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(To grow)
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global interdependence also (to draw)
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attention to, (to facilitate)
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the 
spread of, and (to highlight)
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the insufficiencies in intergovernmental mechanisms for (to 
deal)
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with infectious disease. The specter of massive death at the hands of naturally (to oc-
cur)
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or man-made pathogens is among the most sobering concerns on the global security 
agenda. Over the past several decades, the world (to experience)
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the emergence of more 
than thirty previously (to know)
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disease agents, including HIV/AIDS, Ebola, SARS, and avian 
influenza, for which no cures are yet available, as well as the reemergence and spread of more 
than twenty well-known diseases, including TB, malaria, and cholera, often in more virulent 
and drug-resistant forms.
Nowhere is the need for a new global compact and (to improve)
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governance more impera-
tive than in the case of climate change, which unless (to correct)
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irrevocably (to alter)
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the 
biosphere on which all humanity (to depend)
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. However, despite a (to congest)
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institutional 
terrain and the appearance of much activity, the pace of climate change, species loss and de-
sertification (not to slow)
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. Efforts (to stem)
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the rate of degradation (to continue)
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to be 
frustrated by a lack of political will among the (to lead)
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industrial states and the actions of 
corporate actors.
Ex. 30. Use of English. The World Needs China’s Leadership.
a) Choose the best variant.
b) Comment on the role of China in shaping a new world order.
For more than two decades China has abided x/to/by (1) former leader Deng Xiaoping’s “keep 
a low profile/priority/end” (2) strategy in foreign affairs. But things are changing/altering (3) — 
China is ready to take on a leadership role in international affairs, and the world will benefit from it.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wang Yi, also said recently that China is ready to take on more in-
ternational responsibilities, ranging from foreign aid, peacekeeping and nuclear non-proliferation 
to regional security mechanisms.
This is already happening in several areas. China’s Premier Li Keqiang recently spoke of build-
ing a new security framework in East Asia x/;/, (4) and the country’s senior/elderly (5) leaders are 
making efforts to manage nuclear dilemmas in Iran and North/Northern (6) Korea. The country 
is working with other BRICS countries to establish their own development bank that could rival/
compete with/contend (7) the World Bank and the IMF.
As these developments have gradually changed the face of international relations x/;/, (8) 
the U.S. have/has (9) been hampered by problems ranging from their/its (10) fiscal deficit and 
domestic political stagnation to international withdrawal, sending a discouraging signal to the 
world. Gone are the days when the U.S. could singlehandedly provide a stable order for the 

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