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If, like me, you are called John Smith and you live in England, you have the same name 0)asthousands of other people. When I was a child, I thought that (1)in the world had a different name and I had a name of my (2), but as (3)as I went to school I realised that I was wrong because I found (4)were two other boys with my name. In fact, one of them became a close friend of (5) When I meet someone for (6)first time, they often think that they have met me before somewhere, but then they realise that in fact they are thinking of somebody (7)- another John Smith. If I say my name in a hotel or a bank, the receptionist often looks at me suspiciously as (8)is a name which people use (9)they have to invent one quickly. Having met people (10)all kinds of names, I have decided it is better to have a common name rather (11)a very unusual one. (12)parent chooses a name they like but when I recently met two people called Honey Moon and Holly Bush I wondered (13)their parents were thinking of. (14)of them appeared to mind having unusual names although they (15)agreed that people sometimes did not take them seriously.
2. Members of the House of Commons never make important decisions.
3. There is a general election when the Queen decides.
4. If there was a general election in 2004, the next general election shoul< be in 2009 or earlier.
5. Life peers get into the House of Lords because their parents were rich
6. Every member of the House of Lords and the House of Commons is called an MP.
7. If the House of Commons wants to do something, the House of Lords can't stop them.
8. If the Queen disagrees with a bill, she still (все-таки) has to approve it.
9. Most members of the House of Lords are very clever and competent.
10. Members of Parliament represent everyone in the country.
11. Members of the House of Lords form the British government.
12. The Queen chooses the Prime Minister.
13. The United Kingdom is a monarchy.