In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

The nation has been (161) as a relatively extensive, territorial relation of nativity. We have further formulated the (162) of the nation as a territorially (163), yet bounded, social relation for the generation, transmission, and (164) of life. When the nation is a national state, it is also a (165) for the protection of life. The nation is often (166) by the metaphor of familial relations and, indeed, has sometimes been considered as some kind of (167) family. This is understandable because both the nation and the family are relations of (168). Nonetheless, there is an important difference, and to understand this will (169) a more detailed examination of the (170) between territory and bonding.

• denied (161)

• designed (161)

• defined (161)

• derived (161)

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

The nation has been (161) as a relatively extensive, territorial relation of nativity. We have further formulated the (162) of the nation as a territorially (163), yet bounded, social relation for the generation, transmission, and (164) of life. When the nation is a national state, it is also a (165) for the protection of life. The nation is often (166) by the metaphor of familial relations and, indeed, has sometimes been considered as some kind of (167) family. This is understandable because both the nation and the family are relations of (168). Nonetheless, there is an important difference, and to understand this will (169) a more detailed examination of the (170) between territory and bonding.

• profession (162)

• purpose (162)

• proposition (162)

• purport (162)

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

The nation has been (161) as a relatively extensive, territorial relation of nativity. We have further formulated the (162) of the nation as a territorially (163), yet bounded, social relation for the generation, transmission, and (164) of life. When the nation is a national state, it is also a (165) for the protection of life. The nation is often (166) by the metaphor of familial relations and, indeed, has sometimes been considered as some kind of (167) family. This is understandable because both the nation and the family are relations of (168). Nonetheless, there is an important difference, and to understand this will (169) a more detailed examination of the (170) between territory and bonding.

• extended (163)

• extrapolated (163)

• excessive (163)

• extensive (163)

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

The nation has been (161) as a relatively extensive, territorial relation of nativity. We have further formulated the (162) of the nation as a territorially (163), yet bounded, social relation for the generation, transmission, and (164) of life. When the nation is a national state, it is also a (165) for the protection of life. The nation is often (166) by the metaphor of familial relations and, indeed, has sometimes been considered as some kind of (167) family. This is understandable because both the nation and the family are relations of (168). Nonetheless, there is an important difference, and to understand this will (169) a more detailed examination of the (170) between territory and bonding.

• susceptibility (164)

• subtraction (164)

• sustenance (164)

• suspension (164)

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

The nation has been (161) as a relatively extensive, territorial relation of nativity. We have further formulated the (162) of the nation as a territorially (163), yet bounded, social relation for the generation, transmission, and (164) of life. When the nation is a national state, it is also a (165) for the protection of life. The nation is often (166) by the metaphor of familial relations and, indeed, has sometimes been considered as some kind of (167) family. This is understandable because both the nation and the family are relations of (168). Nonetheless, there is an important difference, and to understand this will (169) a more detailed examination of the (170) between territory and bonding.

• structure (165)

• frame (165)

• harness

• garter