Unit 14 : International organizations : Test 2

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

They had to delay their trip because of the bad weather.

1. get through
2. put off
3. keep up with
4. go over

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

The customer had tried ____ some blouses but none of them suited her.

1. at
2. with
3. in
4. on

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

By the end of World War II, 179 _______ of the Red Cross had conducted 12,750 visits to POW (prisoner of war) camps in 41 countries.

1. conferences
2. symbols
3. missions
4. delegates

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

The International Red Cross works as _______ impartial, neutral, and independent organization.

1. a
2. an
3. the
4. Ø

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Boy! _______ away all your toys an go to bed right now.

1. Come
2. Lie
3. Put
4. Sit

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

The AIDS _______ continues to spread around the worl Up to 4,000 people are infected with the HIV virus every single day.

1. treatment
2. epidemic
3. tsunami
4. damage

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

It took me a very long time to recover from the shock of her death.

1. turn off
2. take on
3. get over
4. keep up with

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

She sustained severe head _______ after being thrown from her horse.

1. injure
2. injured
3. injuries
4. injurious

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

I am tired because I went to bed late last night.

1. stayed up
2. kept off
3. put out
4. brought up

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

We oppose this war, as we would do any other war which created an environmental catastrophe.

1. pollution
2. disaster
3. convention
4. epidemic

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

In 2004 more than 40 national societies have worked with more than 22,000 _______ to bring relief to the countless victims of the earthquake.

1. actions
2. volunteers
3. founders
4. nations

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

The water supply of the building was ______ off because the pipes burst.

1. handed
2. held
3. cut
4. paid

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

Up until the middle of the 19th century, there were no _______ and well established army nursing systems for casualties.

1. organize
2. organized
3. organizational
4. organizers

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

In 2005 _______ budget of the ICRC amounts to about 970 million Swiss Francs.

1. a
2. an
3. the
4. Ø

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. appalled
2. dedicated
3. designed
4. injured

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is _______ world’s largest humanitarian network.

1. a
2. an
3. the
4. Ø

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

During World War II, the Red Cross organized relief assistance for _______ and wounded soldiers and administered the exchange of messages regarding prisoners and missing persons.

1. civilians
2. governments
3. authorities
4. members

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

He did not particularly want to play any competitive sport.

1. use up
2. do with
3. take up
4. go on

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. catastrophe
2. propose
3. become
4. survive

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

She got _______ her car to pick _______ some wild flowers.

1. from / on
2. in / at
3. off / up
4. out / for

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

A _______ is a very large wave, often caused by an earthquake, that flows onto the land and destroys things.

1. famine
2. catastrophe
3. tsunami
4. flood

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

If I get this report finished I will knock _______ early and go to the pub for some drink.

1. up
2. over
3. on
4. off

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. society
2. delegate
3. president
4. protection

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

I have been trying to ring him up all day and I could not ______ through.

1. get
2. take
3. look
4. hang

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

The first relief assistance mission organized by the League was an aid mission for the _______ of a famine and subsequent typhus epidemic in Polan

1. leaders
2. authorities
3. victims
4. organizers

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. treatment
2. struggle
3. initiate
4. total

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. symbol
2. emergency
3. poverty
4. qualify

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

According to World Bank figures, 41 per cent of Brazilians live in absolute _______.

1. poor
2. poorer
3. poorly
4. poverty

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.

The 1923 earthquake in Japan killed about 200,000 people and left countless wounded and homeless.

1. poor
2. imprisoned
3. suffered
4. injured

Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.

Mary says that when her drugs budget was exhausted she turned to the Swedish Red Cross.

1. Mary says that she was tired with the voluntary work for the Swedish Red Cross.
2. Mary says that she gave all her money to the Swedish Red Cross.
3. Mary says that the money she bought drugs was given to the Swedish Red Cross.
4. Mary says that when she ran out of money for her drugs, she asked the Swedish Red Cross for help.