Read the text carefully. Complete these sentences.

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Did you find the answers to the questions given before the text? Discuss the answers with your partner(s).

4. Language Focus

1. The Constitution forbids the government to …

2. There are no political parties in the United States that …

3. Since Americans are free to form and follow any religious belief or religion they wish …

4. The Roman Catholic church is by far …

5. Although religion plays an important role in the personal lives of many Americans …

6. The size of America, the tradition of religious toleration and the separation of church and state by law …

4.2 Paraphrase or explain the meaning of the following word combinations:

to hinder the free practice of religion;

periods of religious revivals;

‘fundamentalist' denominations;

to affect national policies;

to be largely exaggerated;

religious toleration;

extreme variety of religious backgrounds;

the First Amendment.

4.3 Fill in the blanks in the paragraph below with the given words:

Although there are many Christian Churches in the _____ States, the majority of them are Protestant denominations. European protestants broke with the Catholic _____ in the 1500s because of _____ in beliefs. In _____ 1600 most of the _____ settlers who came to _____ were Protestant, and Protestantism _____ the dominant religious influence. The belief in hard work and self-discipline in pursuit of material gain is often referred to as the _____ ethic.