3. Mark these statements t (true) or f (false) according to the text. Find the part of the text that gives the correct information:

1. The law-making body of the USA government is called the Congress.

2. The Congress consists of two chambers.

3. The US President is the head of its military forces.

4. There is an equal number of Senators representing each state in The USA.

5. Presidential elections in the USA are held every five years.

6. The elected President can't serve as long as he wins elections.

7. Besides others the executive branch includes the Library of Congress.

8. The President of the U SA nominates nine justices of the Supreme Court.

9. The president's Cabinet has no power of its own.

10. The President is the chief executive of the USA.

4. What the given words could mean, choose the appropriate definition:

1) office

a) room used as a place for business;

b) buildings of a government department;

c) public position of authority

2) task

a) use or practice of powers, duties or rights;

b) activity for physical, mental or spiritual training

3) seat

a) something for sitting on

b) a place where something is located or based;

c) a parliamentary constituency;

d) membership on a legislative authority

4) state

a) the condition of a person or thong with respect to circumstances;

b) a nation or a government, a country;

c) a part of the USA

5) justice

a) a judge of the Supreme Court;

b) the administration of what is just according to law;

c) rightfulness or lawfulness

6) term

a) the time or period, usually fixed;

b) a word defining something in a particular field;

c) pl. conditions and stipulations;

d) pl. words expressed in a specified way

7) house

a) a building in which people live;

b) a legislative or deliberative body;

c) a building for any purpose

8) rule

a) a principle or regulation governing conduct, procedure;

b) control or government;

c) the customary or normal condition, practice

5. Choose the right preposition in brackets according to the contents of the sentences (by, from, in, on, with, to, for, of, through).

1. The two houses of Congress are responsible... enacting the nation's laws.

2. Why is the state flag of the USA referred... as «stars and stripes»?

3. How many justices does the Supreme Court consist...?

4. The State of Louisiana has a Roman civil form of law which derives from its days... a French colony?

5. What process can the President be removed... the office...?

6. The chairman of the House of Representatives, the Speaker is elected... the House.

7. All the High Court judges are nominated... life... the President.

8. What freedoms were provided... by the Bill of Rights?

9. The American President serves... ceremonial chief of the state.

10. What office can a person be appointed only... the consent of the Senate?

6. Substitute the active vocabulary of the lesson for the italicized parts.

1. The preliminary version of the constitution was composed in 1787.

2. This law was implemented in 2001.

3. The American people were proud of the decision to put an end to slavery in their country.

4. No country has a right to interfere into the internal affairs of the other states.

5. The interpretation of the law meaning is performed by the Supreme Court of the USA.

6. Federal courts may declare laws violating the Constitution invalid.

7. The ambassador of the country has no absolute right for the ratification of any formal agreement reached by negotiations between two or more countries without consent of the President.

8. The US President is the head of the state and Commander-in-chief of the armed forces.