COUNTRY AND SOCIETY

COUNTRY AND SOCIETY
1. Match the countries and flags. Add the names of nationalities.
(Dopasuj kraje i flagi. Dodaj nazwy narodowości.)
1.
6.
2.
7.
COUNTRY
3.
8.
4.
9.
NATIONALITY
5.
10.
NUMBER OF THE FLAG
Ireland
Germany
Austria
Russia
Monaco
Lithuania
Andorra
Sweden
Bulgaria
Estonia
2. Read the text and complete it with the proper words.
(Przeczytaj tekst i uzupełnij go odpowiednimi słowami.)
Adapted from: www.rhlschool.com
Who Elects the President?
November 7, 2000 is a very special day in the United States. Voters all across the nation are
__1__ representatives in local and national races. Some people think that they’re voting for the
president of our country too. They’re not! Again, they're voting for __2__. These representatives are
called electors. They are part of a system called the Electoral College.
In most states the electors are chosen on a winner take all basis. That makes it possible for one
candidate to win the most electors while getting less popular votes nationally than his __3__.
Autor: Agnieszka Szefer
Konsultant: Bartosz Kuczyński
The electors will meet in their respective states and cast their votes for president and vicepresident on December 18, 2000. The Constitution does not __4__ the electors to vote for the
candidates that they are pledged to, but they almost always do. On January 6, 2001, just two weeks
before the new president and vice-president take __5__, the votes will be counted in Congress.
If no one gets a majority (more than half) of the electoral votes, at least 270 out of 538, the
__6__ will be chosen by Congress. The House of Representatives will choose (one vote per state) the
president and the Senate will choose the vice-president. It’s not likely, but we could actually end up
with a president from one party and a vice-president from __7__.
In an extremely close election, all kinds of strange outcomes are __8__. Will the __9__ that
most voters prefer be the next __10__? And when will we even know?
1. a). electing
2. a). candidates
3. a). election
4. a). remind
5. a). part
6. a). voters
7. a). other
8. a). possible
9. a). politics
10.a). diner
3.
b). speaking
b). someone
b). opponent
b). ask
b). place
b). winners
b). each other
b). impossible
b). election
b). victory
c). wishing
c). president
c). memory
c). force
c). office
c). people
c). himself
c). good
c). candidate
c). president
Match the words from columns A and B to create the names of the institutions or offices.
(Dopasuj wyrazy z kolumny A i B tak aby utworzyć nazwy instytucji lub urzędów.)
A
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
4.
d). phoning
d). representatives
d). mother
d). decide
d). bribes
d). guys
d). another
d). bad
d). car
d). opponent
British/German
tax
insurance
court of
ministry of
city
B
a). law
b). education/industry
c). embassy
d). council
e). office
f). policy
Complete the words with the missing letters.
(Uzupełnij wyrazy brakującymi literami.)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Lots of f_ _e_ _ n companies invest in Poland nowadays.
R_ _ _ _ _i_ g parties are more conservative than leftwing ones.
There are a lot of Polish _m_ _ _a_ _ _ in London nowadays.
The best students receive s_ _ _l_ _s_ _p – money from the local authorities.
The 1st of May is a b_ _ _ h_ _ _d_y in Poland.
After the year 1989 Poland has become a d_ _ _ _ _ a_ _c country.
In Poland young men don’t have to do m_ _ _t_ _y service any more.
Autor: Agnieszka Szefer
Konsultant: Bartosz Kuczyński