雅思英語閱讀練習題及答案12

雅思英語閱讀練習題及答案12雅思閱讀雅思英語閱讀練習題及答案：第十二篇雅思英語閱讀練習題及答案：第十二篇★NextYearMarkstheEU's50thAnniversaryoftheTreatyA.Afteraperiodofintroversionandstunnedself-disbelief,continentalEuropeangovernmentswillrecovertheirenthusiasmforpan-Europeaninstitution-buildingin2022年.WhethertheEuropeanpublicwillwelcomeareturntowhatvotersintwocountrieshadrejectedsoshortatimebeforeisanothermatter.B.ThereareseveralreasonsforEurope’srecoveringself-confidence.ForyearsEuropeaneconomieshadbeenlaggingdismallybehindAmerica(tosaynothingofAsia),butin2022年thelargecontinentaleconomieshadoneoftheirbestyearsforadecade,brieflyoutstrippingAmericaintermsofgrowth.Sincepoliticsoftenreactstoeconomicchangewithalag,2022年’simprovementineconomicgrowthwillhaveitsimpactin2022年,thoughtherecoverymaybeebbingbythen.C.Thecomingyearalsomarksaparticularpointinapoliticalcyclesoregularthatitalmostseemstoamounttoanaturallaw.Every雅思閱讀fourorfiveyears,Europeancountriestakealargestridetowardsfurtherintegrationbysigninganewtreaty:theMaastrichttreatyin1992,theTreatyofAmsterdamin1997,theTreatyofNicein2022年.Andin2022年theyweresupposedtoratifyaEuropeanconstitution,layingthegroundforyetmoreintegration―untilthecalmrhythmwasrudelyshatteredbyFrenchandDutchvoters.Butthepoliticalimpetustosignsomethingeveryfourorfiveyearshasonlybeeninterrupted,notimmobilised,bythissetback.D.In2022年theEuropeanUnionmarksthe50thanniversaryofanothertreaty―theTreatyofRome,itsfoundingcharter.Governmentleadershavealreadyagreedtocelebrateitceremoniously,restatingtheircommitmentto“evercloserunion”andthebasicidealsofEuropeanunity.Byitself,andinnormalcircumstances,theEU’sgreetingtoitselfwouldbefairlymeaningless,aroutineexpressionofEuropeangoodfellowship.ButitdoesnottakeaMachiavellitospotthatoncegovernmentshavesignedthedeclaration(anditseemsunlikelyanyonewouldbesouncollegiateastovetoit)theywillalreadybehalfwaytowardscommittingthemselvestoanewtreaty.Allthatwillbenecessarywillbetoincorporatethe50th-anniversarydeclarationintoanewtreatycontaininganumberofinstitutionalandother雅思閱讀reformsextractedfromthefailedattemptatconstitution-buildingand―heypresto―anewquasi-constitutionwillbeready.E.AccordingtotheGermangovernment―whichholdstheEU’sagenda-settingpresidencyduringthefirsthalfof2022年―therewillbeanewdraftofaslimmed-downconstitutionreadybythemiddleoftheyear,perhapstoputtovoters,perhapsnot.Therewouldthenbeacoupleofyearsinwhichitwillbediscussed,approvedbyparliamentsand,perhaps,puttovotersifthatisdeemedunavoidable.Then,accordingtobureaucraticplannersinBrusselsandBerlin,blithelyignoringthepossibilityofpublicrejection,thewholethingwillbesigned,sealedandanewconstitutiondeliveredin2022年-10.Europewillbenicelybackonschedule.Itsfour-to-five-yearcycleofintegrationwillhavemissedonlyonebeat.F.TheresurrectionoftheEuropeanconstitutionwillbemademorelikelyin2022年becauseofwhatishappeninginnationalcapitals.TheEuropeanUnionisnotreallyanautonomousorganisation.Ifitfunctions,itisbecausetheleadersofthebigcontinental雅思閱讀countrieswantitto,reckoningthatanactiveEuropeanpolicywillhelpthemgetdonewhattheywanttodointheirowncountries.G.Thatdidnothappenin2022年-06.Defensive,cynicalandself-destructive,theleadersofthethreelargesteuro-zonecountries―France,ItalyandGermany―werestumblingtowardstheirunlamentedends.TheysawnoreasontopursueanysortofEuropeanpolicyandtheEU,asaresult,barelyfunctioned.Butbythemiddleof2022年allthreewillhavegone,andthisfactalonewilltransformtheEuropeanpoliticallandscape.H.Theupshotisthatthepoliticsofthethreelargecontinentalcountries,bureaucraticmomentumandtheeconomicsofrecoverywillallbealignedtogiveapushtowardsintegrationin2022年.Thatdoesnotmeanthemomentumwillbeirresistibleorevenpopular.TheBritishgovernment,forone,willalmostcertainlynotwanttogowiththeflow,beginningyetanotherchapterinthelonghistoryofconfrontationbetweenBritainandtherestofEurope.Moreimportant,thevoterswillwantasay.Theyrejectedtheconstitutionin2022年.Itwouldbefoolishtoassumetheywillacceptitafter年justasaresultofanartfulbitoftinkering.雅思閱讀Questions1-6DothefollowingstatemetsreflecttheclaimsofthewriterinReadingPassage1?WriteyouranswerinBoxes1-6onyouranswersheet.TRUEifthestatemenhtrefletstheclaimsofthewriterFALSEifthestatementcontradictstheclaimsofthewriterNOTGIVENifitispossbiletosaywhatthewriterthinksaboutthis1.Afteryears’introspectionandmistrust,continentalEuropeangovernmentswillresurrecttheirenthusiasmformoreintegrationin2022年.2.TheEuropeanconsitutionwasofficiallyapprovedin2022年inspiteoftheoppositonofFrenchandDutchvoters.3.TheTreatyofRome,whichisconsideredasthefundamentalcharteroftheEuropeanUnion,wassignedin1957.4.ItisveryunlikelythatEuropeancountrieswillsignthedeclarationatthe50thanniversaryoftheTreatyofRome.雅思閱讀5.FrenchgovernmentwillholdtheEU’spresidencyandlaydowntheagendaduringthefirsthalfof2022年.6.Foralongtimeinhisotry,therehasbeenconfrontationbetweenBritainandtherestofEuropeancountries.Questions7-10Completthefollowingsentencces.ChooseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSfromReadingPassage1foreachanswer.WriteyouranswerinBoxes7-10onyouranswersheet.7.Everyfourorfiveyears,Europeancountriestendtomakearapidprogresstowards___________________bysigninganewtreaty.8.TheEuropeanconstitutionissupposedto______________________foryetmoreintegrationofEuropeanUnionmembercountries.9.ThebureaucraticplannersinBrusselsandBerlinrashlyignorethepossibilityof__________________andthinkthenewconsitutionwillbedeliveredin2022年-10.10.Thepoliticsofthethreelargecontinentalcountries,__________________andtheeconomicrecoverywilljointogethertourgetheintegrationin2022年.雅思閱讀Questions11-14ChoosetheappropriatelettersA-Dandwritetheminboxes11-14onyouranswersheet.11.WhichofthefollowingstatemntsistrueofEuopeaneconomicdevelopment.A.TheeconomyofEuropedevelopedmuchfasterthanthatofAsiabefore2022年.B.ThegrowthofEuropeaneconomywasslightlyslowerthanthatofAmericain2022年.C.ThedevelopmentofEuropeaneconomyarelikelytoslowdownby2022年.D.TherecoveryofEuropeaneconomymaybeconsiderablyacceleratedby2022年.12.Theword“immobilised”inthelastlineofSectionCmeans___________.A.stoppedcompletely.B.pushedstrongly.C.motivatedwholely.D.impededtotally.雅思閱讀13.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutthetreatiesinEuropeancountriesisNOTTRUE.A.TheMaastrichtTreatywassignedin1992.B.TheTreatyofAmsterdanwassignedin1997.C.TheTreatyofNicewassignedin2022年.D.TheTreatyofRomewassignedin2022年.14.TheEuropeanconstitutionfailedtoberatifiedin2022年--2022年,becauseA.TheleadersofFrance,ItalyandGermanyweredefensive,cynicalandself-destructuve..B.ThevotersintwocountriesoftheUnion--FranceandHollandrejectedtheconstitution.C.TheleadersoftheEUthoughtthatitwasunneccessarytopursueanyEuropeanpolicy.D.France,ItalyandGermanyarethethreelargestandmostinfluentialeuro-zonecountries.PartIINotestotheReadingPassage1.pan-Enropeanpan-:前綴：全，總，泛雅思閱讀pan-African全泛非洲的（運動）pan-Enropean全泛歐的（機構建設）2.outstrip超越，勝過，超過，優(yōu)于Materialdevelopmentoutstrippedhumandevelopment”“物質的發(fā)展超過了人類的進步”3.ebb回落跌落；衰退或消減Thetideisontheebb.正在退潮。4.Machiavelli1469-1527作君主論(1513年）闡述了一個意志堅定的統(tǒng)治者不顧道德觀念的約束如何獲得并保持其權力。文章中意為。5.heypresto突然地；立即（魔術師用語）您看，變！6.upshot結果；結局PartIIIKeystotheQuestions1-141.TRUE雅思閱讀ExplanationSeethefirstsentenceinSectionA“Afteraperiodofintroversionandstunnedself-disbelief,continentalEuropeangovernmentswillrecovertheirenthusiasmforpan-Europeaninstitution-buildingin2022年”.2.FALSEExplanationSeethethirdsentenceinSectionC“Andin2022年theyweresupposedtoratifyaEuropeanconstitution,layingthegroundforyetmoreintegration―untilthecalmrhythmwasrudelyshatteredbyFrenchandDutchvoters.”.3.TRUEExplanationSeethefirstsentenceintheSectionD“In2022年theEuropeanUnionmarksthe50thanniversaryofanothertreaty―theTreatyofRome,itsfoundingcharter.”.4.FALSEExplanation雅思閱讀SeethethirdsentenceinSectionD“ButitdoesnottakeaMachiavellitospotthatoncegovernmentshavesignedthedeclaration(anditseemsunlikelyanyonewouldbesouncollegiateastovetoit)theywillalreadybehalfwaytowardscommittingthemselvestoanewtreaty”.5.NOTGIVENExplanationSeethefirstsentenceinSectionE“AccordingtotheGermangovernment―whichholdstheEU’sagenda-settingpresidencyduringthefirsthalfof2022年”.6.TRUEExplanationSeethethirdsentenceinSectionH“TheBritishgovernment,forone,willalmostcertainlynotwanttogowiththeflow,beginningyetanotherchapterinthelonghistoryofconfrontationbetweenBritainandtherestofEurope”.7.furtherintegrationExplanation雅思閱讀SeethesecondsentenceinSectionC“Everyfourorfiveyears,Europeancountriestakealargestridetowardsfurtherintegrationbysigninganewtreaty”.8.laythegroundExplanationSeethethirdsentenceinSectionC“Andin2022年theyweresupposedtoratifyaEuropeanconstitution,layingthegroundforyetmoreintegration―untilthecalmrhythmwasrudelyshatteredbyFrenchandDutchvoters.”.9.publcrejectionExplanationSeethethirdsentenceinSectionE“Then,accordingtobureaucraticplannersinBrusselsandBerlin,blithelyignoringthepossibilityofpublicrejection,thewholethingwillbesigned,s