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Д. А. Крячков
UNIT V
international community. Now more than ever, the U.S. need/needs (11) help from other/the 
other countries (12) to provide global leadership. But Europe has been plagued with/by (13) its 
own debt crisis and Japan is struggling to come back from two decades of economic/economi-
cal (14) stagnation. China, on/from/with (15) the other hand, has recovered quickly from the/a/x 
(15) 2008 global financial crisis and now is the second large/larger/largest (16) economy/eco-
nomics (17) in the world.
To play an effective leadership role in global affairs, China must also adapt/adopt (18) mean-
ingful economic/economical, political, and social reforms at home. Just like the U.S., China’s 
global leadership must come from internal accomplishments. This means x/;/, (19) that the Chi-
nese government should rebuild its domestic legitimacy through redefining state-society rela-
tions and shifting emphasis from GDP growth to moral/mores/morality/morale (20). The good 
news is/are (21) x/;/, that the current Chinese leadership, led by President Xi Jinping, is keenly 
aware of this problem x/;/, (22) and is determined to tackle legitimacy issues through more 
major reforms.
All this talk about China’s leadership might make some countries uneasy. But they need not 
worry/to worry (23). The international community must acknowledge x/;/, that today’s fast-ris-
ing China has earned the right to play an important role in shaping a new international order. 
A more stable and prosperous world will need China to be more active and assertive in global 
affairs.
Ex. 31. Fill in the gaps with any suitable word.
Not so fast! The first question that must be _______ (1) is whether a sys-
tem of collective responsibility to pursue peace and security still _______ (2) equal sense for the 
strong and the weak countries of the world. I believe it does. _______ (3) weak want to know 
that if they’re threatened by another country the international _______ (4) will not be indifferent. 
_______ (5) powerful know that even if they had the resources to _______ (6) war successfully 
against any potential aggressor state, it would be better to spare those resources if their security 
and national interest could be protected by other means. They also know that today’s security 
_______ (7) are very different from traditional intercountry conflicts. Terrorists and other _______ 
(8) criminals, along with the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, constitute perils that 
no country, irrespective of its economic or military _______ (9), can defeat alone. Cooperative and 
collective action is required. 
The next pertinent question is whether the nearly 60-_______ (10)-old United Nations can be 
the institution to organize and deliver that collective action. I say it can be, as long as the institu-
tion is reformed and _______ (11) to perform its essential functions _______ (12). It would be a 
_______ (13) mistake to condemn the UN to extinction, either by decision or neglect. Eventually, 
but probably only after we’d endured a dramatic _______ (14) in violent conflict and its destruc-
tive consequences, it would become _______ (15) to invent the UN anew. 
Those who would like to see the UN totally marginalized — or even extinguished — rejoice in 
pointing to its _______ (16) in preventing or quickly _______ (17) many serious conflicts that have 
_______ (18) since it was created. These critics speak as if the UN had power of its own with which 
to _______ (19) the crucial issues of peace and security. They _______ (20) the fact that it is solely 
up to the member countries’ leaders to make the key decisions. In fulfilling its core mandates the 
UN can be only as good or as bad as its members make it. 

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