Cloze Test – Test 71

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

War is a state of armed conflict between societies. It is generally characterized by extreme aggression, destruction, and mortality, using regular or irregular military forces. An (21) of war is usually called "peace". Warfare refers to the common activities and characteristics of types of war, or of wars in general. Total war is warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate military targets, and can (22) in massive civilian or other non-combatant casualties. While some scholars see war as a universal and ancestral aspect of human nature, others argue it is a result of specific socio-cultural or ecological circumstances. The deadliest war in history, in terms of the cumulative number of deaths (23) its start, is the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with 60-85 million deaths, followed by the Mongol conquests (24) was greater than 41 million. As concerns a belligerent's losses in proportion to its prewar population, the (25) war in modern history may have been the Paraguayan War. In 2013 war resulted in 31,000 deaths, down from 72,000 deaths in 1990.

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

War is a state of armed conflict between societies. It is generally characterized by extreme aggression, destruction, and mortality, using regular or irregular military forces. An (21) of war is usually called "peace". Warfare refers to the common activities and characteristics of types of war, or of wars in general. Total war is warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate military targets, and can (22) in massive civilian or other non-combatant casualties. While some scholars see war as a universal and ancestral aspect of human nature, others argue it is a result of specific socio-cultural or ecological circumstances. The deadliest war in history, in terms of the cumulative number of deaths (23) its start, is the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with 60-85 million deaths, followed by the Mongol conquests (24) was greater than 41 million. As concerns a belligerent's losses in proportion to its prewar population, the (25) war in modern history may have been the Paraguayan War. In 2013 war resulted in 31,000 deaths, down from 72,000 deaths in 1990.

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

War is a state of armed conflict between societies. It is generally characterized by extreme aggression, destruction, and mortality, using regular or irregular military forces. An (21) of war is usually called "peace". Warfare refers to the common activities and characteristics of types of war, or of wars in general. Total war is warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate military targets, and can (22) in massive civilian or other non-combatant casualties. While some scholars see war as a universal and ancestral aspect of human nature, others argue it is a result of specific socio-cultural or ecological circumstances. The deadliest war in history, in terms of the cumulative number of deaths (23) its start, is the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with 60-85 million deaths, followed by the Mongol conquests (24) was greater than 41 million. As concerns a belligerent's losses in proportion to its prewar population, the (25) war in modern history may have been the Paraguayan War. In 2013 war resulted in 31,000 deaths, down from 72,000 deaths in 1990.