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雅思阅读理解真题及答案解析

★NextYearMarkstheEUs50thAnniversaryoftheTreaty

A.

Afteraperiodofintroversionandstunnedself-

disbelief,continentalEuropeangovernmentswillrecovertheir

enthusiasmforpan-Europeaninstitution-buildingin2007.

WhethertheEuropeanpublicwillwelcomeareturntowhat

votersintwocountrieshadrejectedsoshortatimebeforeis

anothermatter.

B.

ThereareseveralreasonsforEurope’srecoveringself-

confidence.ForyearsEuropeaneconomieshadbeenlagging

dismallybehindAmerica(tosaynothingofAsia),butin2006the

largecontinentaleconomieshadoneoftheirbestyearsfora

decade,brieflyoutstrippingAmericaintermsofgrowth.Since

politicsoftenreactstoeconomicchangewithalag,2006’s

improvementineconomicgrowthwillhaveitsimpactin

2007,thoughtherecoverymaybeebbingbythen.

C.

Thecomingyearalsomarksaparticularpointinapolitical

cyclesoregularthatitalmostseemstoamounttoanaturallaw.

Everyfourorfiveyears,Europeancountriestakealargestride

towardsfurtherintegrationbysigninganewtreaty:the

Maastrichttreatyin1992,theTreatyofAmsterdamin1997,the

TreatyofNicein2001.Andin2005theyweresupposedtoratify

aEuropeanconstitution,layingthegroundforyetmore

integration—untilthecalmrhythmwasrudelyshatteredby

FrenchandDutchvoters.

Butthepoliticalimpetustosignsomethingeveryfourorfive

yearshasonlybeeninterrupted,notimmobilised,bythissetback.

D.

In2007theEuropeanUnionmarksthe50thanniversaryof

anothertreaty—theTreatyofRome,itsfoundingcha