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雅思考试巩固模拟试题及答案1

2019年雅思考试巩固模拟试题及答案1

　　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点的约束如何获得并保持其权力。

　　文章中意为“任何一个人都能够看到，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“Everyfour

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