Unit 14_ INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

TEST 2



Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
a. catastrophe b. propose c. become d. survive

a. treatment b. struggle c. initiate d. total

a. symbol b. emergency c. poverty d. qualify

a. appalled b. dedicated c. designed d. injured

a. society b. delegate c. president d. 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.
She sustained severe head _______ after being thrown from her horse.
a. injure b. injured c. injuries d. injurious
According to World Bank figures, 4 per cent of Brazilians live in absolute _______.
a. poor b. poorer c. poorly d. poverty
Up until the middle of the 9th century, there were no _______ and well established army nursing systems for casualties.
a. organize b. organized c. organizational d. organizers
The AIDS _______ continues to spread around the world. Up to 4,000 people are infected with the HIV virus every single day.
a. treatment b. epidemic c. tsunami d. damage
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.
a. civilians b. governments c. authorities d. members
A _______ is a very large wave, often caused by an earthquake, that flows onto the land and destroys things.
a. famine b. catastrophe c. tsunami d. flood
By the end of World War II, 79 _______ of the Red Cross had conducted ,750 visits to POW (prisoner of war) camps in 4 countries.
a. conferences b. symbols c. missions d. delegates
We oppose this war, as we would do any other war which created an environmental catastrophe.
a. pollution b. disaster c. convention d. epidemic
The first relief assistance mission organized by the League was an aid mission for the _______ of a famine and subsequent typhus epidemic in Poland.
a. leaders b. authorities c. victims d. organizers

The 9 earthquake in Japan killed about 00,000 people and left countless wounded and homeless.
a. poor b. imprisoned c. suffered d. injured
In 004 more than 40 national societies have worked with more than ,000 _______ to bring relief to the countless victims of the earthquake.
a. actions b. volunteers c. founders d. nations
The International Red Cross works as _______ impartial, neutral, and independent organization.
a. a b. an c. the d. Ø
In 005 _______ budget of the ICRC amounts to about 970 million Swiss Francs.
a. a b. an c. the d. Ø
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is _______ world’s largest humanitarian network.
a. a b. an c. the d. Ø
They had to delay their trip because of the bad weather.
a. get through b. put off c. keep up with d. go over
It took me a very long time to recover from the shock of her death.
a. turn off b. take on c. get over d. keep up with
He did not particularly want to play any competitive sport.
a. use up b. do with c. take up d. go on
I am tired because I went to bed late last night.
a. stayed up b. kept off c. put out d. brought up
She got _______ her car to pick _______ some wild flowers.
a. from / on b. in / at c. off / up d. out / for
The customer had tried ____ some blouses but none of them suited her.
a. at b. with c. in d. on
If I get this report finished I will knock _______ early and go to the pub for