单选题In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully
and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news
item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now
listen to the news.
单选题
What is the main idea of the news item?
A. The EU has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
B. The EU has helped to transform Europe to a continent of peace.
C. The EU has incorporated Spain, Portugal and Greece.
D. The EU has sealed the reconciliation between France and
Germany.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
{{U}}The European Union has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for six decades of work in advancing peace in Europe.{{/U}}
The committee said the EU had helped to transform Europe from a continent of war to a continent of peace. The award comes as the EU faces the biggest financial crisis of its 54-year history, {{U}}with many of its member states mired in recession.{{/U}} The committee president highlighted the EU's work in sealing the reconciliation between France and Germany in the decades after World War II. And he praised the organization for incorporating Spain, Portugal and Greece after their authoritarian regimes collapsed in the 1970s.
[解析] 本题考查对新闻大意的把握。新闻的第一句话往往点明新闻的主旨大意，由原文划线部分可知，本则新闻主要报道的是欧盟获得了2012年的诺贝尔和平奖，因此A为正确答案。
单选题
Currently, many of the EU's member states ______.