PartB
Directions:Inthefollowingankle,somesentenceshavebeenremoved.ForQuestions41-45,choosethemostsuitable onefromthelistA—Gtofitintoeachofthenumberedblank.Therearetwoextr achoices,whichdonotfitinanyofthegaps.MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEETI.
Ifthe20thcenturyhasbeentheAmericancentury,thenthereareplentyofpeoplesayingwatchthisspace:thetwentyfirstcenturywillbedifferent.Thedistinguishingcharacteristicofthepost-cold-warworldisthatthereisonlyonesuperpower.41)_______________.
Themilitarymuscle-flexingwehaveseenfromChinaoverthelastfewyearscouldbeanindicationofhowthingsarelikelytogo,althoughithastobesaidthattomanypeople'ssurprisetheChinesehavebeenquiteconstr uctiveoverEastTimor.ButIthinkwemustassumethatthemainstr uggleinthe21stcenturywillbewithChina,alreadytheworld'slargestnation.Happily,theChineseseemtohavenoglobalpretensions.Onecan'tseetheminterferinginsomefar-distantconflict,andinbothmilitaryandeconomictermstheyarestilllightyearsbehindAmerica.
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Europeisalreadythelargesttr adingblockintheworld,43)_______________..It'sworthrememberingthatwhileEuropespends60percentofwhattheUSAdoesindefence,ithasonly10percentoftheAmericans'firepower.
IntheMiddleEast,inarelativelyshortspaceoftime,bubblingconflictshavemovedclosertoresolution.TheArabIsraelidisputehasbeenreducedtoitscoreessentials,whileagreementbetweenSyriaandIsraelremainsthestr ategicprizeforpeace.Iranisundergoingaslowtr ansformationbuttheoutstandingpoliticalissuehereisIraqandSaddamHussein'sextr aordinarysurvival.Theinternationalcommunityremainsbitterlydividedaboutwhattodo.
Africa,Ifear,isgoingtoremainadisasterarea,simplybecauseitd oesnotfigureonpeople'smentalmaps.Currentlythereiswarraginginsixcountr iesaroundtheCongo,yetthere'sverylittlesensetheinternationalcommunitywilldoanythingaboutit.Thereis,though,somegoodnews.IfyoulookbackayearagotoAlgeria,itwasdrowninginitsownblood.Nowitseemstobebackontherighttr ack.
44)_______________.Formanyyearsthenon-proliferationregimeactuallyworkedsurprisinglywell,butIndiaandPakistangoingnuclearhasbeenagreatblowtothestatusquo.Andnowtherearenewbiologicalandchemicalweapons—undreamed-ofhorrors—nottomentionthewholelegacyofthecoldwarwhichhasn'tbeencleanedup,suchasRussiannuclearwasteintheArctic.
Thefundamentalproblemisthattherearecountr iesthataresimplybeingleftbehindbytheonwardmarchofglobalization.Globalissuessuchastheenvironmentanddrugs—andperhapsevenhumanrights—aregoingtocomemuchmoretothefore.45)_______________.
[A]Itiscalledtobeaneconomicgiant,especiallywhentheeurohasbeenissued.
[B]butwhiletheeurocouldhelpitbecomeaneconomicgiant,andevenchallengethedollar,itlookslikelytoremainapoliticalandmilitarypygmy.
[C]Andthere'sonlyonecandidateonthehorizontochallengetheUS—China.
[D]Astheworldshrinks,soweshallhaveanincreasingsenseoftheneedforaninternationalhumanitarianorder.Globalizationmaybeagoodthing,butithasadarkunderbelly.
[E]Russiaisapowerfulcountr ywhichownsmilitarysuperiority
[F]WemustalsoassumethecontinueddeclineofRussia.Itshowshowfarthingshavegone(andhowquickly)whenwhatwasoncethesecondmostpowerfulcountr yintheworldisbeingbatteredbyIslamicrebelsfromtheCaucasus.NowwehaveaRussianstatewhichsimplycannotcope.
[G]Idothinkarmscontr olwillbeabigitemontheagendainfuture.
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正确答案：C答案：C
[详细解答]文章开头就提出“20世纪是美国的世纪，冷战后只有一个超级大国”，而从下文第二段的开始我们可以看到，作者对中国在军事外交等方面显示出的力量表示赞扬，由此可以推断出，此处需要一个由“美国的世纪”平滑过渡到对中国的实力的重视上去，所以选项C“而且只有一个国家即将挑战美国，那就是中国”。正好满足了这个过渡条件。
