Translate the chains of words into Russian. Complete the sentences with appropriate words from each chain.
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Give synonyms. Make up 7 sentences with any of them.
Match the adjectives 1 to 10 to the nouns that they go with. Make up 5 sentences with any of the collocations.
| supreme | upper | government | affairs | ||
| sole | foreign | parliament | branch | ||
| procedural | constitutional | rule | power | ||
| unicameral | totalitarian | system monarchy | house authority | ||
| judicial | parliamentary |
| to establish | chamber | to place restraints | |||
| to resolve | to suggest | to maintain order | |||
| to divide | authority | to ban a law (2) | |||
| to guarantee (2) | dispute (2) | to exert authority | |||
| belief | power | to execute laws |
17. Form nouns from the verbs. Use suffixes A)-tion (-ion, -ation -sion),
B) -ment. Translate the nouns into Russian. Use 3 nouns from each group in sentences of your own.
| A | 1interpret 2elect 3resolve 4separate | 5define 6prevent 7alter 8divide | 9provide 10administer 11protect 12limit |
| B | 1agree 2appoint 3develop | 4establish 5enforce 6amend | 7require 8pay 9arrange |
| legislate – legislation – legislative – legislator – legislature | |
| a)The government promised to introduce _______ to limit immigration. | |
| b)In the British Parliament the lower chamber has greater _______ powers. | |
| c)According to the constitution, US Congress is a bicameral ______. | |
| d) In most countries they still ________ against human cloning. | |
| e) _______ are elected directly by voters. | |
| f)Each house of Congress has the power to introduce ________. |
| separate (adj) – separate (v) – separation – separately – separated | |
| a) You can't_______ morality from politics. | |
| b)These problems must be discussed _______. | |
| c)Political and racial ________ will result into a serious economic crisis. | |
| d)Government departments usually have ________ functions and areas of responsibility. | |
| e)Britain has no national police force, instead, there is a _______ police force for each of the 52 areas into which the country is divided. |
| execute – executive (adj) – executive (n) – execution | |
| a)The ________ part of government is responsible for education and healthcare. | |
| b)_______ is still the penalty in some states for murder. | |
| c)The _______ skills are necessary for any senior official. | |
| d)A President or a Prime Minister is usually the head of the _______ . | |
| e)The Governor is the chief ________ of the state. |
| authority – authorities (pl) – authorise - authorised | |
| a) I'm going to report my opinion to the _______. | |
| b)The entrance is permitted to _______ personnel only. | |
| c)The United Nations should exercise its _______ to restore peace in the area. |
| judge (v) – judge (n) – judicial – judgment – judiciary | |
| a)You can't __________a book by its cover. | |
| b) The Supreme Court has the ‘power of ______ review', that is, it has the right to declare laws and actions of the government uncostitutional. | |
| c)The legislators have the power to fix the number of _____ in the highest ______ authority. | |
| d)A trial by jury means that 12 ordinary people like yourself _______ you. | |
| e) The court is to pass ______ on the case next week. |
| divide – division – divided (part. II) | |
| a)After World War Two, Germany was _______ into two separate countries. | |
| b) To prevent an epidemic the hospital administrators decided to ______ the sick from the rest. | |
| c)He was appointed as director of the publishing _______. | |
| d) _______ (= disagreement) within the party may limit its chances at the election. |
19. Choose A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
1All local laws need to be in ___________the established constitution.
| Acompliance with | Bthe name of | Caddition to | Dthe end of |
2Presidential power was reduced by the constitutional ________ in 1991.
| Acheck | Bbill | Cagreement | Damendment |
3The main role of the judiciary is to __________ the laws.
| Aapprove of | Balter | Cexecute | Dinterpret |
4In a parliamentary system the head of the state is usually the leader of the ________ party in the legislature.
| Aupper | Bmajority | Csimilar | Dsupreme |
5The constitution of the US doesn't _________ a person under 35 to become a President.
| Aallow | Bprohibit | Cprevent | Dappoint |
6In a federal system local governments are usually _______ to the federal form of government.
| Aelected | Bappointed | Csimilar | Dlower |
7Governments are often classified and _________according to the number of people who hold political power.
| Aappointed | B Bdefined | C Cinterpreted | D Delected |
8What the natural human rights actually areis a matter of ______among philosophers.
| A A dispute | Bl B legislation | C Celections | D D compliance |
9In civil law tradition the power of the judges to interpret laws is very much _________.
| AiAimplied | Bs B separated | Cr Crestrained | D Dapproved |
10It's easier to _______ a conflict than to settle it down.
| A A approve of | Be B ensure | CI C imply | D D prevent |
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