Exercise 1

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Ratify Legitimacy Elite Expenditure Partisan

1. The US Congress belongs to the legislative branch

government.
2.
right to vote, was decided by the newly elected, 24-year-old Tennessee legislator
saying,

3. international
treaty on climate change.
4. areas.
5. Claiming the vote had been rigged, the rebels i of
the newly elected government.
6. During the Revolutionary War, the Minutemen w which
was highly mobile and quick to assemble.
7. the
Supreme Court.
8. Ports.
9. In 2003, healthcare was over $2.3 trillion.

Exercise 2:
Choose the correct meaning of the italicized word:

1. Most scholars consider the Oxford English Dictionary to be the most

comprehensive dictionary available, and they turn to it for definitions of
brand new words as well as obsolete words or meanings no longer included in
other dictionaries.

a) Up-to-date
b) Out-of-date
c) Improperly used
d) Grammatically correct

2. In the late nineteenth century, boxer John L. Sullivan vanquished all his

strength.

a) Conquered
b) Irritated
c) Challenged
d) Delayed

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3. T happy
narrative.
a) Sound
b) Joke
c) Description
d) Tale

4. Tabloid newspapers generally avoid serious news about government policy and
international affairs; their focus is on more titillating stories about celebrity
divorces, violent crime, and financial scandals.
a) Personally disinterested
b) Completely untrue
c) Exciting, stimulating
d) Casually described
5. The American writer Gertrude Stein claimed that when she took a final exam with
the philosopher William Ja

James replied, perfectly how you feel; I often feel like that myself and
gave her the highest grade in the class. Stein, however, was known to embellish
reality for the sake of a good story.

a) Enjoy
b) Exaggerate
c) Celebrate
d) Emphasize

6. The rule of the generals was meant to be provisional, but they ended up staying
in power for more than decade.
a) Rebellious
b) Strong
c) Failing
d) Temporary

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