The country's ______ political freedom had been long and arduous, but eventually the ______ government was replaced by a true democracy.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】 形容词和名词词义辨析。根据句中的replaced判定第二空应填入与democracy(民主)意思相反的词，同时，tyrannical(暴政的)转折关系对应第一个空，再根据句意，但是最终还是成功了。虽然为民主的斗争(struggle)时间很长、很艰辛。故答案为B。