Kryachkov 2!indd

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Английский язык для магистратуры
F
ighting The Hydra
b) 
1. 
Contrary ___ popular belief, hydroelectric power can seriously damage 
the climate.
2. The sense of property springs ___ the desire to possess and tendency to accumulate.
3. Governments have to find a way to tackle terrorism ___ a manner that doesn’t undermine 
fundamental obligations, including the duty not to expose people ___ a risk of torture. 
4. History has shown that power devoid ___ morality does not last long.
5. If a thesis is submitted, its form must be ___ accord ___ specifications stipulated ___ the Uni-
versity “Style and Form Manual.”
6. ___ some countries, men are drafted ___ the armed services and women are required to per-
form government service as well.
7. Instead of only relying ___ military aggression, we must take concrete steps toward viable, 
long-term solutions for global stability.
8. It is our responsibility to identify and counter the ways, propaganda and conditions through 
which people are drawn ___ terrorism.
9. One is considered free ___ the extent ___ which no person interferes ___ his or her activity.
10. Our psychobiological evolution has imbued us ___ the irrepressible desire to form groups 
and to act upon its welfare.
11. Terrorism is based ___ fanatical (and mistaken) beliefs deriving ___ religion, though these 
beliefs sometimes combine with various forms of nationalism.
12. The Earth is a perfectly ordinary planet ___ most respects, but a most extraordinary planet ___ 
one respect: it harbors life.
13. The fight against terrorism has been incorporated ___ all aspects of the Union’s external relations.
14. The report contains issues which are ___ conflict ___ each other.
15. The son of an alligator hunter, Kershaw was the seventh born ___ a family that eventually 
included five boys and four girls.
16. The villagers were protesting against the US-based company’s failure to meet demands ___ 
compensation or deal ___ pollution problems.
17. UN stresses education of schoolchildren is key ___ reducing impact of natural disasters.
Ex. 33. In the following passage insert articles where necessary. Account for their use.
Can vast variety of forms of action be categorized under single label of ‘terrorist’? The term is 
contentious: very few people apart from Tsar-killers in Russia have actually called themselves ter-
rorists. Yet there are some common factors that can be detected behind many changing faces of 
terrorism. First, it usually has unofficial character, claiming to be result of upsurge of public feeling. 
Second, terrorism is based on naïve belief that few acts of violence, often against symbolic targets 
representing power of the adversary, will transform political landscape in beneficial way. Third, 
terrorism has become increasingly involved in attacking innocent civilians — often with purpose 
of demonstrating that state is incapable of protecting its own people. There is further common 
factor — tendency of terrorism to become endemic in particular countries and regions. Started 
by Left, it has been continued by Right, and vice versa. Started in nationalist cause, it is then em-
ployed in resistance to resulting state. Started to cleanse society of corruption and external con-
trol, it continues in support of the drug trade and prostitution. If violence becomes habit, its net 
effect can be to prevent economic development, to provide justification for official violence, and 
to perpetuate existing patterns of dominance and submission.

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