Listen to the story “Voting Machines Go Through More Testing” and choose an appropriate answer.
| 1.Mr. McPherson wants the company to turn in some important information about ____.
a) how they made their machines
b) their employees
c) their finances
d) the memory cards they use
2. The company said that they are willing to prove that ____.
a) their employees are U.S. citizens
b)their machines work well
c) they like doing business in California
d) their machines do not make many mistakes
3.The company is worried____ could be stolen.
a) votes
b) their machines
c) tests
d) their ideas
4.The company that makes the voting machines is located in ____.
a) Texas
b) California
c) the United States
d)Mexico
5.It is important that the machines work ____.
a) sometimes
b) 50% of the time
c) well
d) hard
| 6.Some people are afraid that the machines are ____.
a) not protected
b) too big
c) made outside of the USA
d) not reliable
7.The company is ____ this important information.
a) willing to turn in
b) not willing to turn in
c) not sure they want to share
d) going to destroy
8.Many areas of California use ____ machines.
a) carpooling
b) old
c) manual
d) voting
9.The Secretary of State is a man by the name of ____.
a) Mr. McPherson
b) Bill Clinton
c) George Bush
d) Arnold Schwarzenegger
10.Mr. McPherson said that the machines must be tested before they can be ____ in California.
a) certified
b) used
c) voted on
d) sold
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4 a) 
Watch this video where the American system of checks and balances is explained. Complete these sentences.
