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Underscoring the importance of Asia to the United States in the new century

游客2023-12-01  54
问题     Underscoring the importance of Asia to the United States in the
new century, Hillary Clinton is breaking with tradition as new
Secretaries of State often the first visit Europe or the Middle East.【S1】______
    It is no accident Japan is the first stop in Asia. The United
States and Japan, which were bitter enemies in World War II, have
since enjoyed decades as critic trading partners and allies on the【S2】______
security front. Both governments have confirmed that beside the【S3】______
ailing global economy, a number of security issues is on the agenda.【S4】______
    Clinton is to meet with his Japanese counterpart and Prime【S5】______
Minister Taro Aso, whose popularity has plunged. She is also
meeting the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, Ichiro Ozawa,
who could become prime minister if the largest opposition party
comes into power in this year’s national election.【S6】______
    "Japan is eager to see North Korea bring back to the six-way【S7】______
talks aimed at ending Pyongyang’s nuclear proliferation. " Former
spokesman and current advisor Tomohiko Taniguchi at Japan’s
Foreign Ministry tell VOA News that Tokyo strongly desires a revival【S8】______
of the negotiations to end the military threat to Japan posed by North
Korea. "
    " It has to be revitalized. Mrs. Clinton is going to talk with the
Japanese government, South Korean government and then Beijing
government to consolidate their positions," Taniguchi said. Advisor
Taniguchi at Japan’s Foreign Ministry says his country hopes
Clinton’s trip results from a closer partnership between Washington【S9】______
and Beijing, but not at expense of the special U. S.-Japan【S10】______
relationship. [br] 【S3】
选项
答案 beside—besides
解析 形近词混淆。beside表示“在……旁边”，而besides表示“除了……之外，而且”。这里的含义是“两国政府除了谈论全球的经济萎靡之外，还将商讨一些安全问题”，因此需要使用介词besides。
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