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War

The outbreak of war
1 Put each ot the tollowing words or phrases in its correct place in the
passage below.
deteriorate mobilise hostile acts declare war c1ashes
aggression outbreak torces ultimatum retaliate
For years there were border (a) between troops of country X and those of
country Z. Then (b) from X attacked a village in Z. Z accused X of
(c) and began to (d) in readiness for possible war. X warned Z: 'If
you carry out (e) against us, we will (f) .' But there was more
fighting on the border. The situation had begun to (g) o X delivered an
(h) to Z. 'if you do not promise to respect our borders, we will (i) _
Finally came the (j) of war.

Peace making
2 Instructions as above.
withdraw intermediary targets neutral peace treaty
get involved intervene ceasefire civilian peace-keeping force
After months of fighting, during which (a) as well as military (b) _
were bombed, country X asked country Y, which had remained (c) during
the hostiiities, to act as an (d) , but Y decided not to (e) o X then
asked the United Nations to (f) o The United Nations managed to arrange a
(g) and stationed a multi-national (h) between the two opposing
armies. After weeks of talks, the two countries finally signed a (i) and the
UN troops were able to (j) _
3 Explain the difference between ...
(a) to advance and to retreat (c) conventional war and nuclear war
(b) war and civil war (d) an ally and an enemy

4 Put one ot the tollowing words in each space in the sentences below.
as on in for out between

(a) X declared war Z.
(b) Troops are moving readiness an attack.
(c) Y didn't want to get involved the fighting.
(d) The Second World War broke in 1939.
(e) Canada acted an intermediary the argument.
(f) War planes carried an attack.
(g) The peace-keeping force remained the two enemy armies during peace
talks, then withdrew.

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