Britain - The government
About how many people are normally members of the cabinet in Britain
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How many political parties normally form the government in Britain
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What is the name of the government department that looks after financial matters
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What is the name of the government minister who deals with safety inside Britain
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What is the title of the most senior civil servant in a government department
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What is the name of the Prime Minister's official country residence
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What phrase is commonly used to denote the Prime Minister, his or her closest advisers, and the cabinet office
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What phrase is commonly used in the British media to denote senior civil servants and other government administrators
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What are Middlesex, Cornwall, and Yorkshire
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In Britain, by what name are local government authorities generally known
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On what is the tax which local government authorities collect based
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What is the smallest unit of local government in Britain
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What is the name of the convention that no member of the government can disagree with any government policy
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Which of these people has not been Prime Minister of the UK
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Match. British words and phrases
Find the word or phrase which is used to mean or describe| 1 the power to appoint people to all kinds of jobs and to confer honours on people ... | ... reinvigorate | |
| 2 when government ministers are told to swap jobs by the Prime Minister ... | ... wield | |
| 3 use a weapon such as a sword with the hands ... | ... devolution | |
| 4 a person who abuses, threatens, and generally dominates other people ... | ... bully | |
| 5 all of the people entitled to vote in elections ... | ... patronage | |
| 6 the distribution of powers away from central government towards local communities ... | ... electorate | |
| 7 bring new life to something or someone ... | ... dustmen | |
| 8 people whose job is to collect rubbish from outside houses ... | ... cabinet reshuffle |
Fill in the gaps in this text below by using the correct form of the verb in brackets.
Since 2001, the British government has spent over £1 billion a year on intelligence services. Most of this money goes to GCHQ, the government's electronic eavesdropping operation. Some goes to MI6, the overseas service. But the real growth recently has been in MI5, the home service. Since 2004, the government (recruit) around 1,000 new employees. Some of the new recruits(assign) to protect high-profile targets. Some are language specialists. But the majority(employ) in (monitor) the activities of terrorist suspects.What sort of a job is it? Prospective employees who(fancy) themselves as James Bondhad better (think) again. There is a serious flaw in that image. It's just too glamorous.Real-life espionage is a lot more boring than it (appear) in all those films. Theimportant point is actual physical appearance. All James Bonds over the years (be) tall, dark, and handsome. And this is just the problem. MIS needs spies to shadow people and infiltrateorganizations. To do this they have to (be) able to blend into the surroundings.And to do this they must be unremarkable in appearance. So MIS applies height restrictions. Women must be no taller than 5ft 8ins and men no taller than 5ft llins. Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Brosnan,and Craig would all have been turned down if they (apply) . That is, they would(reject) as field agents. They would not (rejected) completelyon the grounds of height alone. That (be) illegal discrimination. Instead, theymight (give) office jobs.
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