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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's50thAnniversaryoftheTreaty

Afteraperiodofintroversionandstunnedself-disbelief,continentalEuropeangovernmentswillrecovertheirenthusiasmforpan-Europeaninstitution-buildingin2007.WhethertheEuropeanpublicwillwelcomeareturntowhatvotersintwocountrieshadrejectedsoshortatimebeforeisanothermatter.

ThereareseveralreasonsforEurope’srecoveringself-confidence.ForyearsEuropeaneconomieshadbeenlaggingdismallybehindAmerica（tosaynothingofAsia）,butin2006thelargecontinentaleconomieshadoneoftheirbestyearsforadecade,brieflyoutstrippingAmericaintermsofgrowth.Sincepoliticsoftenreactstoeconomicchangewithalag,2006’simprovementineconomicgrowthwillhaveitsimpactin2007,thoughtherecoverymaybeebbingbythen.

Thecomingyearalsomarksaparticularpointinapoliticalcyclesoregularthatitalmostseemstoamounttoanaturallaw.Everyfourorfiveyears,Europeancountriestakealargestridetowardsfurtherintegrationbysigninganewtreaty:

theMaastrichttreatyin1992,theTreatyofAmsterdamin1997,theTreatyofNicein2001.Andin2005theyweresupposedtoratifyaEuropeanconstitution,layingthegroundforyetmoreintegration—untilthecalmrhythmwasrudelyshatteredbyFrenchandDutchvoters.Butthepoliticalimpetustosignsomethingeveryfourorfiveyearshasonlybeeninterrupted,notimmobilised,bythissetback.

In2007theEuropeanUnionmarksthe50thanniversaryofanothertreaty—theTreatyofRome,itsfoundingcharter.Governmentleadershavealreadyagreedtocelebrateitceremoniously,restatingtheircommitmentto“evercloserunion”andthebasicidealsofEuropeanunity.Byitself,andinnormalcircumstances,theEU’s50th-birthdaygreetingtoitselfwouldbefairlymeaningless,aroutineexpressionofEuropeangoodfellowship.ButitdoesnottakeaMachiavellitospotthatoncegovernmentshavesignedthedeclaration（anditseemsunlikelyanyonewouldbesouncollegiateastovetoit）theywillalreadybehalfwaytowardscommittingthemselvestoanewtreaty.Allthatwillbenecessarywillbetoincorporatethe50th-anniversarydeclarationintoanewtreatycontaininganumberofinstitutionalandotherreformsextractedfromthefailedattemptatconstitution-buildingand—heypresto—anewquasi-constitutionwillbeready.

AccordingtotheGermangovernment—whichholdstheEU’sagenda-settingpresidencyduringthefirsthalfof2007—therewillbeanewdraftofaslimmed-downconstitutionreadybythemiddleoftheyear,perhapstoputtovoters,perhapsnot.Therewouldthenbeacoupleofyearsinwhichitwillbediscussed,approvedbyparliamentsand,perhaps,puttovotersifthatisdeemedunavoidable.Then,accordingtobureaucraticplannersinBrusselsandBerlin,blithelyignoringthepossibilityofpublicrejection,thewholethingwillbesigned,sealedandanewconstitutiondeliveredin2009-10.Europewillbenicelybackonschedule.Itsfour-to-five-yearcycleofintegrationwillhavemissedonlyonebeat.

TheresurrectionoftheEuropeanconstitutionwillbemademorelikelyin2007becauseofwhatishappeninginnationalcapitals.TheEuropeanUnionisnotreallyanautonomousorganisation.Ifitfunctions,itisbecausetheleadersofthebigcontinentalcountrieswantitto,reckoningthatanactiveEuropeanpolicywillhelpthemgetdonewhattheywanttodointheirowncountries.

Thatdidnothappenin2005-06.Defensive,cynicalandself-destructive,theleadersofthethreelargesteuro-zonecountries—France,ItalyandGermany—werestumblingtowardstheirunlamentedends.TheysawnoreasontopursueanysortofEuropeanpolicyandtheEU,asaresult,barelyfunctioned.Butbythemiddleof2007allthreewillhavegone,andthisfactalonewilltransformtheEuropeanpoliticallandscape.

Theupshotisthatthepoliticsofthethreelargecontinentalcountries,bureaucraticmomentumandtheeconomicsofrecoverywillallbealignedtogiveapushtowardsintegrationin2007.Thatdoesnotmeanthemomentumwillbeirresistibleorevenpopular.TheBritishgovernment,forone,willalmostcertainlynotwanttogowiththeflow,beginningyetanotherchapterinthelonghistoryofconfrontationbetweenBritainandtherestofEurope.Moreimportant,thevoterswillwantasay.Theyrejectedtheconstitutionin2005.Itwouldbefoolishtoassumetheywillacceptitafter2007justasaresultofanartfulbitoftinkering.

Questions1-6

DothefollowingstatemetsreflecttheclaimsofthewriterinReadingPassage1?

WriteyouranswerinBoxes1-6onyouranswersheet.

TRUEifthestatemenhtrefletstheclaimsofthewriter

FALSEifthestatementcontradictstheclaimsofthewriter

NOTGIVENifitispossbiletosaywhatthewriterthinksaboutthis

1.Afteryears’introspectionandmistrust,continentalEuropeangovernmentswillresurrecttheirenthusiasmformoreintegrationin2007.

2.TheEuropeanconsitutionwasofficiallyapprovedin2005inspiteoftheoppositonofFrenchandDutchvoters.

3.TheTreatyofRome,whichisconsideredasthefundamentalcharteroftheEuropeanUnion,wassignedin1957.

4.ItisveryunlikelythatEuropeancountrieswillsignthedeclarationatthe50thanniversaryoftheTreatyofRome.

5.FrenchgovernmentwillholdtheEU’spresidencyandlaydowntheagendaduringthefirsthalfof2008.

6.Foralongtimeinhisotry,therehasbeenconfrontationbetweenBritainandtherestofEuropeancountries.

Questions7-10

Completthefollowingsentencces.

ChooseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSfromReadingPassage1foreachanswer.

WriteyouranswerinBoxes7-10onyouranswersheet.

7.Everyfourorfiveyears,Europeancountriestendtomakearapidprogresstowards___________________bysigninganewtreaty.

8.TheEuropeanconstitutionissupposedto______________________foryetmoreintegrationofEuropeanUnionmembercountries.

9.ThebureaucraticplannersinBrusselsandBerlinrashlyignorethepossibilityof__________________andthinkthenewconsitutionwillbedeliveredin2009-10.

10.Thepoliticsofthethreelargecontinentalcountries,__________________andtheeconomicrecoverywilljointogethertourgetheintegrationin2007.

Questions11-14

ChoosetheappropriatelettersA-Dandwritetheminboxes11-14onyouranswersheet.

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,because

A.TheleadersofFrance,ItalyandGermanyweredefensive,cynicalandself-destructuve..

B.ThevotersintwocountriesoftheUnion--FranceandHollandrejectedtheconstitution.

C.TheleadersoftheEUthoughtthatitwasunneccessarytopursueanyEuropeanpolicy.

D.France,ItalyandGermanyarethethreelargestandmostinfluentialeuro-zonecountries.

PartII

NotestotheReadingPassage

1.pan-Enropean

pan-:

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

PartIII

KeystotheQuestions1-14

1.TRUE

Explanation

SeethefirstsentenceinSectionA“Afteraperiodofintroversionandstunnedself-disbelief,continentalEuropeangovernmentswillrecovertheirenthusiasmforpan-Europeaninstitution-buildingin2007”.

2.FALSE

Explanation

SeethethirdsentenceinSectionC“Andin2005theyweresupposedtoratifyaEuropeanconstitution,layingthegroundforyetmoreintegration—untilthecalmrhythmwasrudelyshatteredbyFrenchandDutchvoters.”.

3.TRUE

Explanation

SeethefirstsentenceintheSectionD“In2007theEuropeanUnionmarksthe50thanniversaryofanothertreaty—theTreatyofRome,itsfoundingcharter.”.

4.FALSE

Explanation

SeethethirdsentenceinSectionD“ButitdoesnottakeaMachiavellitospotthatoncegovernmentshavesignedthedeclaration（anditseemsunlikelyanyonewouldbesouncollegiateastovetoit）theywillalreadybehalfwaytowardscommittingthemselvestoanewtreaty”.

5.NOTGIVEN

Explanation

SeethefirstsentenceinSectionE“AccordingtotheGermangovernment—whichholdstheEU’sagenda-settingpresidencyduringthefirsthalfof2007”.

6.TRUE

Explanation

SeethethirdsentenceinSectionH“TheBritishgovernment,forone,willalmostcertainlynotwanttogowiththeflow,beginningyetanotherchapterinthelonghistoryofconfrontationbetweenBritainandtherestofEurope”.

7.furtherintegration

Explanation

SeethesecondsentenceinSectionC“Everyfourorfiveyears,Europeancountriestakealargestridetowardsfurtherintegrationbysigninganewtreaty”.

8.laythegr

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