Контрольная работа по английскому языку

1.Translate into Russian.

1) the Federal Assembly -
2) to guarantee -
3) basic rights -
4) the chairman -
5) to dissolve -
6) to veto laws -
7) to declare laws –
8) power-loving –
9) to delay a bill –
10) to rule the country -

2. Open the brackets using the proper tense.

1) The President ( elect, is elected, elected) for a four-year term.
2) The judges (is appointed, appointed, are appointed) by the Council of Federation on the rec¬ommendation of the President.
3) Administratively, Russia (is based, are based, is base) on federal principles.
4) The Russian Federation (are make, are made, is made) up of twenty-one national re¬publics, six territories, 49 administrative regions and ten autonomous areas.

3. Fill in the gaps.

Britain is a 1) … democracy with a constitutional monarch. Queen 2)…. is the head of state, but she has no3) …power. In law the queen is the head of the 4) … branch and a part of the legislative branch but in fact her role is mostly 5) … . She acts on the 6) … of her ministers.
In Britain it is 7) … that has the power. It makes laws. It is made up of the House of 8) … and the House of Commons. The members of the House of Lords are 9) … - mostly lords and people who have been made lords for life. The Lords can revise and even delay bills. They have real 10) … in politics. The House of 11) … have much more real power. The members of the Commons are 12) … by the people. They control the executive branch and discuss most important political 13) … .
The largest party in the Commons forms the 14) … and its leader becomes 15) … . The people 16) … elect the Prime Minister directly. Officially Parliament appoints Prime Minister. The Prime Minister chooses 17) … and non-cabinet ministers. They are all collectively 18) … the government, the executive branch, and 19) … respon¬sible for their departments.
1)Parliament 2)Lords 3)permanent 4)influence 5)Commons 6)elected 7)problems 8)individually 9)responsible for 10)the Cabinet 11)do not 12)Prime Minister 13)government 14)parliamentary 15)Elizabeth II 16)real 17)executive 18)ceremonial 19)advice
4. Find English equivalents for the following Russian phrases
1) Конституционный монарх
2) Законодательная ветвь
3) Создает законы
4) Реальная власть
5) Палата общин
6) Министры, не являющиеся членами Кабинета