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[单项选择]One of the youngest independent countries in the Western Hemisphere, Trinidad and Tobago, became a nation on August 31, 1962. For a long time this nation has attracted tourists——it is the home of calypso music and limbo dancing——and in recent years its healthy economy has attracted investors as well.
Trinidad and Tobago is a single country composed of two islands.. Trinidad, with the majority of the country’s 900,000 inhabitants, is a rectangle of roughly fifty by forty miles. Tobago, nineteen miles to the north, is smaller and has a population of about 35,000.
Situated at the end of the long chain of Windward and Leeward Islands, Trinidad is at one point only seven miles off the coast of Venezuela. Its geology, flora, and fauna are similar to those of the South American mainland. Like Venezuela, the backbone of Trinidad and Tobago’s economy is petroleum and its first colonists were Spaniards.
Three mountain ranges, with summits of up to 3,000 feet, cross Trinidad from e
A. Trinidad and Tobago, A Young Country
B. Two Islands
C. Trinidad’s Attraction to Tourists
D. Sugar Cane Production
[填空题]In America and many other countries, one special kind of box contains the future. It’s called a ballot box. What people put into the box on Election Day can change the course of history.
Elections are the (36) of a democracy. The word democracy (37) means "the people rule", an important (38) in America’s history. In America, elections are held every two years for members of Congress. In these elections, all seats in the House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate seats are up for grabs. Every four years, voters go to the polls to (39) the nation’s president and vice-president. Voters also regularly vote for state and city government leaders and local school board members.
In the American electoral system, people don’t really vote for presidential candidates. Instead, voters (40) their ballots for "electors" who support each candidate. Each state has as many electors as the (41) number of its repres