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XI. Read the text and complete the sentences.

1. The head of the USA is ___. 2. The President works for ___ years. 3. The legislative body is ___. 4. It consists of two houses: ___ and ___. 5. There is ___ senators and ___ representatives in Congress. 6. ___ are made by Congress. 7. The executive departments are ____, ____, ____ and others. 8. The system of courts represents ___ branch. 9. The two groups of courts are ___ and ___. 10. There are three levels of government: federal, ____ and ___ . 11. The chief executive of the state government is a ____ . 12. Each state has its own ___ which must be in compliance with the US Constitution. 13. There are two levels of local government: ____ and municipality. 14. ____ government may be of several types: city, town, borough, and village.

WORD FOCUS

XII. Match the following.

A. Что делать?

  1. county

  2. public

  3. law

  4. traffic

  5. small

  6. tax

  7. executive

B. Что?

  1. executive

  2. utility

  3. laws

  4. collection

  5. enforcement

  6. claims

  7. department

C. Какой? (чего?)

1. appoint

2. respect

3. depend on

D. Что?

  1. population

  2. members

  3. laws

XIII. Choose the words with the same meaning.

      1. consist of (2)

      2. vest in

      3. charter

      4. in charge of

      5. level

    1. belong to

    2. plan of government

    3. include

    4. responsible for

    5. tier

    6. comprise

XIV. In each paragraph choose the odd word (combination).

Federal government. Congress, US Constitution, the Cabinet, President, the House of Representatives, the Senate, Vice President, Secretary, governor, federal courts.

State government. Legislative assembly, governor, state courts, state Constitution, Department of State.

Local government. County, municipality, Mayor, board of supervisors, county council, local courts, representatives from each state.

XV. Match the following.

  1. Congress is

  2. Senate is

  3. The House of Representatives is

  4. President is

  5. Vice President is

  6. Secretary is

  7. Executive department is

  8. Federal government of the USA is

  9. Governor is

  10. County is

  11. Municipality is

    1. the head of the state and the government.

    2. the central government entity established by the United States Constitution.

    3. law-making bicameral body of US.

    4. upper chamber comprising 100 members.

    5. a local level of government below the state territory.

    6. the second-highest executive official of the government.

    7. an elected official who heads the executive branch of every state.

    8. an official responsible for the executive department.

    9. an administrative entity composed of clearly defined territory (city, town, or village).

    10. the unit of the executive branch.

    11. lower chamber including 435 voting members.

GRAMMAR PRACTICE