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. (1) just prior to that war, there were two (2) conflicts in the Balkan Peninsula. These two short wars took place in 1912 and 1913. Their (3) result was to end the (4) of the Turkish Ottoman Empire in Europe. The more tragic (5) of the Balkan Wars was to heighten the already fierce international tensions that were (6) the nations of Europe toward World War Ⅰ.
In 1912 the Balkan nations (7) of Bosnia, Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece. The Macedonian region in northern Greece was under the (8) 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
A. latter
B. great
C. second
D. formal
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Ralph guided the car slowly, very slowly down the road toward the hospital. Fortunately there were no other cars on the hill as he went down the slippery road. Ralph could not hear Mrs. Smith breathing. Was she dead already He must get her to the hospital! Only three more blocks. Ralph had just crossed the intersection when he saw the flashing red light of a police car behind him. There were 2 policemen in the car: the one on the near side rolled down his window and shouted for Ralph to poll over. "Is this your car, kid Your license plates are a little out of date. you know. Let me see your driver’s license." "But we can’t stop now." said Ralph. "The woman in the back seat is really sick. This is an emergency!" The policeman was surprised." Under normal circumstances, you’d be in big trouble. But I agree you have no choice. Put the woman in our car. We’ll take her to the hospital." The police car
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