English Language Test - 2

Directions: The following passage has blanks that have been numbered (1) to (4). From the given words, fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.

An international military alliance was ____ (1) ____ to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. The 1948 collective-defence alliance between Britain, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg was ____ (2) ____ as inadequate to deter Soviet aggression, and in 1949 the U.S. and Canada agreed to join their European allies in an enlarged alliance. A ____ (3) ____ administrative structure was set up, and three major commands were established, focused on Europe, the Atlantic, and the English Channel (disbanded in 1994). The admission of West Germany in 1955 spurred the Soviet Union's creation of the ____ (4) ____ Warsaw Treaty Organisation, or Warsaw Pact.

Directions: The following passage has blanks that have been numbered (1) to (4). From the given words, fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.

An international military alliance was ____ (1) ____ to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. The 1948 collective-defence alliance between Britain, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg was ____ (2) ____ as inadequate to deter Soviet aggression, and in 1949 the U.S. and Canada agreed to join their European allies in an enlarged alliance. A ____ (3) ____ administrative structure was set up, and three major commands were established, focused on Europe, the Atlantic, and the English Channel (disbanded in 1994). The admission of West Germany in 1955 spurred the Soviet Union's creation of the ____ (4) ____ Warsaw Treaty Organisation, or Warsaw Pact.

Directions: The following passage has blanks that have been numbered (1) to (4). From the given words, fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.

An international military alliance was ____ (1) ____ to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. The 1948 collective-defence alliance between Britain, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg was ____ (2) ____ as inadequate to deter Soviet aggression, and in 1949 the U.S. and Canada agreed to join their European allies in an enlarged alliance. A ____ (3) ____ administrative structure was set up, and three major commands were established, focused on Europe, the Atlantic, and the English Channel (disbanded in 1994). The admission of West Germany in 1955 spurred the Soviet Union's creation of the ____ (4) ____ Warsaw Treaty Organisation, or Warsaw Pact.

Directions: The following passage has blanks that have been numbered (1) to (4). From the given words, fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.

An international military alliance was ____ (1) ____ to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. The 1948 collective-defence alliance between Britain, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg was ____ (2) ____ as inadequate to deter Soviet aggression, and in 1949 the U.S. and Canada agreed to join their European allies in an enlarged alliance. A ____ (3) ____ administrative structure was set up, and three major commands were established, focused on Europe, the Atlantic, and the English Channel (disbanded in 1994). The admission of West Germany in 1955 spurred the Soviet Union's creation of the ____ (4) ____ Warsaw Treaty Organisation, or Warsaw Pact.