1.
| ballots, absentee ballot, electoral college, exit polls, campaign, terms, front-runner, landslide, coup, floating voters, electorate, vote, voters, elections |
2. __________ haven’t decided who to ________yet.
3. Fewer than 30 percent of _______ in Indiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Utah bothered to cast ________.
4. He is now being talked of as the _______ for Virginia governor should he decide to run in 2017.
5. Also as predicted, young voters’ share of the _______ dropped: from 19 percent in 2012 to 13 percent this year.
6. Roughly 387,000 voters had cast early or _______ as of Jan. 24, according to the Florida secretary of state’s office.
7. ABC News _______ showed that 45 percent of Americans believed that the economy was the most important issue.
8. Though he was unsuccessful, it made him a household name and helped to launch him to the Presidency, in a _______ election victory in 1998.
9. The country gained independence from France in 1960 and would suffer from five military_____ in the first few decades that followed.
10. Democrats ran tactical _____ with tactical messaging this fall.
11. Historically, mid-term elections during a second _____ of any U.S. president have been unfavorable for his party.
12. The _______ system involves three distinct blocks of votes - politicians, unions and party members.
Women to vote
Nowadays everyone has a right to vote, but was it always the same?
Should both men and women vote?
Have you ever heard the word “suffragette”?
The word ‘ suffrage ’ means having the right to vote in political elections. The Suffragettes campaigned for women to have this right.
In Britain the organisation was led by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters Christabel and Sylvia at the beginning of the twentieth century.
After peaceful methods of campaigning had failed to bring about any result, the movement became more violent. Women householders over the age of thirty finally gained the vote in 1918.
Watch the video about the movement of suffragettes and answer the following questions:
1. When did the Suffragists try to get the vote?
2. Who started the Suffragettes in 1903?
3. What did the women do in prison?
4. What was the name of the act that allowed the police to let women out of prison when they were near death?
5. What happened in June 1913?
6. Did women do the men’s jobs during the period of World War I?
7. When were the women after 30 given the right to vote? Over 21 years old?
8. When were the women over 21 years old given the right to vote?
9. Who became Prime Minister in 1979?
Tests
Итоговое тестирование по лексике.
Пороговый уровень.
John never votes for Republican ________.
a. candidates
b. runners
2. Who won the ________ in your state?
a. choice
b. election
3. Who did you vote ________?
a. for
b. on
4. The election ________ are in. = We now know the election ________.
a. responses
b. results
5. George Bush won all the states in the South. = George Bush ________ the South.
a. swept
b. collected
6. A ________ is when one candidate wins an election by a large percentage.
a. sweep
b. landslide
7. Q: How many ________ can a US president serve? A: A US president is allowed to serve two ________.
a. turns
b. terms
8. If something "hangs in the balance", it is ________.
a. decided
b. undecided
9. The Democrates won a large number of ________ in the Senate.
a. seats
b. chairs
10. It is important that all the ________ are counted.
a. vote
b. votes
11. The last opinion __________ put the Green Party in second place behind the Liberals.
a. coup
b. poll
c. ballot poll - to collect opinions about a subject by asking a many people.
12.The current __________ of Thailand was born in England and studied at Oxford University.
a. Prime Minister
b. politician
c. import
prime minister - the head of the government in parliamentary political systems.
13.Many people in Egypt protested this year because they want to be part of a __________.
a. campaign
b. landslide
c. democracy
democracy - a government run by the people.
14.Barack Obama helped create the __________ of free healthcare for American citizens.
a. ballot
b. poll
c. policy
policy -the plan of course of action of a government or political party.
15.The Indian Labour Party celebrated a __________ victory in last month's Indian elections.
a. coup
b. landslide
c. ballot
landslide - when one political party wins an election with a large majority of the votes.
16.The government of Nigeria is aware of the threat of a military __________.
a. coup
b. politician
c. campaign
coup - (coup d'état) - when a small active group, such as the military, quickly take control and replace the government.
17.Tony Blair said that he wanted to be a __________ since he was a young boy at school.
a. politician
b. policy
c. campaign
politician - a person who is active in politics.
18.Voters must choose one of the six politicians listed on the __________ paper.
a. poll
b. ballot
c. policy
ballot - the piece of paper that is marked by somebody making a vote.
19.There is a presidential __________ every 4 years in America.
a. democracy
b. politician
c. election
election - the public vote for the person they want to represent them in government.
20."Yes we can!" was Barack Obama's slogan during the 2008 election __________.
a. campaign
b. poll
c. democracy
Продвинутый уровень.
1. What's Barak Obama's ___________ (= position) on the war in Iraq?
a) stance
b)distance
2. The voters have to decide which candidate is better ___________ to handle the current problems with the economy.
a)suits
b)suited
3. It's a ________. = Either candidate could win.
a) wash – out
b) toss-up
4. Most voters are concerned about the rising price of ________. (= called "petrol" in the UK)
a) gas
b)gases
5.McCain has a slight ________. = McCain is doing slightly better, is slightly more successful, etc.
a) advantage
b) plus
6. A ________ margin = A very small margin/difference
a) wafer-like
b) wafer-thin
7. George Bush currently has a very low approval ________. (= very few people approve of how he is performing as president)
a) rating
b) score
8. The mood between the two candidates was not relaxed, it was ________.
a) tension
b) tense
9. The two candidates got into a ________ (= impassioned) argument during their first debate.
a) heating
b) heated
10. Obama is making an effort to ________ (= get rid of, lessen) divisions within the Democratic party.
a) heal
b) help
11. Her campaign is gaining ________. = Her campaign is becoming more and more effective/successful.
a) quickness
b) momentum
12. Voter ________ was very high. = A lot of people voted.
a) appearance
b) turnout
13. The senator said that he would ________ (= support) the other candidate.
a) back
b) back-out
14. The presidential election will be ________ on November 1st.
a) located
b) held
15. She was able to ________ a lot of money for her campaign.
a) raise
b) rise
