War Pre-test

Select the best answer to replace the word in brackets.

The war between the two countries (started) in 1983 after a dispute over territory in the northern province.

• broke out

• began

• launched

Select the right answer to complete the collocation in the following sentence.

The president said that young persons who ...... the army must expect to fight to defend their country.

• help

• join

• go to

Select the right word to complete the collocation in the following sentence.

There was ...... fighting in the capital city yesterday.

• fierce

• violent

• angry

Select the right word to complete the collocation in the following sentence.

At first there were just ...... incidents.

• small

• trivial

• minor

Select the right collocation to replace the words in brackets.

It soon turned into (a full-scale war).

• an all-out war

• a major war

• a big war

Complete the collocation in the following sentence.

My grandfather has told me how terrified he was the first time he came within firing ...... of the enemy.

• range

• field

• scale

Select the right words to mean started shooting.

• opened

• fire

• begun

• shooting

• firing

Select the right word to complete the collocation meaning that the battle was very violent.

The battle ...... for several days.

• blazed

• raged

• lasted

Select the word that best collocates with the phrase underlined in the following sentence.

They would experience the ...... of war, but they must

be brave.

• horrors

• terrors

• sorrows

Select the right word to complete the collocation meaning to prevent something bad from happening.

The president said he had done everything possible to ...... war, but now there was no alternative.

• avert

• prevent

• stop

• deter