient interval.
A by-election is called if
A Representative must be, and.
Generally Congress goes along with the decisions of its committees. For a bill to become a law it must be
How long ________ the present British monarch reigned?
How _______ power does the Royal Family have?
How __________ museums and libraries help to educate children?
Members of the House of Lords, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen and the leading citizens of the City of London _________ also invited.
The aims of the Opposition are
The British constitution, unlike that of most other countries, is _______________.
The Constitution of the USA lists the set of________ which provide the practical norms regulating the work of the government.
The Constitution says that a Senator must be
The monarch is formally the head of
The MPs _______ expected to observe discipline and to vote with the party.
The present monarch, ___________, is directly descended from Saxon king Egbert, who united England under his rule in 829.
The Senate approves or disapproves major Presidential appointments of such high officials as
The US Constitution gives Congress the power
What are the criticisms of ___________ British monarchy?
What charity work __________ performed by the Royal Family?
What do you know about ______ British monarchy?
What happens ________ the coronation ceremony?
What is _________by the separation of powers?
What library______ destroyed in Great Fire of London?
What _______ more modern ceremonies and customs?
What _________ known about the English Act of Settlement (1701)?
__________ carry a right to sit in the House of Lords provided holders establish their claim and are aged 21 years or over.
__________ constitutional monarchies are there in the world?
____________ on Horse Guards Parade is the ceremony that takes place in June to celebrate the Sovereign’s official birthday.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. . The Speaker or Vice-________ does the counting in his chamber and announces the result.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Almost all the Congressmen are members of the two big bourgeois ________.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Although Congressional _________ take place every two years, only one-third of the Senate is re-elected, thereby ensuring continuity.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Amendment 10: Powers not ________ to the United States or denied to states are reserved to the states or to the people.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Amendment 2: Right to bear ___________and maintain state militia (National Guard).
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Amendment 3: Troops may not be quartered in homes in_________ .
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Amendment 5: No “double_________” — being tried twice for the same offence.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Amendment 6: Right to speedy, public, impartial __________ with defense counsel, and right to cross-examine witnesses.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Amendment 7: Jury trials in civil ________ where value exceeds 20 dollars.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Amendment 8: No excessive bail or________, no cruel and unusual punishments.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Amendment 9: Unlisted _______ are not necessarily denied.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Americans feel that of all freedoms proclaimed in the Constitution there is only one freedom — freedom of____________ .
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Among __________ more than 40% are lawyers (Senators — 62%).
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Are ________ any representatives of American youth in Congress?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. As Black _________ approaches the Commons chamber, the door of the Commons is traditionally slammed in his face, a custom which dates from the time Charles I tried to arrest five MPs in 1642.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. But freedom of enterprise does not at all expand personal _________ of all citizens- on the contrary, it limits them.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Congressmen of the House of Representatives do not have individual seats, by _________ Democrats sit on the Speaker’s right, Republicans — on his left.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Democrats sit in the western part of the chamber —______ Vice-President’s right.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Forcing a person to _________ against himself or herself prohibited.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Freedom of enterpise in practice means freedom of the wealthy to _________ at the expense of the working man.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Grand jury indictment required to __________ a person for a serious crime.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. How are religious ________ marked in the USA?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. How are votes taken in American__________ ?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. How ________Senators usually elected?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. In neither chamber there is a representative of American youth, because of the age ______________ for Congressmen.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. In various countries _________ power is vested in different bodies: national assemblies, parliaments, etc.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Is Great Britain a large or a small country in area and __________ population?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Perhaps the two “most American” of the holidays are the Fourth of July - ___________ Day and Thanksgiving.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Prorogation terminates nearly all parliamentary business: in particular, ________ which have not been passed by the end of the session are lost, and every new session begins with a clean slate.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The automatic succession is summed ________ in the famous phrase ‘the King is dead; long live the King!
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The British Constitution safeguards the separation of powers between the legislature, the executive and the ___________.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The Constitution embodied the political theories of the Founding ________, who represented the interests of a privileged class, as the great majority of those who formulated the Constitution, were men of property.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The Constitution says that each______, no matter how small in population, must have at least one Representative.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The Fourth of July is the day of ________ the Declaration of Independence.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The fourth way is the _________ -call, where the names of all Congressmen are called out and they answer “Aye” or “No”.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The life of a Parliament is divided into periods, called ________.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The Senate is composed of 100 members, two from each of the 50 _________ .
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The Senate is stabler and more conservative __________ the House of Representatives, as many Senators are re-elected several times and often they are more experienced politicians.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The Speaker calls the members to order and the Sergeant-at-_________ places the mace.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The Speaker, ________ Vice-President in the Senate, may vote, but usually he does not do it, except in case of a tie-vote.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The United Kingdom is a constitutional __________, which means that the powers of the monarch are limited by the country’s constitution.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The US Constitution consists of the _______ and seven articles.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The voter must be a resident of the state ________ he votes.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The ________ of Representatives, at the present time, has 435 members.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The _________ is responsible for putting laws into effect and directing national policy and acts formally in the name of the monarch.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. The ____________, which consists of both Houses of Parliament and formally the monarch, is the supreme authority, the supreme law-making body.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. They are re-elected several _______ and they are more experienced politicians.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Twenty-seven amendments have so far ________ added to its original text.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. US Congress is sometimes criticized by the American press ______ an unrepresentative institution.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Vice-President presides ________ the Senate and he conducts debates.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. What are the criticisms of __________ British monarchy?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. What are the holidays for federal employees and state __________ offices?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. What are the main countries of ________ U.K. and their capitals?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. What are the rules of _____ to the Throne?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. What ceremony takes _________ at the Queen’s official birthday?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. What chambers does US Congress consist_________ ?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. What charity ______ is performed by the Royal Family?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. What did they do with ___________ natives?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. What is meant by the separation _________ powers?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. What is the difference between the ________ and the House of Representatives?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. What is _______ most ancient of the Royal ceremonial?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. What other kinds of holidays are _______ in the USA?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. What part ________ the media play in the popularity of the Windsors nowadays?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. What principle forms the basis of ________ Constitution?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. What three main __________ is the federal government of the US divided into?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. What way has the original text of the Constitution ________ changed?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. What _________ are proclaimed by the Constitution?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. What ____________ of people were the conquerors?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. When any member wants to speak he is to stand up and to address _________ to the Speaker.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. When the House meets, the Speaker calls the members to order and the Sergeant-at-Arms places the mace (the symbol of__________ ) on the pedestal near the Speaker’s platform.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. When was England conquered by the___________?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Which countries of the U.K. occupy the two main___________?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Which of the Queen’s _______ are formal?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Who presides _______ the House of Representatives?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Whose interests has the US Constitution reflected _________ the very beginning?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Why did the Saxons hate __________ conquerors?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Why is the U.K. also _________ Great Britain, England or the British Isles?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. ______ rich is the Queen?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. _______ is the position of the monarch in the British constitution?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. ________ the pressure of the progressive circles the number of representatives of racial minorities has grown, but still the elections have a discriminatory character.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. _________ is the difference between the Senate and the House of Representatives?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. _________ isn’t Prince Philip called ‘the King’?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. __________ kind of holiday is Thanksgiving?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. ___________ is the largest, industrial and most densely-populated country of the U.K.?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. ____________ are the advantages of the monarchy?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. As Black Rod approaches the Commons chamber, the door of the Commons is traditionally _______ in his face, a custom which dates from the time Charles I tried to arrest five MPs in 1642.
Вставьте пропущенное слово. Did they show mercy towards __________ Saxons?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. __________ became the leader of the outlaws?
Вставьте пропущенное слово. “__________” is a formal accusation against a public official by a legislative body.
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Раскройте скобки. (Ratify) in 1788, the Constitution serves as the supreme American law in organizing the government;
Раскройте скобки. (Speak) about American Revolutionary War of Independence we must say a few words about the first American president George Washington.
Раскройте скобки. A Parliament has a maximum duration of five years, but it is not (fix).
Раскройте скобки. After seven long weeks the people on "The Mayflower" (see) land at last.
Раскройте скобки. At the start of the revolution George Washington was a planter and his tastes (was) peaceful.
Раскройте скобки. At weekends, at Christmas, Easter and the late Spring Bank Holiday as well as during a long summer ‘recess’ Parliament is (adjourn).
Раскройте скобки. Britain has a two-chamber parliament, (consist) of two houses: the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
Раскройте скобки. Each session is (end) by prorogation.
Раскройте скобки. If you go to New Plymouth you will see there a rock to which many tourists come to think of the first English settlers who (land) near that rock more than three hundred years ago.
Раскройте скобки. In 1789 he (become) the first president of the USA.
Раскройте скобки. In January 1621, there were already two streets in this first English settlement in the USA and they (call) the place New Plymouth.
Раскройте скобки. In later years, civil rights were extended to women and black Americans, following much activism and (lobby) from members of these minority groups.
Раскройте скобки. Indians called the English people "Yankee" as they (can) not say the word "Englishman".
Раскройте скобки. Later, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed racial (segregate) in public places.
Раскройте скобки. Lincoln was (teach) reading, writing and simple arithmetic as his family could not afford better education.
Раскройте скобки. Many social progresses came up (start) in the nineteenth century; those advancements have been widely reflected in the Constitution.
Раскройте скобки. Ordinary men and women got up on their feet and after seven years' (fight) with the help of France and French Fleet won.
Раскройте скобки. Slavery (be) abolished in 1865 by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Раскройте скобки. Soon he (become) a force in political life and in 1860 was elected President of the USA.
Раскройте скобки. Soon the settlers (find) the place to build their village there.
Раскройте скобки. The Declaration of Independence (be) adopted by the Congress on July 4, 1776.
Раскройте скобки. The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments respectively guaranteed citizenship for all persons (naturalize) within U.S. territory and voting for people of all races.
Раскройте скобки. The government of the day may dissolve it and (call) for a general election at any time during the term
Раскройте скобки. The Indians came to their dinner and (bring) some wild turkeys as a present.
Раскройте скобки. The Supreme Court (be) responsible for upholding Constitutional law.
Раскройте скобки. Though Washington was sometimes hunted like a fox, he shared the cold and hunger of his (rag) troops.
Раскройте скобки. When George Washington arrived in Cambridge, he found an army without military (train) and set about drilling and training.
Раскройте скобки. When the war was over, Lincoln issued a proclamation to say that slavery (be) abolished.
Раскройте скобки. When winter came the life in New Plymouth became very hard and many of the settlers (die).
Раскройте скобки. In 1775—1783 America (fight) against Great Britain for freedom and independence.
Раскройте скобки. On May 10, 1775, George Washington was (elect) by the Congress to command the American army against the British forces.
Раскройте скобки. Soldiers and the American army (be) soon able to drive the British forces from Boston.
Раскройте скобки. Americans say about Washington that he (be) "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen".
Раскройте скобки. At first the war went badly for the North, but Lincoln never (lose) his courage and soon they won.
Раскройте скобки. But when his country needed him, George Washington left his "Mount Vernon ", and (serve) seven years without pay as Commander-in-Chief of the American army.
Раскройте скобки. Lincoln (be) well known all over America and everybody loved him.
Раскройте скобки. Lincoln was (born) in the family of a poor farmer in 1809 in Kentucky, but soon his family left for the wild forest land of Indiana.
Раскройте скобки. Since that time "Yankee" (have) been the name of a white man in America.
Раскройте скобки. Since then the 4th of July (have) been considered to be a great holiday in America.
Раскройте скобки. Some of the Southern States (leave) the Union, and the war between the South and the North began.
Раскройте скобки. The Nineteenth Amendment prohibited gender discrimination in (vote) rights.
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