DOUBTS ABOUT DEMOCRACY Life has become better since (1) _____ end
DOUBTS ABOUT DEMOCRACY
Life has become better since (1) _____ end of the cold war. Now a majority of people (2) _____ under democratic systems 54,8% of them, to be exact. So, the idea of (3) _____ is a global reality. But there is just one problem. The democracy we (4) _____ around the world often has an ugly face.
Suppose the elections (5) _____ free and fair. But it brought to power racists, fascists or separatists, who publicly (6) _____ peace and integration. It does happen: (7) _____ elected leaders ignore constitutional limits on their power and the basic rights of the people.
The Western democracy (8) _____ liberal democracy not only free and fair elections but also the respect of the basic rights. Now we see the rise of the illiberal democracy a lot of elections but few (9) _____ rights like the rule of law, free speech or private property. People in the countries without a tradition of ethnic harmony often (10) _____ along racial, religious or ethnic lines.
Abridged and simplified from the NEWSWEEK
1. A. B. an C. the
2. A. lives B. live C. will live
3. A. fascism B. democracy C. separatism
4. A. see B. will see C. should see
5. A. will be B. were C. was
6. A. oppose to B. oppose C. oppose against
7. A. democratic B. democracy C. democratically
8. A. has always meant B. has always mean C. always meant
9. A. individuality B. individually C. individual
10. A. are voting B. voted C. vote
Suppose the elections (5) WERE (уточни в тексте еслиelection, тоwas) free and fair. But it brought to power racists, fascists or separatists, who publicly (6) OPPOSE TO peace and integration. It does happen: (7) DEMOCRATICALLY elected leaders ignore constitutional limits on their power and the basic rights of the people.
The Western democracy (8) HAS ALWAYS MEANT liberal democracy not only free and fair elections but also the respect of the basic rights. Now we see the rise of the illiberal democracy a lot of elections but few (9) INDIVIDUAL rights like the rule of law, free speech or private property. People in the countries without a tradition of ethnic harmony often (10) VOTE along racial, religious or ethnic lines.
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