II. Answer the questions in written form.

1. What sort of court system is there in the United States?

2. What is also known as the trial court?

3. For what purpose was the federal court established?

4. What kind of courts do both the state and federal court systems have?

5. What questions are settled by the state courts?

6. How do federal courts differ from other courts?

7. Who can change the decisions of the Supreme Court?

8. How is the jury selected to decide a civil case?

9. When will the defendant be acquitted during the hearing of the case by the jury in a state criminal court?

III. Translate in written form the last 3 paragraphs of the text.

IV. Divide text into logically connected parts, entitle each part and give a short summary of the text according to your plan.

V. Match the definitions with the appropriate words given in the right-hand column:

1. specific number of impartial people selected at random from voter lists 2. process by which a lawyer questions a witness called to testify by his side in the case 3. process by which a lawyer questions a witness called to testify by the other side in the case 4. party which sues (brings the suit) initiator of the action 5. party being sued 6. case which involves two or more parties or dispute between or among citizens, corporations, organizations 7. initial document filed by the plaintiff which states the injury and names the defendant 8. the presentation of evidence in court to a trier of facts who applies the applicable law to those facts and then decides the case 9. claim presented by a defendant in opposition to the claim of plaintiff 10. to make a legal claim against smb. 11. six or twelve jurors whose duty is to hear the evidence and decide on the verdict 12. a group of 23 jurors who are summoned by the court before trial to issue a formal complaint by filing an indictment 13. fixed or limited period of time

a) term b) grand jury c) petty jury d) to sue e) counterclaim f) complaint g) civil case h) defendant i) plaintiff j) cross examination k) direct xamnation l) jury m) trial

VI. Find the best answer:

1. What court can review the case?

   1. federal district court

   2. U. S. Customs Court

   3. appellate court

2. Which court has a jury?

1. federal district court

2. U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals

3. Supreme Court

3. Which is not a case for a federal court?

1. a case between two citizens of the same state

2. a case between two citizens of different states

3. a case between a foreign citizen and a U. S. citizen

4. What court tries most of the criminal and civil cases?

1. Supreme Court

2. Court of Appeal

3. District Court

5. What kind of court, established in 1890 and located in New York, deals with all the cases arising at the customs when goods enter the country?

1. Court of the District of Columbia

2. Courts of Claims

3. U. S. Customs Court

6. What court has the right to declare unconstitutional any law passed by Congress?

1. District Court

2. Supreme Court

3. U. S. Customs Court

VII. Find the words ending in –ing+. Explain if they are Nouns or Gerunds. Translate them, define their function, ask questions on them.

1. The activities of the day included swimming, boating and fishing. 2. She was given the task of helping her younger schoolmates. 3. On every floor of the hotel there are rooms for washing. 4. On leaving the room I noticed that the door was not shut. 5. Students of the Technological Institute took part in preparing the experiments. 6. The newspapers report great success in developing the gas and oil industries in the North Sea. 7. What time are you going to get up tomorrow morning? 8. My sister dreams of becoming a ballet-dancer. 9. They enjoyed sitting in the sun and bathing in the river. 10. He returned home after a year’s absence, it was a happy meeting. 11. There is no hope of our getting home before 7 o’clock. 12. They are proud of being citizens of the USA. 13. The housewives in California continued boycotting fruit and vegetables produced by the illegal farmers. 14. His findings may give new facts about the life of prehistoric people in the Far East. 15. You will have no difficulty in finding his house, it is near the local Drama Theatre. 16. The tourists spoke about staying in Washington D. C.. 17. The policy of this party is aimed at raising the people’s living standards. 18. There is a new exhibition of children’s drawings at the museum. 19. I remember having been shown the letter. 20. Her shoes need repairing and drying.