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雅思英语阅读练习题及答案:
第十二篇
雅思英语阅读练习题及答案:
第十二篇
?
★NextYearMarkstheEU's50thAnniversaryoftheTreaty
A.
Afteraperiodofintroversionandstunnedself-disbelief,continental
Europeangovernmentswillrecovertheirenthusiasmforpan-Europeaninstitution-buildingin2007.WhethertheEuropeanpublicwillwelcome
areturntowhatvotersintwocountrieshadrejectedsoshortatimebeforeisanothermatter.
ThereareseveralreasonsforEurope’srecoveringself-confidence.For
yearsEuropeaneconomieshadbeenlaggingdismallybehindAmerica(tosay
nothingofAsia),but
in2006the
largecontinentaleconomieshad
oneof
theirbestyearsforadecade,brieflyoutstrippingAmericaintermsof
growth.
Sincepolitics
often
reactstoeconomicchangewithalag,
2006’s
improvementineconomicgrowthwillhaveitsimpactin2007,thoughthe
recoverymaybeebbingbythen.
C.
Thecomingyearalsomarksaparticularpointinapoliticalcycleso
regularthatitalmostseemstoamounttoanaturallaw.Everyfouror
five
years,
European
countries
take
alarge
stride
towards
further
integrationbysigninganewtreaty:
theMaastrichttreatyin1992,the
Treaty
ofAmsterdamin
1997,the
Treaty
ofNice
in2001.
Andin2005they
weresupposedtoratifyaEuropeanconstitution,layingthegroundfor
yet
moreintegration
—until
thecalmrhythmwasrudelyshattered
byFrench
andDutchvoters.
Butthepolitical
impetustosignsomethingeveryfour
orfive
years
hasonly
beeninterrupted,
notimmobilised,
bythis
setback.
D.
In
2007
the
European
Union
marks
the
50th
anniversary
of
another
treaty—theTreatyofRome,its
foundingcharter.Governmentleaders
have
already
agreedto
celebrate
it
ceremoniously,
restating
their
commitment
to“evercloserunion”andthebasic
ideals
of
Europeanunity.
Byitself,
andinnormalcircumstances,theEU
’s50th-birthdaygreetingtoitself
would
be
fairly
meaningless,
aroutine
expression
of
European
good
fellowship.
But
it
does
not
take
aMachiavelli
to
spotthat
once
governmentshavesignedthedeclaration(anditseemsunlikelyanyone
wouldbesouncollegiateastovetoit)theywillalreadybehalfway
towardscommitting
themselves
toanewtreaty.
All
that
will
benecessary
will
beto
incorporate
the
50th-anniversary
declaration
into
anewtreaty
containing
anumberof
institutional
andother
reformsextracted
fromthe
failed
attempt
at
constitution-building
and—heypresto—a
new
quasi-constitutionwillbeready.
E.
According
totheGermangovernment—whichholdstheEU’sagenda-setting
presidencyduringthefirsthalfof2007
—therewillbeanewdraftof
aslimmed-downconstitutionreadybythemiddleoftheyear,perhapsto
put
to
voters,
perhapsnot.
Therewouldthen
beacouple
of
years
in
which
it
will
bediscussed,
approvedbyparliaments
and,
perhaps,
puttovoters
ifthatisdeemedunavoidable.Then,accordingtobureaucraticplanners
inBrusselsandBerlin,blithelyignoringthepossibilityofpublic
rejection,
the
wholething
will
besigned,
sealed
andanewconstitution
delivered
in
2009-10.
Europewill
be
nicely
back
on
schedule.
Its
four-to-five-yearcycleofintegrationwillhavemissedonlyonebeat.
F.
TheresurrectionoftheEuropeanconstitutionwillbemademorelikely
in2007becauseofwhatishappeninginnationalcapitals.TheEuropean
Unionisnotreallyanautonomousorganisation.Ifitfunctions,itis
becausetheleadersofthebigcontinentalcountrieswantitto,reckoningthatanactiveEuropeanpolicywillhelpthemgetdonewhattheywanttodointheirowncountries.
G.
Thatdidnothappenin
2005-06.
Defensive,
cynical
andself-destructive,
theleadersofthethreelargesteuro-zonecountries
—France,Italyand
Germany—werestumblingtowardstheir
unlamentedends.Theysawnoreason
topursueanysortofEuropeanpolicyandtheEU,asaresult,barely
functioned.Butbythemiddleof2007allthreewillhavegone,andthis
factalonewilltransformtheEuropeanpoliticallandscape.
H.
Theupshotisthatthe
politics
ofthethree
large
continental
countries,
bureaucraticmomentumandtheeconomicsofrecoverywillallbealigned
to
giveapushtowards
integration
in
2007.Thatdoesnotmeanthemomentum
willbeirresistibleorevenpopular.TheBritishgovernment,forone,
will
almostcertainly
not
wanttogowiththeflow,
beginning
yetanother
chapterinthelonghistory
of
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