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★NextYearMarkstheEU's50thAnniversaryoftheTreatyA.Afteraperiodofintroversionandstunnedself-disbelief,continentalEuropeangovernmentswillrecovertheirenthusiasmforpan-Europeaninstitution-buildingin2007.WhethertheEuropeanpublicwillwelcomeareturntowhatvotersintwocountrieshadrejectedsoshortatimebeforeisanothermatter.B.ThereareseveralreasonsforEurope’srecoveringself-confidence.ForyearsEuropeaneconomieshadbeenlaggingdismallybehindAmerica(tosaynothingofAsia),butin2006thelargecontinentaleconomieshadoneoftheirbestyearsforadecade,brieflyoutstrippingAmericaintermsofgrowth.Sincepoliticsoftenreactstoeconomicchangewithalag,2006’C.Thecomingyearalsomarksaparticularpointinapoliticalcyclesoregularthatitalmostseemstoamounttoanaturallaw.Everyfourorfiveyears,Europeancountriestakealargestridetowardsfurtherintegrationbysigninganewtreaty:theMaastrichttreatyin1992,theTreatyofAmsterdamin1997,theTreatyofNicein2001.Andin2005theyweresupposedtoratifyaEuropeanconstitution,layingthegroundforyetmoreintegration—untilthecalmrhythmwasrudelyshatteredbyFrenchandDutchvoters.Butthepoliticalimpetustosignsomethingeveryfourorfiveyearshasonlybeeninterrupted,notimmobilised,bythissetback.D.In2007theEuropeanUnionmarksthe50thanniversaryofanothertreaty—theTreatyofRome,itsfoundingcharter.Governmentleadershavealreadyagreedtocelebrateitceremoniously,restatingtheircommitmentto“evercloserunion”andthebasicidealsofEuropeanunity.Byitself,andinnormalcircumstances,theEU’s50th-birthdaygreetingtoitselfwouldbefairlymeaningless,aroutineexpressionofEuropeangoodfellowship.ButitdoesnottakeaMachiavellitospotthatoncegovernmentshavesignedthedeclaration(anditseemsunlikelyanyonewouldbesouncollegiateastovetoit)theywillalreadybehalfwaytowardscommittingthemselvestoanewtreaty.Allthatwillbenecessarywillbetoincorporatethe50th-anniversarydeclarationintoanewtreatycontaininganumberofinstitutionalandotherreformsextractedfromthefailedattemptatconstitution-buildingand—heypresto—anewquasi-constitutionwillbeready.E.AccordingtotheGermangovernment—whichholdstheEU’sagenda-settingpresidencyduringthefirsthalfof2007—therewillbeanewdraftofaslimmed-downconstitutionreadybythemiddleoftheyear,perhapstoputtovoters,perhapsnot.Therewouldthenbeacoupleofyearsinwhichitwillbediscussed,approvedbyparliamentsand,perhaps,puttovotersifthatisdeemedunavoidable.Then,accordingtobureaucraticplannersinBrusselsandBerlin,blithelyignoringthepossibilityofpublicrejection,thewholethingwillbesigned,sealedandanewconstitutiondeliveredin2009-10.Europewillbenicelybackonschedule.Itsfour-to-five-yearcycleofintegrationwillhavemissedonlyonebeat.F.TheresurrectionoftheEuropeanconstitutionwillbemademorelikelyin2007becauseofwhatishappeninginnationalcapitals.TheEuropeanUnionisnotreallyanautonomousorganisation.Ifitfunctions,itisbecausetheleadersofthebigcontinentalcountrieswantitto,reckoningthatanactiveEuropeanpolicywillhelpthemgetdonewhattheywanttodointheirowncountries.G.Thatdidnothappenin2005-06.Defensive,cynicalandself-destructive,theleadersofthethreelargesteuro-zonecountries—France,ItalyandGermany—werestumblingtowardstheirunlamentedends.TheysawnoreasontopursueanysortofEuropeanpolicyandtheEU,asaresult,barelyfunctioned.Butbythemiddleof2007allthreewillhavegone,andthisfactalonewilltransformtheEuropeanpoliticallandscape.H.Theupshotisthatthepoliticsofthethreelargecontinentalcountries,bureaucraticmomentumandtheeconomicsofrecoverywillallbealignedtogiveapushtowardsintegrationin2007.Thatdoesnotmeanthemomentumwillbeirresistibleorevenpopular.TheBritishgovernment,forone,willalmostcertainlynotwanttogowiththeflow,beginningyetanotherchapterinthelonghistoryofconfrontationbetweenBritainandtherestofEurope.Moreimportant,thevoterswillwantasay.Theyrejectedtheconstitutionin2005.Itwouldbefoolishtoassumetheywillacceptitafter2007justasaresultofanartfulbitoftinkering.

Questions1-6DothefollowingstatemetsreflecttheclaimsofthewriterinReadingPassage1?WriteyouranswerinBoxes1-TRUEifthestatemenhtrefletstheclaimsofthewriterFALSEifthestatementcontradictstheclaimsofthewriterNOTGIVENifitispossbiletosaywhatthewriterthinksaboutthis

1.Afteryears’introspectionandmistrust,continentalEuropeangovernmentswillresurrecttheirenthusiasmformoreintegrationin2007.2.TheEuropeanconsitutionwasofficiallyapprovedin2005inspiteoftheoppositonofFrenchandDutchvoters.3.TheTreatyofRome,whichisconsideredasthefundamentalcharteroftheEuropeanUnion,wassignedin1957.4.ItisveryunlikelythatEuropeancountrieswillsignthedeclarationatthe50thanniversaryoftheTreatyofRome.5.FrenchgovernmentwillholdtheEU’spresidencyandlaydowntheagendaduringthefirsthalfof2008.6.Foralongtimeinhisotry,therehasbeenconfrontationbetweenBritainandtherestofEuropeancountries.

Questions7-10Completthefollowingsentencces.ChooseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSfromReadingPassage1foreachanswer.WriteyouranswerinBoxes77.Everyfourorfiveyears,Europeancountriestendtomakearapidprogresstowards___________________bysigninganewtreaty.8.TheEuropeanconstitutionissupposedto______________________foryetmoreintegrationofEuropeanUnionmembercountries.9.ThebureaucraticplannersinBrusselsandBerlinrashlyignorethepossibilityof__________________andthinkthenewconsitutionwillbedeliveredin2009-10.10.Thepoliticsofthethreelargecontinentalcountries,__________________andtheeconomicrecoverywilljointogethertourgetheintegrationin2007.Questions11-14ChoosetheappropriatelettersA-Dandwritetheminboxes11-11.WhichofthefollowingstatemntsistrueofEuopeaneconomicdevelopment.A.TheeconomyofEuropedevelopedmuchfasterthanthatofAsiabefore2006.B.ThegrowthofEuropeaneconomywasslightlyslowerthanthatofAmericain2006.C.ThedevelopmentofEuropeaneconomyarelikelytoslowdownby2007.D.TherecoveryofEuropeaneconomymaybeconsiderablyacceleratedby2007.

12.Theword“immobilised”inthelastlineofSectionCmeans___________.A.stoppedcompletely.B.pushedstrongly.C.motivatedwholely.D.impededtotally.

13.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutthetreatiesinEuropeancountriesisNOTTRUE.A.TheMaastrichtTreatywassignedin1992.B.TheTreatyofAmsterdanwassignedin1997.C.TheTreatyofNicewassignedin2001.D.TheTreatyofRomewassignedin2007.

14.TheEuropeanconstitutionfailedtoberatifiedin2005--2006,becauseA.TheleadersofFrance,ItalyandGermanyweredefensive,cynicalandself-destructuve..B.ThevotersintwocountriesoftheUnion--FranceandHollandrejectedtheconstitution.C.TheleadersoftheEUthoughtthatitwasunneccessarytopursueanyEuropeanpolicy.D.France,ItalyandGermanyarethethreelargestandmostinfluentialeuro-zonecountries.

PartIINotestotheReadingPassage1.pan-Enropeanpan-:前缀：全，总，泛pan-African全/泛非洲的（运动）pan-Enropean全/泛欧的（机构建设）2.outstrip超越，胜过，超过，优于Materialdevelopmentoutstrippedhumandevelopment”“物质的发展超过了人类的进步”3.ebb回落跌落；衰退或消减Thetideisontheebb.正在退潮。4.Machiavelli马基雅维利，尼克尔1469-1527意大利政治理论家，他的著作君主论(1513年）阐述了一个意志坚定的统治者不顾道德观念的约束如何获得并保持其权力。文章中意为“任何一个人都可以看到，显而易见。。。”。5.heypresto突然地；立即（魔术师用语）您看，变！6.upshot结果；结局

1.TRUEExplanationSeethefirstsentenceinSectionA“Afteraperiodofintroversionandstunnedself-disbelief,continentalEuropeangovernmentswillrecovertheirenthusiasmforpan-Europeaninstitution-buildingin2007”.

1.TRUE2.FALSEExplanationSeethethirdsentenceinSectionC“Andin2005theyweresupposedtoratifyaEuropeanconstitution,layingthegroundforyetmoreintegration—untilthecalmrhythmwasrudelyshatteredbyFrenchandDutchvoters.”.

1.TRUE2.FALSE3.TRUEExplanationSeethefirstsentenceintheSectionD“In2007theEuropeanUnionmarksthe50thanniversaryofanothertreaty—theTreatyofRome,itsfoundingcharter.”.

1.TRUE2.FALSE3.TRUE4.FALSEExplanationSeethethirdsentenceinSectionD“ButitdoesnottakeaMachiavellitospotthatoncegovernmentshavesignedthedeclaration(anditseemsunlikelyanyonewouldbesouncollegiateastovetoit)theywillalreadybehalfwaytowardscommittingthemselvestoanewtreaty”.

1.TRUE2.FALSE3.TRUE4.FALSE5.NOTGIVENExplanationSeethefirstsentenceinSectionE“AccordingtotheGermangovernment—whichholdstheEU’sagenda-settingpresidencyduringthefirsthalfof2007”.

1.TRUE2.FALSE3.TRUE4.FALSE5.NOTGIVEN6.TRUEExplanationSeethethirdsentenceinSectionH“TheBritishgovernment,forone,willalmostcertainlynotwanttogowiththeflow,beginningyetanotherchapterinthelonghistoryofconfrontationbetweenBritainandtherestofEurope”.

1.TRUE2.FALSE3.TRUE4.FALSE5.NOTGIVEN6.TRUE7.furtherintegrationExplanationSeethesecondsentenceinSectionC“Everyfourorfiveyears,Europeancountriestakealargestridetowardsfurtherintegrationbysigninganewtreaty”.

1.TRUE2.FALSE3.TRUE4.FALSE5.NOTGIVEN6.TRUE7.furtherintegration8.laythegroundExplanationSeethethirdsentenceinSectionC“Andin2005theyweresupposedtoratifyaEuropeanconstitution,layingthegroundforyetmoreintegration—untilthecalmrhythmwasrudelyshatteredbyFrenchandDutchvoters.”.

1.TRUE2.FALSE3.TRUE4.FALSE5.NOTGIVEN6.TRUE7.furtherintegration8.laytheground9.publcrejectionExplanationSeethethirdsentenceinSectionE“Then,accordingtobureaucraticplannersinBrusselsandBerlin,blithelyignoringthepossibilityofpublicrejection,thewholethingwillbesigned,sealedandanewconstitutiondeliveredin2009--10.”

1.TRUE2.FALSE3.TRUE4.FALSE5.NOTGIVEN6.TRUE7.furtherintegration8.laytheground9.publcrejection10.bureaucratcmomentumExplanationSeethefrstsentenceinSectionH“Theupshotisthatthepoliticsofthethreelargecontinentalcountries,bureaucraticmomentumandtheeconomicsofrecoverywillallbealignedtogiveapushtowardsintegrationin2007.”.

1.TRUE2.FALSE3.TRUE4.FALSE5.NOTGIVEN6.TRUE7.furtherintegration8.laytheground9.publcrejection10.bureaucr