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雅思阅读模拟题:NextYearMarks
PartI
ReadingPassage1
Youshouldspendabout20minutesonQuestions1-14whicharebasedon
ReadingPassage1below.
NextYearMarkstheEU's50thAnniversaryoftheTreatyA.
Afteraperiodofintroversionandstunnedself-disbelief,continental
Europeangovernmentswillrecovertheirenthusiasmforpan-European
institution-buildingin2007.WhethertheEuropeanpublicwillwelcomeareturn
towhatvotersintwocountrieshadrejectedsoshortatimebeforeisanother
matter.
B.
ThereareseveralreasonsforEurope’srecoveringself-confidence.For
yearsEuropeaneconomieshadbeenlaggingdismallybehindAmerica(tosay
nothingofAsia),butin2006thelargecontinentaleconomieshadoneoftheir
bestyearsforadecade,brieflyoutstrippingAmericaintermsofgrowth.Since
politicsoftenreactstoeconomicchangewithalag,2006’simprovementin
economicgrowthwillhaveitsimpactin2007,thoughtherecoverymaybeebbing
bythen.
C.
Thecomingyearalsomarksaparticularpointinapoliticalcycleso
regularthatitalmostseemstoamounttoanaturallaw.Everyfourorfive
years,Europeancountriestakealargestridetowardsfurtherintegrationby
signinganewtreaty:theMaastrichttreatyin1992,theTreatyofAmsterdamin
1997,theTreatyofNicein2001.Andin2005theyweresupposedtoratifya
Europeanconstitution,layingthegroundforyetmoreintegration—untilthecalm
rhythmwasrudelyshatteredbyFrenchandDutchvoters.Butthepolitical
impetustosignsomethingeveryfourorfiveyearshasonlybeeninterrupted,
notimmobilised,bythissetback.
D.
In2007theEuropeanUnionmarksthe50thanniversaryofanothertreaty—the
TreatyofRome,itsfoundingcharter.Governmentleadershavealreadyagreedto
celebrateitceremoniously,restatingtheircommitmentto“evercloserunion”
andthebasicidealsofEuropeanunity.Byitself,andinnormalcircumstances,
theEU’s50th-birthdaygreetingtoitselfwouldbefairlymeaningless,aroutine
expressionofEuropeangoodfellowship.ButitdoesnottakeaMachiavellito
spotthatoncegovernmentshavesignedthedeclaration(anditseemsunlikely
anyonewouldbesouncollegiateastovetoit)theywillalreadybehalfway
towardscommittingthemselvestoanewtreaty.Allthatwillbenecessarywill
betoincorporatethe50th-anniversarydeclarationintoanewtreatycontaining
anumberofinstitutionalandotherreformsextractedfromthefailedattemptat
constitution-buildingand—heypresto—anewquasi-constitutionwillbeready.
E.
AccordingtotheGermangovernment—whichholdsthe
EU’sagenda-setting
presidencyduringthefirsthalfof2007—therewillbeanewdraftofa
slimmed-downconstitutionreadybythemiddleoftheyear,perhapstoputto
voters,perhapsnot.Therewouldthenbeacoupleofyearsinwhichitwillbe
discussed,approvedbyparliamentsand,perhaps,puttovotersifthatisdeemed
unavoidable.Then,accordingtobureaucraticplannersinBrusselsandBerlin,
blithelyignoringthepossibilityofpublicrejection,thewholethingwillbe
signed,sealedandanewconstitutiondeliveredin2009-10.Europewillbe
nicelybackonschedule.Itsfour-to-five-yearcycleofintegrationwillhave
missedonlyonebeat.
F.
TheresurrectionoftheEuropeanconstitutionwillbemademorelikelyin
2007becauseofwhatishappeninginnationalcapitals.TheEuropeanUnionis
notreallyanautonomousorganisation.Ifitfunctions,itisbecausethe
leadersofthebigcontinentalcountrieswantitto,reckoningthatanactive
Europeanpolicywillhelpthemgetdonewhattheywanttodointheirown
countries.
G.
Thatdidnothappenin2005-06.Defensive,cynicalandself-destructive,
theleadersofthethreelargesteuro-zonecountries—France,Italyand
Germany—werestumblingtowardstheirunlamentedends.Theysawnoreasonto
pursueanysortofEuropeanpolicyandtheEU,asaresult,barelyfunctioned.
Butbythemiddleof2007allthreewillhavegone,andthisfactalonewill
transformtheEuropeanpoliticallandscape.
H.
Theupshotisthatthepoliticsofthethreelargecontinentalcountries,
bureaucraticmomentumandtheeconomicsofrecoverywillallbealignedtogive
apushtowardsintegrationin2007.Thatdoesnotmeanthemomentumwillbe
irresistibleorevenpopular.TheBritishgovernment,forone,willalmost
certainlynotwanttogowiththeflow,beginningyetanotherchapterinthe
longhistoryofconfronta
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