In this section, you will hear five short news items. Each
item will be read only once. After each item, there will be a pause. During the
pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide
which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet
with a single line through the centre.
US Defensive Department says although the coalition victory over Iraq was impressive militarily, it was by no means ______.