2010高考英语二轮复习英语语法专题阅读表达.docVIP

2010高??考二轮复习??英语考案阅读表达【专题考案】 （1） Ameri??can voter??s went to the polls?? on Tuesd??ay to elect?? a new presi??dent，who is also the chief?? execu??tive of the US gover??nment?? and comma??nder-in-chief?? of the US milit??ary. Howev??er，Ameri??cans do not vote direc??tly for a presi??denti??al candi??date．Inste??ad，they choos??e the elect??ors who repre??sent them in choos??ing the presi??dent．In most state??s，the names?? of the elect??ors do not appea??r on the ballo??t at a11. Inste??ad，the ballo??t(选票)says that voter??s are selec??ting the “elect??ors for”．This is follo??wed by the names?? of the candi??dates?? for offic??e．The numbe??r of elect??oral votes?? in a state?? is equal?? to the numbe??r of senat??ors．Each state?? has two senat??ors. But the numbe??r of house?? repre??senta??tives?? a state?? has is based?? on the size of its popul??ation??．So, the numbe??r of elect??ors varie??s from state?? to state??．A major??ity of 270 elect??oral votes?? out of a total?? of 538 is neede??d for victo??ry． In most state??s, the winne??r of the popul??ar vote gets all of the state??’s elect??oral votes??．This is a “winne??r takes?? all” syste??m．The elect??ors from each state?? meet and offic??ially?? vote for the presi??dent and vice presi??dent on the first?? Monda??y after?? the secon??d Wedne??sday in Decem??ber of the elect??ion year．But，a winne??r is usual??ly decla??red not long after?? the elect??ion，based?? on the popul??ar vote．This Elect??oral Colle??ge syste??m has been opera??ting since?? 1788．It was estab??lishe??d becau??se some of the found??ing fathe??rs wante??d Congr??ess to elect?? the presi??dent, while?? ．The syste??m repre??sents?? a compr??omise?? betwe??en these?? two desir??es.1.What’s the title?? of the passa??ge?(6 words??) 2． Compl??ete the sente??nce in the last parag??raph．