1、第 第 頁雅思英語閱讀題及答案【Notes to the Reading Passage】1. pan-Enropeanpan- 前綴：全，總，泛pan-African 全/泛非洲的(運動)pan-Enropean全/泛歐的(機構建設)2. outstrip超越，賽過，超過，優于Material development outstripped human development “物質的進展超過了人類的進步”3. ebb回落跌落;衰退或消減The tide is on the ebb. 正在退潮。4. Machiavelli馬基雅維利，尼克爾1469-1527意大利政治理論家，他的著作君主論(

2、1513年)闡述了一個意志堅決的統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“任何一個人都可以看到，不言而喻。”5. hey presto突然地;馬上(魔術師用語)您看，變!6. upshot結果;結局【Keys to the Questions 1-14】1. TRUEE*planationSee the first sentence in Section A Aftera period of introversion and stunned self-disbelief, continental European governments will recover their e

3、nthusiasm for pan-European institution-building in 2022.2. FALSEE*planationSee the third sentence in Section C And in 2022 they were supposed to ratify a European constitution, laying the ground for yet more integrationuntil the calm rhythm was rudelyshattered by French and Dutch voters.3. TRUEE*pla

4、nationSee the first sentence in the Section D In 2022 the European Union marks the 50th anniversary of another treatythe Treaty of Rome, its founding charter.4. FALSEE*planationSee the third sentence in Section DBut it does not take a Machiavelli to spot that once governments have signed the declara

5、tion (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.5. NOT GIVENE*planationSee the first sentence in Section E According to the German governmentwhich holds the EUs agenda-setting presidency during the

6、first half of 2022.6. TRUEE*planationSee the third sentence in Section HThe 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.7. further integrationE*planationSee

7、the second sentence in Section CEvery four or five years, European countries take a large stride towards further integration by signing a new treaty.8. lay the groundE*planationSee the third sentence in Section C And in 2022 they were supposed to ratify a European constitution, laying the ground for

8、 yet more integrationuntil the calm rhythm was rudelyshattered by French and Dutch voters.9. publc rejectionE*planationSee the third sentence in Section EThen, according to bureaucratic planners in Brussels and Berlin, blithely ignoring the possibility of public rejection, the whole thing will be si

9、gned, sealed and a new constitution delivered in 2022-10.10. bureaucratc momentumE*planationSee the frst sentence in Section H The upshot is that the politics of the three large continental countries, bureaucratic momentum and the economics of recovery will all be aligned to give a push towards inte

10、gration in 2022.11. CE*planationSee the last sentence in Section B Since politics often reacts to economic change with a lag, 2022s improvement in economic growth will have its impact in 2022, though the recovery may be ebbing by then.12. AE*planationSee the last sentence in Section C But the politi

11、cal impetus to sign something every four or five years has only been interrupted, not immobilised, by this setback.13 . DE*planationSee the first sentence in Section D In 2022 the European Union marks the 50th anniversary of another treatythe Treaty of Rome, its founding charter.14 .BE*planationSee third sentence in Section C: “And in 2022