填空题
Almost exactly a century {{U}}before{{/U}}, a meeting of the European states at the Congress of Vienna {{U}}has established{{/U}} an international order and balance of power that {{U}}lasted for{{/U}} almost a century. By 1914, however, a multitude of forces were threatening {{U}}to tear it apart{{/U}}.
A. before
B. has established
C. lasted for
D. to tear it apart