[单项选择]According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested in（）
A. the Federal Government
B. the Supreme Court
C. the Cabinet
D. the Congress

[单项选择]According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested in ______.
A. the Federal Government
B. the Supreme Court
C. the Cabinet
D. the Congress

[单项选择]According to United States criminal law, insanity may relieve a person from the usual legal consequences____.
A. what his or her acts have
B. of his or her acts are
C. of his or her acts
D. what of his or her acts

[单项选择]The authors of the United States constitution attempted to establish an effective national government while preserving ______ for the states and liberty for individuals.
A. autonomy
B. dignity
C. monopoly
D. stability

[单项选择]The United States Constitution provides for a count of the population ______ a census, every ten years.
A. called
B. which called
C. that it is called
D. as called

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Passage Two
According to the United States government, people are classified as homeless if they have no place to
stay and no expectation of finding a place for the next thirty days. Although technically accurate, that is an impersonal assessment of an enormous and very human problem.
The homeless population represents all of us Americans. It includes men and women, the elderly, children, and infants. Its members are from all ethnic(种族的) groups. What they have in common is poverty.
Currently in the U. S. , thirty-nine million people live in poverty. When money is really tight, paying the rent or buying food often becomes a choice. Government assistance in the form of food stamps does help but, as one homeless man explains, you can’t pay the rent with food stamps.
With no money for rent, the streets and homeless shelters become the alternative. Although men constitute the largest group within the homeless population, homeless wo
A. giving them homeless allowances
B. giving them food stamps
C. finding jobs for them
D. finding residences for them

[单项选择]According to the United States government, people are classified as homeless if they have no place to
stay and no expectation of finding a place for the next thirty days. Although technically accurate, that is an impersonal assessment of an enormous and very human problem.
The homeless population represents all of us Americans. It includes men and women, the elderly, children, and infants. Its members are from all ethnic(种族的) groups. What they have in common is poverty.
Currently in the U. S. , thirty-nine million people live in poverty. When money is really tight, paying the rent or buying food often becomes a choice. Government assistance in the form of food stamps does help but, as one homeless man explains, you can’t pay the rent with food stamps.
With no money for rent, the streets and homeless shelters become the alternative. Although men constitute the largest group within the homeless population, homeless women with children are rapidly joining them. In fact,
A. an insincere attitude toward the homeless
B. an unbearable attitude toward the homeless
C. an uncivilized attitude toward the homeless
D. an unsympathetic attitude toward the homeless

[单项选择]The United States Department of Labor (enforces) laws that (promote) the welfare of wage earners, (improving) occupational conditions and (advance) employment opportunities.
A. enforces
B. promote
C. improving
D. advance

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The United States is a confederation of states. Each state has the (1) to make laws with regard to the state. (2), based on public opinion, states can (3) policies regarding education, and they may (4) a state income tax; they also determine the speed (5), housing codes, and the drinking age.
In most parts of the United States, you (6) be 21 years old to buy alcohol in a liquor store, bar,(7) restaurant. In some states you may buy beer in a grocery store. If a store sells alcohol to a minor, the (8) of the store is usually (9) a large sum of money. (10) , many areas have an open-container law, (11) means that people may not drink alcohol on the street or in a car. Anyone (12) with an open container of alcohol may be arrested.
(13) , with all of these laws, the (14) of alcohol is a serious (15) in the United States and Canada. Drinking on college campuses, (16) there are many underage drinkers has (17) greatly. In fact, alcohol sales have gone up (18) the legal dri
A. fined
B. charged
C. punished
D. suffered