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【专题考案】 （1） American voters went to the polls on Tuesday to elect a new president，who is also the chief executive of the US government and commander-in-chief of the US military. However，Americans do not vote directly for a presidential candidate．Instead，they choose the electors who represent them in choosing the president．In most states，the names of the electors do not appear on the ballot at a11. Instead，the ballot(选票)says that voters are selecting the “electors for”．This is followed by the names of the candidates for office．The number of electoral votes in a state is equal to the number of senators．Each state has two senators. But the number of house representatives a state has is based on the size of its population．So, the number of electors varies from state to state．A majority of 270 electoral votes out of a total of 538 is needed for victory． In most states, the winner of the popular vote gets all of the state’s electoral votes．This is a “winner takes all” system．The electors from each state meet and officially vote for the president and vice president on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December of the election year．But，a winner is usually declared not long after the election，based on the popular vote．This Electoral College system has been operating since 1788．It was established because some of the founding fathers wanted Congress to elect the president, while ．The system represents a compromise between these two desires. 1.What’s the title of the passage?(6 words)
2． Complete the sentence in the last paragraph．
3. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese． 4.What do common Americans vote for? (15 words)
5．What can decide the number of House representatives of each state? (5 words)
（2） If you are worried about things and are under a lot of stress at work or school, then you are probably not sleeping well. Worry can keep you awake, tossing and turning in bed until the early hours of the morning when you eventually fall asleep. When you wake up, you don’t feel refreshed, but tired and worn out and unable to face a new day. Dr. Henry Winkle, in a recent newspaper article entitled Stress and Sleep, indicates that__________. Dr. Winkle says, “The more we worry, the less we sleep, the more we are unable to deal with stress. If we can find a way to get a good night’s sleep,” he adds, “we can often find the energy to deal with what’s worrying us.” So, what is a good night’s sleep? Research shows that the amount of sleep which people need in order to keep healthy varies a lot. Seven hours in about the average amount, though strangely enough, sleeping longer often gives you a headache instead of making you feel more refreshed. Dr. Winkle believes that preparing for sleeping is important. People who work late should try to give themselves a short break and do something restful before going to bed. This could be watching TV or listening to music. Doing some exercise earlier in the day should help you to feel physically as well as mentally tired. A bedtime drink can also help, but coffee or tea should be avoided as they contain caffeine and will keep you awake. “When you put the light out,” Dr. Winkle says, “concentrate on relaxing your muscles, working slowly up from your feet, and you’ll be asleep before you know it.” 1. What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words) _____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one? People shouldn’t go to sleep immediately but should take a break after working late in the night. _____________________________________________________________________________ 3. Please fill in the blank in the second paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words) _______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Someone says that the longer you sleep, the better you feel. Try to find some arguments from the passage against the idea. (Please answer within 30 words) _______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese. ________
