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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
A.
Afteraperiodofintroversionandstunnedself-disbelief,continentalEuropeangovernmentswillrecovertheirenthusiasmforpan-Europeaninstitution-buildingin2007.WhethertheEuropeanpublicwillwelcomeareturntowhatvotersintwocountrieshadrejectedsoshortatimebeforeisanothermatter.
B.
ThereareseveralreasonsforEurope’srecoveringself-confidence.ForyearsEuropeaneconomieshadbeenlaggingdismallybehindAmerica(tosaynothingofAsia),butin2006thelargecontinentaleconomieshadoneoftheirbestyearsforadecade,brieflyoutstrippingAmericaintermsofgrowth.Sincepoliticsoftenreactstoeconomicchangewithalag,2006’simprovementineconomicgrowthwillhaveitsimpactin2007,thoughtherecoverymaybeebbingbythen.
C.
Thecomingyearalsomarksaparticularpointinapoliticalcyclesoregularthatitalmostseemstoamounttoanaturallaw.Everyfourorfiveyears,Europeancountriestakealargestridetowardsfurtherintegrationbysigninganewtreaty:
theMaastrichttreatyin1992,theTreatyofAmsterdamin1997,theTreatyofNicein2001.Andin2005theyweresupposedtoratifyaEuropeanconstitution,layingthegroundforyetmoreintegration—untilthecalmrhythmwasrudelyshatteredbyFrenchandDutchvoters.Butthepoliticalimpetustosignsomethingeveryfourorfiveyearshasonlybeeninterrupted,notimmobilised,bythissetback.
D.
In2007theEuropeanUnionmarksthe50thanniversaryofanothertreaty—theTreatyofRome,itsfoundingcharter.Governmentleadershavealreadyagreedtocelebrateitceremoniously,restatingtheircommitmentto“evercloserunion”andthebasicidealsofEuropeanunity.Byitself,andinnormalcircumstances,theEU’s50th-birthdaygreetingtoitselfwouldbefairlymeaningless,aroutineexpressionofEuropeangoodfellowship.ButitdoesnottakeaMachiavellitospotthatoncegovernmentshavesignedthedeclaration(anditseemsunlikelyanyonewouldbesouncollegiateastovetoit)theywillalreadybehalfwaytowardscommittingthemselvestoanewtreaty.Allthatwillbenecessarywillbetoincorporatethe50th-anniversarydeclarationintoanewtreatycontaininganumberofinstitutionalandotherreformsextractedfromthefailedattemptatconstitution-buildingand—heypresto—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-zonecountries—France,ItalyandGermany—werestumblingtowardstheirunlamentedends.TheysawnoreasontopursueanysortofEuropeanpolicyandtheEU,asaresult,barelyfunctioned.Butbythemiddleof2007allthreewillhavegone,andthisfactalonewilltransformtheEuropeanpoliticallandscape.
H.
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