【雅思阅读模拟】雅思考试阅读精选及答案详解（5）

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带来雅思阅读精选之"Next Year Marks the EU's 50th Anniversary of the Treaty"。所有雅思阅读方法技巧都需要反复做题去巩固，自己不足的地方也只有通过做题才能显现。练习也是有技巧的，不能盲目瞎做。把每一次阅读练习都当做考试，时间一个小时，三篇阅读，没有手机，没有字典，没有参考资料，没有笔记。只有这样，在考场上才有可能在50分钟内做完题目(十分钟的誊写答案以及检查时间)。强势推广：雅思阅读精品资料，右手边戳链接→_→防脱发秘笈之——雅思阅读精读资料(广而告之，攒人品，爆高分)

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1.雅思阅读材料

Next Year Marks the EU's 50th Anniversary of the Treaty

A. After a period of introversion and stunned self-disbelief, continental

European governments will recover their enthusiasm for pan-European

institution-building in 2007. Whether the European public will welcome a return

to what voters in two countries had rejected so short a time before is another

matter.

B. There are several reasons for Europe's recovering self-confidence. For

years European economies had been lagging dismally behind America (to say

nothing of Asia), but in 2006 the large continental economies had one of their

best years for a decade, briefly outstripping America in terms of growth. 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.

C. The coming year also marks a particular point in a political cycle so

regular that it almost seems to amount to a natural law. Every four or five

years, European countries take a large stride towards further integration by

signing a new treaty: the Maastricht treaty in 1992, the Treaty of Amsterdam in

1997, the Treaty of Nice in 2001. 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. But the political

impetus to sign something every four or five years has only been interrupted,

not immobilised, by this setback.

D. In 2007 the European Union marks the 50th anniversary of another

treaty—the Treaty of Rome, its founding charter. Government leaders have already

agreed to celebrate it ceremoniously, restating their commitment to "ever closer

union" and the basic ideals of European unity. By itself, and in normal

circumstances, the EU's 50th-birthday greeting to itself would be fairly

meaningless, a routine expression of European good fellowship. 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. All that will

be necessary will be to incorporate the 50th-anniversary declaration into a new

treaty containing a number of institutional and other reforms extracted from the

failed attempt at constitution-building and—hey presto—a new quasi-constitution

will be ready.

E. According to the German government—which holds the EU's agenda-setting

presidency during the first half of 2007—there will be a new draft of a

slimmed-down constitution ready by the middle of the year, perhaps to put to

voters, perhaps not. There would then be a couple of years in which it will be

discussed, approved by parliaments and, perhaps, put to voters if that is deemed

unavoidable. 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. Europe will be

nicely back on schedule. Its four-to-five-year cycle of integration will have

missed only one beat.

F. The resurrection of the European constitution will be made more likely in

2007 because of what is happening in national capitals. The European Union is

not really an autonomous organisation. If it functions, it is because the

leaders of the big continental countries want it to, reckoning that an active

European policy will help them get done what they want to do in their own

countries.

G. That did not happen in 2005-06. Defensive, cynical and self-destructive,

the leaders of the three largest euro-zone countries—France, Italy and

Germany—were stumbling towards their unlamented ends. They saw no reason to

pursue any sort of European policy and the EU, as a result, barely functioned.

But by the middle of 2007 all three will have gone, and this fact alone will

transform the European political landscape.

H. The upshot is that the politics of the three large continental countries,

bureaucraticmomentum and the economics of recovery will all be aligned to give a

push towards integration in 2007. That does not mean the momentum will be

irresistible or even popular. 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. More

important, the voters will want a say. They rejected the constitution in 2005.

It would be foolish to assume they will accept it after 2007 just as a result of

an artful bit of tinkering.

2.雅思阅读题目

Questions 1-6 Do the following statemets reflect the claims of the writer in

Reading Passage 1?

Write your answer in Boxes 1-6 on your answer sheet.

TRUE if the statemenht reflets the claims of the writer

FALSE if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer

NOT GIVEN if it is possbile to say what the writer thinks about this

1. After years' introspection and mistrust, continental European governments

will resurrect their enthusiasm for more integration in 2007.

2. The European consitution was officially approved in 2005 in spite of the

oppositon of French and Dutch voters.

3. The Treaty of Rome , which is considered as the fundamental charter of the

European Union, was signed in 1957.

4. It is very unlikely that European countries will sign the declaration at

the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome.

5. French government will hold the EU's presidency and lay down the agenda

during the first half of 2008.

6. For a long time in hisotry, there has been confrontation between Britain

and the rest of European countries.

Questions 7-10 Complet the following sentencces.

Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Reading Passage 1 for each answer.

Write your answer in Boxes 7-10 on your answer sheet.

7. Every four or five years, European countries tend to make a rapid progress

towards ___________________by signing a new treaty.

8. The European constitution is supposed to ______________________for yet

more integration of European Union member countries.

9. The bureaucratic planners in Brussels and Berlin rashly ignore the

possibility of __________________and think the new consitution will be delivered

in 2009-10.

10. The politics of the three large continental countries, __________________

and the economic recovery will join together to urge the integration in

2007.

Questions 11-14 Choose the appropriate letters A-D and write them in boxes

11-14 on your answer sheet.

11. Which of the following statemnts is true of Euopean economic

development.

A. The economy of Europe developed much faster than that of Asia before

2006.

B. The growth of European economy was slightly slower than that of America in

2006.

C. The development of European economy are likely to slow down by 2007.

D. The recovery of European economy may be considerably accelerated by

2007.

12. The word "immobilised" in the last line of Section C means

___________.

A. stopped completely.

B. pushed strongly.

C. motivated wholely.

D. impeded totally.

13. Which of the following statements about the treaties in European

countries is NOT TRUE.

A. The Maastricht Treaty was signed in 1992.

B. The Treaty of Amsterdan was signed in 1997.

C. The Treaty of Nice was signed in 2001.

D. The Treaty of Rome was signed in 2007.

14. The European constitution failed to be ratified in 2005--2006,

because

A. The leaders of France, Italy and Germany were defensive, cynical and

self-destructuve..

B. The voters in two countries of the Union --France and Holland rejected the

constitution.

C. The leaders of the EU thought that it was unneccessary to pursue any

European policy.

D. France, Italy and Germany are the three largest and most influential

euro-zone countries.

3.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

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