2010高考英语二轮复习英语语法专题：阅读表达.doc

2010高考二轮复习英语考案阅读表达【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)