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雅思英语阅读练习题及答案：第十二篇雅思英语阅读练习题及答案：第十二篇★NextYearMarkstheEU's50thAnniversaryoftheTreatyA.Afteraperiodofintroversionandstunnedself-disbelief,continentalEuropeangovernmentswillrecovertheirenthusiasmforpan-Europeaninstitution-buildingin2007.WhethertheEuropeanpublicwillwelcomeareturntowhatvotersintwocountrieshadrejectedsoshortatimebeforeisanothermatter.B.ThereareseveralreasonsforEurope'srecoveringse-fconfidenee.ForyearsEuropeaneconomieshadbeenlaggingdismallybehindAmerica(tosaynothingofAsia),butin2006thelargecontinentaleconomieshadoneoftheirbestyearsforadecade,brieflyoutstrippingAmericaintermsofgrowth.Sineepoliticsoftenreactstoeconomicchangewithalag,2006'simprovementineconomicgrowthwillhaveitsimpactin2007,thoughtherecoverymaybeebbingbythen.C.Thecomingyearalsomarksaparticularpointinapoliticalcyclesoregularthatitalmostseemstoamounttoanaturallaw.Everyfourorfiveyears,Europeancountriestakealargestridetowardsfurtherintegrationbysigninganewtreaty:theMaastrichttreatyin1992,theTreatyofAmsterdamin1997,theTreatyofNicein2001.Andin2005theyweresupposedtoratifyaEuropeanconstitution,layingthegroundforyetmoreintegration—untilthecalmrhythmwasrudelyshatteredbyFrenchandDutchvoters.Butthepoliticalimpetustosignsomethingeveryfourorfiveyearshasonlybeeninterrupted,notimmobilised,bythissetback.D.In2007theEuropeanUnionmarksthe50thanniversaryofanothertreaty一theTreatyofRome,itsfoundingcharter.Governmentleadershavealreadyagreedtocelebrateitceremoniously,restatingtheircommitmenttouevercloserunion”andthebasicidealsofEuropeanunity.Byitself,andinnormalcircumstances,theEU's50thbirthdaygreetingtoitselfwouldbefairlymeaningless,aroutineexpressionofEuropeangoodfellowship.ButitdoesnottakeaMachiavellitospotthatoncegovernmentshavesignedthedeclaration(anditseemsunlikelyanyonewouldbesouncollegiateastovetoit)theywillalreadybehalfwaytowardscommittingthemselvestoanewtreaty.Allthatwillbenecessarywillbetoincorporatethe50th-anniversarydeclarationintoanewtreatycontaininganumberofinstitutionalandotherreformsextractedfromthefailedattemptatconstitution-buildingand—heypresto一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-zonecountrie—Franee,ItalyandGermany—werestumblingtowardstheirunlamentedends.TheysawnoreasontopursueanysortofEuropeanpolicyandtheEU,asaresult,barelyfunctioned.Butbythemiddleof2007allthreewillhavegone,andthisfactalonewilltransformtheEuropeanpoliticallandscape.H.Theupshotisthatthepoliticsofthethreelargecontinentalcountries,bureaucraticmomentumandtheeconomicsofrecoverywillallbealignedtogiveapushtowardsintegrationin2007.Thatdoesnotmeanthemomentumwillbeirresistibleorevenpopular.TheBritishgovernment,forone,willalmostcertainlynotwanttogowiththeflow,beginningyetanotherchapterinthelonghistoryofconfrontationbetweenBritainandtherestofEurope.Moreimportant,thevoterswillwantasay.Theyrejectedtheconstitutionin2005.Itwouldbefoolishtoassumetheywillacceptitafter2007justasaresultofanartfulbitoftinkering.Questions1-6DothefollowingstatemetsreflecttheclaimsofthewriterinReadingPassage1WriteyouranswerinBoxes1-6onyouranswersheet.TRUEifthestatemenhtrefletstheclaimsofthewriterFALSEifthestatementcontradictstheclaimsofthewriterNOTGIVENifitispossbiletosaywhatthewriterthinksaboutthisyears'introspectionandmistrust,continentalEuropeangovernmentswillresurrecttheirenthusiasmformoreintegrationin2007.TheEuropeanconsitutionwasofficiallyapprovedin2005inspiteoftheoppositonofFrenchandDutchvoters.TheTreatyofRome,whichisconsideredasthefundamentalcharteroftheEuropeanUnion,wassignedin1957.isveryunlikelythatEuropeancountrieswillsignthedeclarationatthe50thanniversaryoftheTreatyofRernmentwillholdtheEU'spresidencyandlaydowntheagendaduringthefirsthalfof2008.alongtimeinhisotry,therehasbeeneonfrontationbetweenBritainandtherestofEuropeancountries.Questions7-10Completthefollowingsentencces.ChooseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSfromReadingPassage1foreachanswer.WriteyouranswerinBoxes7-10onyouranswersheet.Everyfourorfiveyears,Europeancountriestendtomakearapidprogresstowardsbysigninganewtreaty.TheEuropeanconstitutionissupposedtoforyetmoreintegrationofEuropeanUnionmembercountries.ThebureaucraticplannersinBrusselsandBerlinrashlyignorethepossibilityofandthinkthenewconsitutionwillbedeliveredin2009-10.Thepoliticsofthethreelargecontinentalcountries,andtheeconomicrecoverywilljointogethertourgetheintegrationin2007.Questions11-14ChoosetheappropriatelettersA-Dandwritetheminboxes11-14onyouranswersheet.WhichofthefollowingstatemntsistrueofEuopeaneconomicdevelopment.TheeconomyofEuropedevelopedmuchfasterthanthatofAsiabefore2006.ThegrowthofEuropeaneconomywasslightlyslowerthanthatofAmericain2006.ThedevelopmentofEuropeaneconomyarelikelytoslowdownby2007.TherecoveryofEuropeaneconomymaybeconsiderablyacceleratedby2007.12.Theword“immobilised”inthelastlineofSectionCmeans12.Theword“immobilised”stoppedcompletely.pushedstrongly.motivatedwholely.impededtotally.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutthetreatiesinEuropeancountriesisNOTTRUE.TheMaastrichtTreatywassignedin1992.TheTreatyofAmsterdanwassignedin1997.TheTreatyofNicewassignedin2001.TheTreatyofRomewassignedin2007.TheEuropeanconstitutionfailedtoberatifiedin2005一2006,becauseTheleadersofFranee,ItalyandGermanyweredefensive,cynicalandself-destructuve..ThevotersintwocountriesoftheUnion—FraneeandHollandrejectedtheconstitution.TheleadersoftheEUthoughtthatitwasunneccessarytopursueanyEuropeanpolicy.Franee,ItalyandGermanyarethethreelargestandmostinfluentialeuro-zonecountries.PartIINotestotheReadingPassage

1.pan-Enropean1.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）outstrip超越，胜过，超过，优于Materialdevelopmentoutstrippedhumandevelopment”“物质的发展超过了人类的进步”ebb回落跌落；衰退或消减Thetideisontheebb.正在退潮。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。。。”。heypresto突然地；立即（魔术师用语）您看，变！upshot纟吉果；结局TRUEExplanationSeethefirstsentenceinSectionA“Afteraperiodofintroversionandstunnedself-disbelief,continentaiEuropeangovernmentswillrecovertheirenthusiasmforpan-Europeaninstitution-buildingin2007”1.TRUE2.FALSEExplanationSeethethirdsentenceinSectionC“Andin2005theyweresupposedtoratifyaEuropeanconstitution,layingthegroundforyetmoreintegration——untilthecalmrhythmwasrudelyshatteredbyFrenchandDutchvoters.”.1.TRUE2.FALSE3.TRUEExplanationSeethefirstsentenceintheSectionD“In2007theEuropeanUnionmarksthe50thanniversaryofanothertreat——theTreatyofRome,itsfoundingcharter.”.1.TRUE2.FALSE3.TRUEFALSEExplanationSeethethirdsentenceinSectionD“ButitdoesnottakeaMachiavellitospotthatoncegovernmentshavesignedthedeclaration(anditseemsunlikelyanyonewouldbesouncollegiateastovetoit)theywillalreadybehalfwaytowardscommittingthemselvestoanewtreaty”.TRUEFALSETRUEFALSENOTGIVENExplanationSeethefirstsentenceinSectionE"AccordingtotheGermangovernment一whichholdstheEU'sagenda-settingpresidencyduringthefirsthalfof2007”.TRUEFALSETRUEFALSE6.6.TRUE5.NOTGIVEN5.NOTGIVENExplanationSeethethirdsentenceinSectionH“TheBritishgovernment,forone,willalmostcertainlynotwanttogowiththeflow,beginningyetanotherchapterinthelonghistoryofconfrontationbetweenBritainandtherestofEurope”.TRUEFALSETRUEFALSENOTGIVENTRUEfurtherintegrationExplanationSeethesecondsentenceinSectionC“Everyfourorfiveyears,Europeancountriestakealargestridetowardsfurtherintegrationbysigninganewtreaty”.TRUEFALSE3.3.TRUE4.FALSE5.NOTGIVEN6.7.furtherintegration8.laytheground4.FALSE5.NOTGIVEN6.7.furtherintegration8.laythegroundTRUEExplanationSeethethirdsentenceinSectionC“Andin2005theyweresupposedtoratifyaEuropeanconstitution,layingthegroundforyetmoreintegration——untilthecalmrhythmwasrudelyshatteredbyFrenchandDutchvoters.”.TRUEFALSETRUEFALSENOTGIVENTRUEfurtherintegrationlaythegroundpublcrejectionExplanationSeethethirdsentenceinSectionE“Then,accordingtobureaucraticplannersinBrusselsandBerlin,blithelyignoringthepossibilityofpublicrejection,thewholethingwillbesigned,sealedandanewconstitutiondeliveredin2009T0.”TRUEFALSETRUEFALSENOTGIVENTRUEfurtherintegrationlaythegroundpublcrejectionbureaucratcmomentumExplanationSeethefrstsentenceinSectionH“Theupshotisthatthepoliticsofthethreelargecontinentalcountries,bureaucraticmomentumandtheeconomicsofrecoverywillallbealignedtogiveapushtowardsintegrationin2007.”.1.TRUE

1.2.FALSE3.TRUE4.FALSE5.NOTGIVEN6.TRUE7.furtherintegration8.laytheground9.publcrejection10.bureaucratcmomentum11.CExplan