II. Substitute the underlined words by their synonyms.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 409.

I. Consult the Topical Vocabulary and learn expressions with the words “hostage”, ”hostility”, “victim. ” Learn them by heart and use in the sentences of your own.

1. In his television address to the Russian people Putinblamed the hostage-takers for the tragedy, thereby implying that he had fulfilled his promise to do nothing to harm the children.

· implicated a) accomplished

· praised b) failed

· exonerated c) consummated

d) neglected

2. The horror of the Beslan attack - in which the primary victims were innocent children - indicates that Russia's enemies in the North Caucasus are becoming increasingly radical.

· onslaught

· resistance

· surrender

· assault

3. Internationally, Putin will probably present Russia's case more forcefully and claim that the Chechens have links with al-Qaeda.

· refute

· allege

· deny

· assert

4. We have either resist them or agree to their claims, surrendering, allowing them to destroy and split Russia, in the hope that they will finally leave us in peace.

· counteract

· submit

· thwart

· yield

5. If there is a renewed peace process, the radical elements will probably fight even harder to destroy it.

· invigorate

· annihilate

· demolish

· fabricate

6. If we allow ourselves to be blackmailed and if we give in to panic, we will submerge millions of people into endless and bloody conflicts.

· composure

· dread

· serenity

· repose

7. He might argue that with such people there can be no compromise and that they must be faced and defeated.

· consession

· dissention

· dispute

· adjustment

8. For the women reported to have been wearing belts of explosives - probably widows or relatives of men killed by Russian forces in the Caucasus - revenge and martyrdom may have been more important than political goals.

· reconciliation

· remission

· retaliation

· vengeance

9. On Thursday, it was reported that the captured hostage-taker had been arrested in Chechnya in 2002 and 2003, but freed after payoffs to the police.

· discharged

· restrained

· released

· detained

10. It is still unclear whether any of the hostage-takers succeeding in fleeing, along with their victims, as reported at the time.

· culprits

· martyrs

· swindlers

· felons