Part III short answer question Directions: in this part, there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words (not exceeding 10 words).
The Kosovo Conflict
The protests last week outside the American, British and German embassies in Macedonia are the first public manifestation (表现) of a potential anti-Western backlash in the Balkans.
Avoiding a wider Balkan war was one of the reasons which NATO gave for its action against Yugoslavia. The fears are real. But, at least for the moment, they remain fairly slim.(渺茫)
The war in Kosovo (科索沃) will get much worse. But it will be contained, and the Balkans will not go up in smoke. This is about the only good regional story for many months.
Macedonia is the most critical area. A former Yugoslav republic created on territory historically coveted by both Bulgaria (保加利亚) and Greece, are still fighting for international recognition of their name, flag and national identity.
Their disputes have not been solved. but the critical security concerns have at least been alleviated.
Greece, which objects to many Macedonian claims of statehood, has accepted an international mediation.
And Bulgaria, which denied even the existence of a Macedonian nation, is now cooperating closely with its neighbor.
Macedonia also includes a large ethnic Albanian minority, which lives in compact masses right on the border of Kosovo and Albania itself. When it comes to repressing the Albanians, therefore, and Serbs (塞族）are likely to be allies.
Some of the demonstrators outside Western embassies in the republic expressed their resentment against NATO, mainly because they fear an independent Kosovo.
But the republic also has a serious military presence of roughly 13,000 Alliance soldiers. President Milosevic (米洛舍维奇）has vaguely threatened to foment trouble there (the latest anti-Western demonstrations were by ethnic Serbs in Macedonia a small local community).
The chances are, however, that Yugoslavia will not meddle (干涉）too much in Macedonia, at least not at the moment, if only because Milosevic cannot afford to fight a war on two fronts, and any attack on NATO forces in Macedonia will involve ground fighting, precisely what the Yugoslav president wishes to avoid.
Questions:
96. One of the reasons which NATO gave for its action against Yugoslavia is 97. is about the only good regional story for many months. 98. The most critical area is 99. lives in compact masses on the border of Kosovo and Albania itself. 100. Some of the demonstrators outside western embassies in the republic resented NATO mainly because
答案： 96. avoiding a wider Balkan war, The Balkans will not go up in smoke 97. Macedonia 98. A large ethnic Albanian minority, they fear an independent Kosovo 99. The term clone may not be new to many people. It refers to the 100. descendant of a single plant or animal, produced nonsexually
are still fighting for international recognition of their name, flag and national identity.
