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The candidate who is longing for election to the highest office in the United States must be native-born American citizen who is at least 35 years old and who has lived in the United States for at least 14 years. The election course is complicated, and the road to the Oval Office is long.

Potential candidates must present papers stating their intention to seek their party’s recommendation; delegates(代表) then choose from among those running some months later at the national conferences. Before that, however, each state holds a primary election that determines how the state’s voters want the party’s delegates to vote. Methods of choosing the delegates vary from state to state. At the conferences, there are speeches and often heated discussions. It may take several rounds of voting before delegates can agree on a candidate. On the final day of the meeting, the presidential candidate announces his or her choice for vice president.

Election Day, by law, is the Tuesday that follows the first Monday in November. On this day, registered voters may cast their votes for president, vice president, and candidates for other federal state, and local offices. The popular vote, however, does not determine who will be president. The president is chosen by a vote of the Electoral College, a group of 538 citizens from the 50 states and the District of Columbia who are chosen to cast votes for the president and vice president.

The rules for choosing electors, as with the delegates, vary. Each state also decides whether its electoral votes must reflect the popular vote. The number of electors in each state is determined by the number of representatives and senators that a state sends to Congress and, therefore, may change every 10 years, depending on the results of the United States census (人口普查). The winner must get at least 270 of the electoral votes when the Electoral College meets in December of the election year. The election results are not official, however, until the following January, when Congress meets in a joint conference to count the electoral votes.

At the end of the road to the Oval Office is the swearing-in ceremony, at which the new or reelected president takes the oath of office on January 20.

1.Which of the following is not a requirement for candidates for the presidency of the USA?

A. Minimum age of thirty-five years old.

B. Native of the United States of America.

C. Bottom residency of fourteen years in the State

D. Previous experience in an elective office.

2.According to the passage, we can conclude that _______.

A. ways to select the delegates of each state are very much the same in the USA.

B. the candidate who wins the popular vote will be the winner of the election

C. the change of a state’s population barely has effects on the presidential election.

D. the presidents of the United States are theoretically picked by the citizens directly.

3.Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A. The Various Ways of Presidential Election in the USA

B. The Qualifications for Being the President of the USA

C. The Process of the Election for the President of the USA

D. The Rules for Choosing Presidential Candidates in the USA

1.D

2.D

3.C

【解析】

试题分析：渴望当上美国总统的候选人，他们需要满足的条件是35岁以上的美国公民，并在美国生活14年以上。选举的过程是很复杂的，通往白宫的道路是很漫长的。

1.must be native-born American citizen who is at least 35 years old ...who has lived in the United States for at least 14 years”可知，候选人必须是35岁以上的美国公民，在美国生活了14年以上，A、B、C正确，故选D。

2.On this day, registered voters may cast their votes for president, vice president, and candidates for other federal state, and local offices. ...The president is chosen by a vote of the Electoral College, a group of 538 citizens ...who are chosen to cast votes for the president and vice president.”可知，选举当天，由选民进行投票，决定总统的投票是由来自各州的538名公民组成的选举团选出来的，即理论上来讲，美国总统是由公民直接选出来的，故选D。

3.The candidate who is longing for election to the highest office in the United States ...Potential candidates must present papers stating their intention to seek their party’s recommendation; ...Election Day, by law, is the Tuesday that follows the first Monday in November. ...At the end of the road to the Oval Office is the swearing-in ceremony”可知，文章讲的是美国总统选举的过程，第一段介绍了候选人需要满足的条件，第二段讲的是候选人陈述理由，第三段讲的是选举的过程，最后是总统宣誓，故选C。

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