Government

1. United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy, This means that ithas a monarch (a queen) as its Head, of State. The monarch reignswith the support of Parliament. Everything is done in the Queen's name. It's her government, her armed forces, her law courts and soon. She appoints all the Ministers, including the Prime Minister.Everything is done however on the advice of the elected Government, and the monarch takes no part in the decision-making process.

2. Parliament consists of two chambers known as the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Parliament and the monarch have different roles in the government of the country. In reality, theHouse of Commons is the only one of three which is true power. It'ahere that new bills are introduced and debatedt If the majority ofthe members are not in favour of a bill it goes to the House ofLords to be debated and finally to the monarch to be signed. Onlythen it becomes Act of Parliament and the Law of the Land.

The House of Commons is made up of 650 elected members known asMembers of Parliament (MPs), each of whom represents an area in England, Scottland, Wales or Northern Ireland. MPs are elected for 5years at a general election or at a by-election following the deathor retirement of an M.P. The political parties chooee candidates inelections. The party which wine the majority of seats forms theGovernment and its leader usually becomes Prime Minister. The PrimeMinister chooses about 20 Members of Parliament for his party tobecome the Cabinet of Ministers. The House of Commons is presidedover by the speaker a member acceptable to the whole House . Ееdoesn't belong to any party. MPs have to catch the Speaker's eyewhen they want to speak, then rise from where they have been sitting to address the House. All the speeches begin "Mister Speaker Sir"

4. The House of Lords consists of 1100 members. Lost of the membersare hereditary peers:dukes, marquises, earls, barons. The Ноuse ofLords is the highest Court of Appeal. The chairman of the House ofLords is the Lord Chancellor and he aits on a special seat calledthe V/ooleack. The members of the House of Lords debate a bill after it has been passed by the House of Comnons. The Lords' mainpower consists of being able to delay non-financial bill for a period of a year, but they can also introduce certain types of bill.

5. Kowaday in Great Britain there are 3 main political partiesttheConservative Party, the Liberal Party and the Labour Party. TheConservative Party, often called the Tory Party, ia that of bigbusiness, industry, commerce and landowners. The party representsthose who believe in private enterprise aa opposed to state* -ownedundertakings. The Tories are a mixture of the rich and privileged -- the monopolists and landowners. The Conservative Party is themost powerful and is often called a party of 6 directors.

6. The Labour Party departa ultraleft ideals, promises to increasetaxes for the rich and to increase benefits for families with children and pensioners. The Labour Party is composed mainly of trade-union members. Although the Labour Party members call themselves socialists, the action of the Labour Party tends to support reformed capitalism.

7. The Liberal Party enjoys the support of 15 % of voters. It admits the existence of the market economy. The Liberal Party Is small in size, it represents the interests of liberal bourgeoisiesand its relations with the Tory and the Labour Party are complex

III-й вариант

В каждой строчке найдите и выпишите слово, которое не рифмуется с другими.

gay	fail	bite	great
sour	power	hour	hair
dare	deer	fair	parents
leer	fewer	curable	duration
deer	dear	here	there
tourist	a our	fluent	moor

2. Перепишите предложения, заполнив пропуски, переведите их на

русский язык.

I Is there ... salt on the table?

a) some b) any

2. …children don't like to play.

a) any b) some

3. There wasn’t … in street.

a) somebody b) anybody

4) She bought …for you, my mild.

a) anything b) something

5.You may choose ... cup which attracts you.a) some b) any

3.Измените глагол в предложении в зависимости от обстоятельства времени. Напишите предложения. Переведите их на русский язык.

The doctor is sent for every day (right now, already, yesterday, when he came, before he came, tomorrow).

4. Выберите английский эквивалент подчеркнутого модального глагола. Укажите букву.

1. Она может играть в баскетбол очень хорошо.

a) could play b) can play с) will be able to play

2. Она могла достать только 2 билета.

a) can get b) will be able to get c) could get

3. Она сможет перевести эту статью.

a) will be able to translate b) could translate c) can translate

4. Девочка должна идти домой немедленно.

a) had to go b) must go c) will be able to go

5. Папа должен был принести новый журнал вчера, но он забыл,a) must bring b) will have to bring c) was to bring

6. Они должны будут купить новый автомобиль.

a) will have to buy b) is to buy c) were to buy

7. Можно мне съесть все это?

a) Can I eat b) May I eat с) Might I eat

8. Вам можно было заниматься здесь.

a) may study. b) could sturdy с) might study

5. Переведите следующие пары слов, обращая внимание на приставки, make - remake; official - inofficial; equal - unequal; behave -- misbehave; mobilize - demobilize; inset - outset; charge - dis- charge; flow - interflow.

6. Выпишите из текста предложение, отмеченное звездочкой. Поставьте вопросы к каждому члену предложения.

7. Прочитайте текст. Перепишите и письменно переведите заглавие и абзацы 3,4