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1. The United Kingdom is a constitutional __________________. 2. This means that it has a monarch, a _______ or a ________ as its Head of State. 3. The British Parliament consists of ________________ and _______________ . 4. The House of Commons plays the major role in law-making and it consists of ______________. 5. Parliamentary ________ must be held every five years. 6. Political parties first emerged in Britain at the end of the 17^th century, they were _____________. 6. The Tower of London has served variously as an armoury, a treasury, a menagerie, the home of the Royal Mint, a public records office, and the home of the ________ Jewels of the United Kingdom. 7. The guards at the Tower of London are called Yeoman Warders, they act as tour guides and are a tourist attraction in their own right and their nickname is ___________ . 8. Nowadays the majority of MPs __________ the urgent need for __________ __________ in the country.

B. Read the text and match the highlighted words and word combinations with the definitions:

1. legislation (legislative); 2. the content (of speech); 3. bill; 4. extension (to extend); 5. to set out a vision; 6. (pre-budget) report; 7. long-term policy; 8. voter; 9. work-life balance;10. educational opportunity; 11. vision; 12. security; 13. issue; 14. underestimate; 15.to claim (a claim).

___ A. a written plan for a law

___ B. a person who can take part in an election

___ C. to state aims and objectives of a business or an organization

___ D. lasting, staying or extending over a long time

___ E. a favourable, appropriate combination of circumstances for studying

___ F. the act or process of making laws; the laws so made

___ G. an account prepared for the benefit of others and providing information

___ H. lasting for a certain time, stretching, prolonging (the time, etc.)

___ I. all that is dealt with in a discussion, piece of writing, etc.

___ J. reasonable proportion of working hours and personal time

___ K. an idea of how the future will be

___ L. safety, the state of being secure

___ M. an important question, a problem

___ N. a statement of something one believes is true

___ O. to think that something is or will be smaller, easier, less extreme, or less important than it really is.

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