Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic was found dead last Saturday in his cell at the Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The 64-year-old had been on trial there since February 2002.
Born in provincial Pozarevac in 1941, he was the second son of a priest and a school teacher. Both of his parents died when he was still a young adult. The young Milosevic was "untypical", says Slavoljub Djukic, his unofficial biographer. He was "not interested in sports, avoided excursions(短途旅行)and used to come to school dressed in the old-fashioned way-white shirt and tie." One of his old friends said, he could "imagine him as a station-master or punctilious(一丝不苟的)civil servant."
Indeed that is exactly what he might have become, had he not married Mira. She was widely believed to be his driving force.
At university and beyond he did well. He worked for various firms and was a communist party member. By 1986 he was head of Serbia"s Central Committee. But still he had not yet really been noticed.
It was Kosovo that gave him his chance. An autonomous province of Serbia, Kosovo was home to an Albanian majority and a Serbian minority. In 1989, he was sent there to calm fears of Serbians who felt they were discriminated against. But instead he played the nationalist card and became their champion. In so doing, he changed into a ruthless(无情 的)and determined man. At home with Mira he plotted the downfall of his political enemies. Conspiring(密谋)with the director of Serbian TV, he mounted a modern media campaign which aimed to get him the most power in the country.
He was elected Serbian president in 1990. In 1997, he became president of Yugoslavia. The rest of the story is well-known: his nationalist card caused Yugoslavia"s other ethnic groups to fight for their own rights, power and lands. Yugoslavia broke up when four of the six republics declared independence in 1991. War started and lasted for years and millions died. Then Western countries intervened. NATO bombed Yugoslavia, and he eventually stepped down as state leader in 2000. Soon after this, Serbia"s new government, led by Zoran Djindjic, arrested him and sent him to face justice at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in the Hague.
单选题
Where did Milosevic die?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 细节考查题，题干大意：米洛舍维奇死于何处?返回原文的第一句话Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic was found dead last Saturday in his cell at the Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia，可以轻易地找到答案，上周六前南斯拉夫领袖斯洛博丹·米洛舍维奇死于设在海牙的前南斯拉夫国际刑事法庭的牢房里，故答案为B。此处cell=prison：牢房。
单选题
Which of the following is NOT true of the young Milosevic?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 三正一误的细节考查题。题干大意：以下关于小米洛舍维奇的选项，哪一项是不正确的?选项A、B和C分别为：他打扮得很老气；他对运动不感兴趣；他通常避免旅行。这些在原文中都有所提到，原文第二段He was "not interested in sports, avoided excursions(短途旅行)and used to come to school dressed in the old-fashioned way-white shirt and tie."大意为：他对体育不感兴趣，尽量避免旅行。经常穿白色的衬衫打着领带，打扮得老气横秋的来上学。由此可见，选项D：他非常有雄心是正文中未体现的。
单选题
All of the following persons changed his fate in one way or another except ______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 三正一误的细节考查题。题干大意：以下选项中，除了……以外都在某种程度上改变了米洛舍维奇的命运?本题并非简单地阅读一两个句子就可找出正确答案，需要浏览全文，才能有所把握。由第三段第一句话Indeed that is exactly what he might have become, had he not married Mira可以得出米拉对于米洛舍维奇有着非常重要的作用，故A项可排除。第五段最后一句话Conspiring(密谋)with the director of Serbian TV, he mounted a modern media campaign which aimed to get him the most power in the country大意为：和塞尔维亚电台的导演共同谋划上演一出目的在于让他获得全国最大权力的现代媒体大战，由此可见，the Director of Serbian TV也对他造成了一定影响，故D项可排除。本文最后一句话Soon after this, Serbia"s new government, led by Zoran Djindjic, arrested him and sent him to face justice at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in the Hague大意为：不久，由Zoran Djindjic领导的塞尔维亚新政府逮捕了他，并送他去接受海牙的南斯拉夫战争审判法庭的正义审判，由此可排除选项C。采用排除法，最终得出正确答案为B Both of his parents died when he was still a young adult，故只有他的父母未对其造成影响。
单选题
Why was Milosevic sent to Kosovo in 1989?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 涉及时间和原因的细节考查题。题干大意：1989年为什么将米洛舍维奇派往科索沃?选项A和B在文中并未提到。原文中In 1989，he was sent there to calm fears of Serbians who felt they were discriminated against大意为：1989年，他被派到科索沃去消除感觉受到歧视的塞尔维亚人的恐慌。可直接得出正确答案为C。
单选题
What happened in 1991?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 涉及时问的细节题。题干大意：在1991年发生了什么事?原文最后一段中的Yugoslavia broke up when four of the six republics declared independence in 1991大意为：1991年，6个共和国中的4个宣布独立后，南斯拉夫解体了。由此可以得出正确答案是A。而选项B、C和D都是战争持续几年之后所发生的。如果考生对于历史知识有所了解，知道南斯拉夫于1991年解体，也可直接选择A项。