雅思阅读练习题及答案

雅思阅读练习题及答案★NextYearMarkstheEU's50thAnniversaryoftheTreatyA.Afteraperiodofintroversionandstunnedself-disbelief,continentalEuropeangovernmentswillrecovertheirenthusiasmforpan-Europeaninstitution-buildingin2007.WhethertheEuropeanpublicwillwelcomeareturntowhatvotersintwocountrieshadrejectedsoshortatimebeforeisanothermatter.B.ThereareseveralreasonsforEurope'srecoveringself-confidence.ForyearsEuropeaneconomieshadbeenlaggingdismallybehindAmerica(tosaynothingofAsia),butin2006thelargecontinentaleconomieshadoneoftheirbestyearsforadecade,brieflyoutstrippingAmericaintermsofgrowth.Sincepoliticsoftenreactstoeconomicchangewithalag,2006'simprovementineconomicgrowthwillhaveitsimpactin2007,thoughtherecoverymaybeebbingbythen.C.Thecomingyearalsomarksaparticularpointinapoliticalcyclesoregularthatitalmostseemstoamounttoanaturallaw.Everyfourorfiveyears,Europeancountriestakealargestridetowardsfurtherintegrationbysigninganewtreaty:theMaastrich11reatyin1992,theTreatyofAmsterdamin1997,theTreatyofNicein2001.Andin2005theyweresupposedtoratifyaEuropeanconstitution,layingthegroundforyetmoreintegrati—untilthecalmrhythmwasrudelyshatteredbyFrenchandDutchvoters.Butthepoliticalimpetustosignsomethingeveryfourorfiveyearshasonlybeeninterrupted,notimmobilised,bythissetback.D.In2007theEuropeanUnionmarksthe50thanniversaryofanothertreaty—theTreatyofRome,itsfoundingcharter.Governmentleadershavealreadyagreedtocelebrateitceremoniously,restatingtheircommitmentto“evercloserunion”andthebasicidealsofEuropeanunity.Byitself,andinnormalcircumstances,theEU's50th-birthdaygreetingtoitselfwouldbefairlymeaningless,aroutineexpressionofEuropeangoodfellowship.ButitdoesnottakeaMachiavellitospotthatoncegovernmentshavesignedthedeclaration(anditseemsunlikelyanyonewouldbesouncollegiateastovetoit)theywillalreadybehalfwaytowardscommittingthemselvestoanewtreaty.Allthatwillbenecessarywillbetoincorporatethe50th-anniversarydeclarationintoanewtreatycontaininganumberofinstitutionalandotherreformsextractedfromthefailedattemptatconstitution-buildingand一heypresto—anewquasi-constitutionwillbeready.E.AccordingtotheGermangovernment一whichholdstheEU'sagenda-settingpresidencyduringthefirsthalfof200—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.Questions1-6Questions1-6G.Thatdidnothappenin2005-06.Defensive,cynicalandself-destruetive,theleadersofthethreelargesteuro-zonecountries一France,ItalyandGermany一werestumblingtowardstheirunlamentedends.TheysawnoreasontopursueanysortofEuropeanpolicyandtheEU,asaresult,barelyfunctioned.Butbythemiddleof2007allthreewillhavegone,andthisfactalonewilltransformtheEuropeanpoliticallandscape.H.Theupshotisthatthepoliticsofthethreelargecontinentalcountries,bureaucraticmomentumandtheeconomicsofrecoverywillallbealignedtogiveapushtowardsintegrationin2007.Thatdoesnotmeanthemomentumwillbeirresistibleorevenpopular.TheBritishgovernment,forone,willalmostcertainlynotwanttogowiththeflow,beginningyetanotherchapterinthelonghistoryofconfrontationbetweenBritainandtherestofEurope.Moreimportant,thevoterswillwantasay.Theyrejectedtheconstitutionin2005.Itwouldbefoolishtoassumetheywillacceptitafter2007justasaresultofanartfulbitoftinkering.DothefollowingstatemetsreflecttheclaimsofthewriterinReadingPassage1?WriteyouranswerinBoxes1-6onyouranswersheet.TRUEifthestatemenhtrefletstheclaimsofthewriterFALSEifthestatementcontradictstheclaimsofthewriterNOTGIVENifitispossbiletosaywhatthewriterthinksaboutthisAfteryears'introspectionandmistrust,continentalEuropeangovernmentswillresurrecttheirenthusiasmformoreintegrationin2007.TheEuropeanconsitutionwasofficiallyapprovedin2005inspiteoftheoppositonofFrenchandDutchvoters.TheTreatyofRome,whichisconsideredasthefundamentalcharteroftheEuropeanUnion,wassignedin1957.4.1tisveryunlikelythatEuropeancountrieswillsignthedeclarationatthe50thanniversaryoftheTreatyofRome.FrenchgovernmentwillholdtheEU'spresidencyandlaydowntheagendaduringthefirsthalfof2008.Questions11-14Questions11-14Foralongtimeinhisotry,therehasbeenconfrontationbetweenBritainandtherestofEuropeancountries.Questions7T0Completthefollowingsentencces.ChooseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSfromReadingPassage1foreachanswer.WriteyouranswerinBoxes7-10onyouranswersheet.Everyfourorfiveyears,Europeancountriestendtomakearapidprogresstowardsbysigninganewtreaty.TheEuropeanconstitutionissupposedtoforyetmoreintegrationofEuropeanUnionmembercountries.ThebureaucraticplannersinBrusselsandBerlinrashlyignorethepossibilityofandthinkthenewconsitutionwillbedeliveredin2009-10.Thepoliticsofthethreelargecontinentalcountries,andtheeconomicrecoverywilljointogethertourgetheintegrationin2007.ChoosetheappropriatelettersA-Dandwritetheminboxes11-14onyouranswersheet.WhichofthefollowingstatemntsistrueofEuopeaneconomicdevelopment.TheeconomyofEuropedevelopedmuchfasterthanthatofAsiabefore2006.ThegrowthofEuropeaneconomywasslightlyslowerthanthatofAmericain2006.ThedevelopmentofEuropeaneconomyarelikelytoslowdownby2007.TherecoveryofEuropeaneconomymaybeconsiderablyacceleratedby2007.Theword“immobilised”inthelastlineofSectionCmeansstoppedcompletely.pushedstrongly.motivatedwholely.impededtotally.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutthetreatiesinEuropeancountriesisNOTTRUE.

A.B.C.D.TheMaastrichtTreatywassignedin1992.A.B.C.D.TheTreatyofAmsterdanwassignedin1997.TheTreatyofNicewassignedin2001.TheTreatyofRomewassignedin2007.TheEuropeanconstitutionfailedtoberatifiedin2005--2006,becauseTheleadersofFrance,ItalyandGermanyweredefensive,cynicalandself-destruetuve..ThevotersintwocountriesoftheUnion--FranceandHollandrejectedtheconstitution.TheleadersoftheEUthoughtthatitwasunneccessarytopursueanyEuropeanpolicy.France,ItalyandGermanyarethethreelargestandmostinfluentialeuro-zonecountries.PartIINotestotheReadingPassagepan-：前缀：全，总，泛1.pan-Enropean1.pan-Enropeanpan-African全/泛非洲的（运动）pan-Enropean全/泛欧的（机构建设）

2.outstrip2.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结果；结局PartIIIKeystotheQuestions1-14TRUEExplanationSeethefirstsentenceinSectionA“Afteraperiodofintroversionandstunnedself-disbelief,continentalEuropeangovernmentswillrecovertheirenthusiasmforpan-Europeaninstitution-buildingin2007”.FALSEExplanationSeethethirdsentenceinSectionC“Andin2005theyweresupposedtoratifyaEuropeanconstitution,layingthegroundforyetmoreintegration—untilthecalmrhythmwasrudelyshatteredbyFrenchandDutchvoters.”.TRUEExplanationSeethefirstsentenceintheSectionD“In2007theEuropeanUnionmarksthe50thanniversaryofanothertreat—theTreatyofRome,itsfoundingcharter.”.FALSEExplanationSeethethirdsentenceinSectionD“ButitdoesnottakeaMachiavellitospotthatoncegovernmentshavesignedthedeclaration(anditseemsunlikelyanyonewouldbesouncollegiateastovetoit)theywillalreadybehalfwaytowardscommittingthemselvestoanewtreaty”.NOTGIVENExplanationSeethefirstsentenceinSectionE“AccordingtotheGermangovernment一whichholdstheEU'sagenda-settingpresidencyduringthefirsthalfof2007”.TRUEExplanationSeethethirdsentenceinSectionH“TheBritishgovernment,forone,willalmostcertainlynotwanttogowiththeflow,beginningyetanotherchapterinthelonghistoryofconfrontationbetweenBritainandtherestofEurope”.furtherintegrationExplanationSeethesecondsentenceinSectionC“Everyfourorfiveyears,Europeancountriestakealargestridetowardsfurtherintegrationbysigninganewtreaty”.

8.laytheground8.laythegroundExplanationSeethethirdsentenceinSectionC“Andin2005theyweresupposedtoratifyaEuropeanconstitution,layingthegroundforyetmoreintegration—untilthecalmrhythmwasrudelyshatteredbyFrenchandDutchvoters.”.publcrejectionExplanationSeethethirdsentenceinSectionE“Then,accordingtobureaucraticplannersinBrusselsandBerlin,blithelyignoringthepossibilityofpublicrejection,thewholething