单选题 {{B}}Directions:{{/B}} Read the following text. Choose the best
word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSER SHEET 1.
Between 1900 and 1912, the nations of
Europe were at peace. But there were hostilities, rivalries, and conflicts
brewing that would soon tear the whole continent apart. The great conflict was
World War Ⅰ. {{U}}(1) {{/U}} just prior to that war, there were two{{U}}
(2) {{/U}} conflicts in the Balkan Peninsula. These two short wars
took place in 1912 and 1913. Their {{U}}(3) {{/U}} result was to end the
{{U}}(4) {{/U}} of the Turkish Ottoman Empire in Europe. The more tragic
{{U}}(5) {{/U}} of the Balkan Wars was to heighten the already fierce
international tensions that were {{U}}(6) {{/U}} the nations of Europe
toward World War Ⅰ. In 1912 the Balkan nations{{U}} (7) {{/U}} of
Bosnia, Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece. The
Macedonian region in northern Greece was under the {{U}}(8) {{/U}} of
the Turks. The Balkan lands were also peopled by many intensely nationalistic
ethnic groups. Among these were Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Bulgars and
Macedonians. These peoples had long been fierce rivals for territory and
political {{U}}(9) {{/U}}. Religious {{U}}(10) {{/U}} between
Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians within these groups further
added to their disputes. These rivalries still {{U}}(11)
{{/U}}. Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Montenegro formed the
Balkan League in 1912. In October 1912 the Balkan League {{U}}(12)
{{/U}} war {{U}}(13) {{/U}} the Ottoman Turks. The Balkan
{{U}}(14) {{/U}} were quickly victorious. They won battles {{U}}(15)
{{/U}} Skopje, Monastir and other cities. The war ended in December. In May
1913 a treaty signed in London formally {{U}}(16) {{/U}} the conflict.
The Turks lost most of their European {{U}}(17) {{/U}}.
{{U}} (18) {{/U}}, the peace did not last. In June 1913 Bulgaria
attacked Serbia and Greece. This {{U}}(19) {{/U}} conflict was ended by
a {{U}}(20) {{/U}} signed in Bucharest in August
1913.
【答案解析】[解题思路]本题考核的知识点是:前后呼应。[A] bands意为“带子” ;[B] allies意为“同盟”;[C] armies意为“军队”;[D] battles意为“战役”。前后呼应,前面出现的是the Balkan League,后面也应该是the Balkan League,没有一模一样的单词,寻找同义词,同义词是allies,同盟。