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  3. The Security Council is the most powerful body in the UN. It is responsible

The Security Council is the most powerful body in the UN. It is responsible

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问题     The Security Council is the most powerful body in the UN. It is responsible for 【S1】______ international peace, and for re storing peace when conflicts 【S2】______. Its decisions are binding on all UN members. The Security Council has the power to define what is a threat to security, to determine how the UN should respond, and to enforce its decisions by ordering UN members to take certain actions,
    The Council 【S3】______ any time there is a threat to peace. A representative from each member country who sits on the Council must be 【S4】______ at all times so that the Council can meet at a moment’s notice. The Security Council also frequently meets at the request of a UN member-often a nation with a grievance about another nation’s actions.
    The Security Council has 15 members; five of which hold 【S5】______ seats. The Assembly elects the other ten members for two-year terms. The five permanent members—the United States, Britain, France, Russia(formerly the Soviet Union), and China—have the most power. These nations were the winning powers at the end of World War Ⅱ, and they still represent the bulk of the world’s military might. Decisions of the Council require nine votes. But any one of the permanent members can veto an important decision. This authority is known as the veto right of the great powers. As a result, the Council is effective only when its permanent members can reach a 【S6】______.
    The Council has a variety of ways it can try to 【S7】______ conflicts among countries. Usually the Council’s first step is to encourage the countries to settle their disagreements without 【S8】______. The Council can 【S9】______ a dispute or recommend guidelines for a settlement. It can send peacekeeping troops into a 【S10】______ area. If war breaks out, the Council can call for a ceasefire. It can enforce its decisions by imposing economic sanctions on a country, or through joint military action.

                Word Bank:
A. resolve                     I. resort
B. observe                     J. consensus
C. available                   K. arise
D. violence                    L. mediate
E. abide                       M. veto
F. convenses                   N. motion
G. distressed                  O. permanent
H. maintaining
选项
答案 H
解析 此句讲述了联合国的职责，for后面要填的词就是它的作用，由语法知识判断for后面接的应是动词的-ing形式，符合这一要求的只有选项H，故选之。
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