Cloze Test – Test 223

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

Color revolution (sometimes called the colored revolution) is a term that was widely used by worldwide media to describe various related movements (21) developed in several countries in the former Soviet Union and the Balkans during the early 2000s. The term has also been applied to a number of revolutions (22) , including in the Middle East. Some observers (such as Justin Raimondo and Michael Lind) have called the events a revolutionary wave, the origins of which can be traced back to the 1986 People Power Revolution (also known as the "Yellow Revolution") in the Philippines. Participants in the color revolutions have mostly used nonviolent resistance, also called civil resistance. Such methods as demonstrations, strikes and interventions have been (23) protest against governments seen as corrupt and/or authoritarian, and to advocate democracy; and they have also created strong pressure (24) change. These movements generally (25) a specific color or flower as their symbol. The color revolutions are notable for the important role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and particularly student activists in organizing creative non-violent resistance.

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

Color revolution (sometimes called the colored revolution) is a term that was widely used by worldwide media to describe various related movements (21) developed in several countries in the former Soviet Union and the Balkans during the early 2000s. The term has also been applied to a number of revolutions (22) , including in the Middle East. Some observers (such as Justin Raimondo and Michael Lind) have called the events a revolutionary wave, the origins of which can be traced back to the 1986 People Power Revolution (also known as the "Yellow Revolution") in the Philippines. Participants in the color revolutions have mostly used nonviolent resistance, also called civil resistance. Such methods as demonstrations, strikes and interventions have been (23) protest against governments seen as corrupt and/or authoritarian, and to advocate democracy; and they have also created strong pressure (24) change. These movements generally (25) a specific color or flower as their symbol. The color revolutions are notable for the important role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and particularly student activists in organizing creative non-violent resistance.

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

Color revolution (sometimes called the colored revolution) is a term that was widely used by worldwide media to describe various related movements (21) developed in several countries in the former Soviet Union and the Balkans during the early 2000s. The term has also been applied to a number of revolutions (22) , including in the Middle East. Some observers (such as Justin Raimondo and Michael Lind) have called the events a revolutionary wave, the origins of which can be traced back to the 1986 People Power Revolution (also known as the "Yellow Revolution") in the Philippines. Participants in the color revolutions have mostly used nonviolent resistance, also called civil resistance. Such methods as demonstrations, strikes and interventions have been (23) protest against governments seen as corrupt and/or authoritarian, and to advocate democracy; and they have also created strong pressure (24) change. These movements generally (25) a specific color or flower as their symbol. The color revolutions are notable for the important role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and particularly student activists in organizing creative non-violent resistance.