TRƯỜNG CD VĂN HÓA NGHỆ THUẬT VÀ DU LỊCH SÀI GÒN 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? . TRƯỜNG CD VĂN HÓA NGHỆ THUẬT VÀ DU LỊCH SÀI GÒN ĐỀ THI ANH VĂN NGÀNH THÔNG DỊCH VIÊN ANH- PHÁP 2009 – 2010 THỜI GIAN: 90 PHÚT Americans have benefited . 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. 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