Grammar: Multiple Choice - 2022 tavaszi

A major diplomatic incident has been (0) ______ in Europe after a Belgian farmer accidentally moved the border with France, (9) ______ his home country about 1,000 square meters bigger. (10) ______ , local authorities saw the funny side. The border between Belgium and France stretches 620 kilometers (390 miles) and the stone markers (11) ______ define it have been peacefully in place for more than 200 years. One of the boundary stones, (12) ______ , laid down in 1819, was recently spotted as being out of place by 2.29 meters (7.5 feet). A farmer from the Belgian town of Erquelinnes is believed (13) ______ moved the nuisance stone on his land to a more convenient spot, (14) ______ seeing the potential for an international conflict. "We know exactly where the stone (15) ______ before, right next to a tree," David Lavaux, the mayor of Erquelinnes, Belgium, (16) ______ CNN on Tuesday. "In 2019, during the 200th anniversary, they were geo-localized very precisely." The Belgian mayor stressed that local authorities on both sides of the border were keen to resolve the situation quickly and peacefully. "We laugh about this more than anything else, it is not very serious," he said. "We're going to put back the border (17) ______ . Nobody wanted to make Belgium bigger and France smaller!"