单选题 Will the European Union make it? The question would have sounded strange not long ago. Now even the project"s greatest cheerleaders talk of a continent facing a "Bermuda triangle" of debt, population decline and lower growth. As well as those chronic problems, the EU faces an acute crisis in its economic core, the 16 countries that use the single currency. Markets have lost faith that the euro zone"s economies, weaker or stronger, will one day converge thanks to the discipline of sharing a single currency, which denies uncompetitive members the quick fix of devaluation. Yet, the debate about how to save Europe"s single currency from disintegration is stuck. It is stuck because the euro zone"s dominant powers, France and Germany, agree on the need for greater harmonization within the euro zone, but disagree about what to harmonize. Germany thinks the euro must be saved by stricter rules on borrowing, spending and competitiveness, backed by quasi-automatic sanctions for governments that do not obey. These might include threats to freeze EU funds for poorer regions and EU mega-projects, and even the suspension of a country"s voting rights in EU ministerial councils. It insists that economic co-ordination should involve all 27 members of the EU club, among whom there is a small majority for free-market liberalism and economic rigor; in the inner core alone, Germany fears, a small majority favour French interference. A "southern" camp headed by France wants something different: "European economic government" within an inner core of euro-zone members. Translated, that means politicians intervening in monetary policy and a system of redistribution from richer to poorer members, via cheaper borrowing for governments through common Eurobonds or complete fiscal transfers. Finally, figures close to the French government have murmured, euro-zone members should agree to some fiscal and social harmonization: e.g. curbing competition in corporate-tax rates or labour costs. It is too soon to write off the EU. It remains the world"s largest trading block. At its best, the European project is remarkably liberal: built around a single market of 27 rich and poor countries, its internal borders are far more open to goods, capital and labour than any comparable trading area. It is an ambitious attempt to blunt the sharpest edges of globalization, and make capital benign.

单选题 The EU is faced with so many problems that______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：本题信息点是The EU is faced with so many problems，在文章中查阅该信息点时我们找到该信息点出现在文章开头，作者开头便提出本文要讨论的话题——欧盟是否能坚持下去呢?随后指出该问题不久前听起来还很奇怪，暗示不久前人们认为一定会成功，接下来话题转到现在甚至大的支持者(cheerleaders)也开始谈起欧洲大陆面临债务、人口及经济增长速度减缓等问题。由此可知欧盟面临的问题很严重，支持者也开始担忧，所以本题答案为B．even its supporters begin to feel concerned。

单选题 The debate over the EU"s single currency is stuck because the dominant powers______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：本题信息点是The debate over the EU’s single currency is stuck。首先在文章查找该信息点，我们发现该信息点出现在文章第三段第一句：Yet，the debate about how to save Europe’s single currency from disintegration is stuck。根据原因题的解题技巧，我们注意到信息点所在的句子只陈述事实，没有给出原因，那么原因就在下(几)句：It is stuck because the euro zone’s dominant powers，France and Germany,agree on the need for greater harmonization within the euro zone，but disagree about what to harmonize，大意为：这场辩论遇到了困难，因为欧元区的主导国家法国和德国虽然一致认为欧元区需要协调，但是就如何协调却不能达成共识。由此可见，选项C．fail to reach an agreement on harmonization 符合文章内容，为本题答案。

单选题 To solve the euro problem, Germany proposed that______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：本题信息点是To solve the euro problem，Germany proposed。在文章中查找该信息点，其出现在第四段第一句Germany thinks the euro must be saved by stricter rules on borrowing，spending and competitiveness，backed by quasi—automatic sanctions for governments that do not obey，大意为：德国认为必须通过更严格的借贷、开支和竞争规则，约束那些不遵守规则成员国的措施来挽救欧元；第二句的These指代rules，对规则做具体说明，其包括可能冻结给贫困地区的资金、冻结欧盟大型项目资金、暂停成员国在欧盟委员会的表决权等。第三句It insists that economic co-ordination should involve all 27 members of the EU club，among whom there is a small majority for free-market liberalism and economic rigor也表述德国的观点，大意为：德国坚持认为经济合作应该涉及全部27个成员国。将以上信息与选项比对，我们发现选项B．stricter regulations be imposed符合第四段第一句话的内容，为本题答案。其他选项中都提到了本段的相关信息，但是都不符合原文内容。

单选题 The French proposal of handling the crisis implies that______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：本题信息点是The French proposal ofhandling the crisis。在文章中查找该信息点时我们发现该信息点出现在第五段第一句A“southern”camp headed by France wants something different：“European economic government”within an inner core of euro—zone members，根据上一段德国的建议，这里wants something different则表示以法国为首的南部阵营的建议。本段第二句Translated，that means politicians intervening in monetary policy and a system of redistribution from richer to poorer members，via cheaper borrowing for governments through common Eurobonds or complete fiscal transfers是建议的核心内容，大意为：这就意味着政治家介入货币政策，介入从富有国到贫困国的再分配，也就是通过对(成员国)政府低息借贷欧盟债券或政府财政转移的方式重新分配。由此可见，这样的提议使得贫困国家更容易得到不同方式的资金，选项A．poor countries are more likely to get funds符合文章内容，为本题答案。