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Number them 1-6 on the lines in correct order of the steps in electing a president Electors members of the Electoral College cast their votes for President and Vice President?. The can

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ĐỀ THI ANH VĂN NGÀNH THÔNG DỊCH VIÊN ANH-PHÁP 2009 – 2010

THỜI GIAN: 90 PHÚT

Americans have benefited in some way from (23)

people are still (24) of the power of big government They are more concerned about (25) own individual freedom than the common good of the group

Comprehension Check

I Answer the

questions

1 What is the purpose of a primary election?

2 How are presidential candidates chosen?

3 What qualifications would be considered in choosing a presidential candidate?

4 What is a “favorite son”? A balanced ticket?

5 What does a presidential candidate do to get elected?

6 What are the popular votes? What are the electoral votes?

7 What is Electoral College?

8 After the election who will be the president? In what situation does

no one win ?

II Work in pairs Number them 1-6 on the lines in correct order of the steps in electing a president

Electors (members of the Electoral College) cast their votes for President and

Vice President The candidates with the majority of the electoral votes win

Political parties hold national conventions to choose their candidates for President

and Vice President Convention delegates vote for the choices of the voters in their states

The new President takes office during the inauguration (formal ceremony)

on

January 20 after the election

If no candidate wins the majority of the electoral votes, the House

of

Representatives choose the new President

All candidates campaign until Election Day, the first Tuesday after the first

Monday in November Then the voters make their choices

Political parties choose their candidates in state caucuses (conventions) or state primaries (elections)

III What event are the terms about? 1 term may refer to different events

Write

P if it’s about Primaries, N for National conventions, C for Campaigning, E for Election

Day and I for Inauguration

delegates

super-delegates

state

national

party

proportional

winner-takes-all

candidate

nomination

favorite- son

acceptance speech

a balanced-ticket campaign rallies

a running mate

TV debates news coverage negativity popular votes electoral votes

Electora

5 (1619-1808) American slave traders captured black Africans and forced them to work on plantations in the United States

6 (1820-1860) During the Industrial Revolution, about 3.5 million Irish Catholics left poverty and discrimination to work in America They were coal miners and railroad and canal builders At the same time, many Germans became farmers, laborers, and businessmen in the United States

7 (1850-1870) After the Gold Rush in California, 200,000 poor Chinese came to

work in mining camps and on the railroad

8 (1850-1924) During the “Great Migration”, twenty-five million Europeans of almost every nationality immigrated to America They included Russian and Polish, Jews, Slavic people from Eastern Europe, Italians, Greeks, Armenians, and Syrians Canadians, Mexicans, and Central Americans came, too

9 (1940s-1950s) The US welcomed thousands of refugees after World War II

10 (1960s-1990s) The U.S government abolished quotas for immigration from non- European nations Today, most immigrants are from Asian and Latin American countries

I/ True (T) or False (F)?

1 The Native Americans are all from the same tribes

2 Christopher Columbus called the Native American “Indians” because he thought that he was in the Indies

3 The Native Americans felt happy to be given reservations

4 Footwear for skiers was invented by the Native Indians

5 In 19th century, most immigrants from northern and western Europe were farmers

6 Many immigrants from southern and eastern Europe worked in factories

7 Most European immigrants came to the US in the 1900s

8 Hispanics are people who came from Spain

9 There are two official languages in California, New Mexico, and Colorado: English and Latin

10 After the Civil War, black Americans enjoyed freedom and equal rights

11 The civil rights movement fought for the release of Martin Luther King, Jr

12 Ellis Island has been the doorway to America for many immigrants since

1892

13 All the people coming to the United States were voluntary immigrants

14 Early Italian immigrants helped build the railroad systems in the USA

15 California has the largest foreign–born population

II/ Write the dates from the box

1870s – 1930s 1820 – 1860 1600 -1776

1965 – 1990s 1921 - 1965 1619 -1808

1 Most of English immigrants came to the U.S between

2 The U.S received its first great immigrants from northern and western Europeans between

3 The black Americans were legally brought to America between

4 Many people came to the U.S from eastern and southern Europe between

5 The U.S government limited on the immigration

6 After the change in the Immigration Law, many people from Latin America, the

Caribbean and Asia came to the U.S between _ _

III/ Put the names from 1 to 7 in the order of time when they immigrated to

America

WASPs

American

Indians

Chinese

Hispanics

Northern and Western Europeans Eastern and Southern Europeans African Americans

IV/ Which group(s) of American people do the following words relate to?

First immigrants

Old immigrants

New immigrants

non-immigrants

majority

Anglo-Saxon

non-white

Protestant

Catholic

Slavic

Nordic

Latin

bicultural

reservations

Civil Rights Movement

unwilling immigrants

political bosses

V/ Answer the questions

1 What did British immigrants give to the USA?

2 What are the three main reasons why immigrants have come to the USA?