雅思阅读实战:Next Year Marks

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　　D.       France, Italy and Germany are the three largest and most influential euro-zone countries.

　　Part II

　　Notes to the Reading Passage

　　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

　　Material development outstripped human development“”物质的发展超过了人类的进步“

　　3.       ebb

　　回落跌落；衰退或消减

　　The tide is on the ebb.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.       hey presto

　　突然地；立即（魔术师用语）您看，变！

　　6.       upshot

　　结果；结局

　　Part III

　　Keys to the Questions 1-14

　　1.      TRUE

　　Explanation

　　See the first sentence in Section A “Aftera period of introversion and stunned self-disbelief, continental European governments will recover their enthusiasm for pan-European institution-building in 2007”.

　　2.      FALSE

　　Explanation

　　See the third sentence in Section C “And in 2005 they were supposed to ratify a European constitution, laying the ground for yet more integration—until the calm rhythm was rudely shattered by French and Dutch voters.”.

　　3.      TRUE

　　Explanation

　　See the first sentence in the Section D “In 2007 the European Union marks the 50th anniversary of another treaty—the Treaty of Rome, its founding charter.”.

　　4.  FALSE

　　Explanation

　　See the third sentence in Section D“But it does not take a Machiavelli to spot that once governments have signed the declaration （and it seems unlikely anyone would be so uncollegiate as to veto it） they will already be halfway towards committing themselves to a new treaty”.

　　5.      NOT GIVEN

　　Explanation

　　See the first sentence in Section E “According to the German government—which holds the EU's agenda-setting presidency during the first half of 2007”.

　　6.      TRUE

　　Explanation

　　See the third sentence in Section H“The British government, for one, will almost certainly not want to go with the flow, beginning yet another chapter in the long history of confrontation between Britain and the rest of Europe”.

　　7.      further integration

　　Explanation

　　See the second sentence in Section C“Every four or five years, European countries take a large stride towards further integration by signing a new treaty”.

　　8.      lay the ground

　　Explanation

　　See the third sentence in Section C “And in 2005 they were supposed to ratify a European constitution, laying the ground for yet more integration—until the calm rhythm was rudely shattered by French and Dutch voters.”.

　　9.      publc rejection

　　Explanation

　　See the third sentence in Section E“Then, according to bureaucratic planners in Brussels and Berlin, blithely ignoring the possibility of public rejection, the whole thing will be signed, sealed and a new constitution delivered in 2009——10.”

　　10.  bureaucratc momentum

　　Explanation

　　See the frst sentence in Section H “The upshot is that the politics of the three large continental countries, bureaucratic momentum and the economics of recovery will all be aligned to give a push towards integration in 2007.”.

　　11.  C

　　Explanation

　　See the last sentence in Section B “Since politics often reacts to economic change with a lag, 2006's improvement in economic growth will have its impact in 2007, though the recovery may be ebbing by then”.

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