1 Choose the right words to complete the text. A parliament is a meeting of people whose job is to mak 1) (rules/laws) ___________ for the nation. In Great Britain the 2) (House/Houses) ___________ of Parliament stand by the river Thames in London. Members of Parliament elected or chosen by the people sit in the House of 3) (Lords/Commons) ___________ Nobles and churchmen (who are not elected) sit in the House of 4) (Lords/Commons) ___________. The British Parliament is very old. It was started in 1265. It grew out of a meeting of nobles who advised the king. In the 1300s the Parliament was divided into the two Houses, and in the 1700s, it was already 5) (more/less) ____________ powerful than the king.