A budget approved by the European Parliament for the European Economic Community was declared adopted Tuesday despite opposition by ministers. The president of the Parliament, Simone Veil, signed the $24.2 billion 1982 budget,【C1】______the EEC into its third【C2】______budget conflict. Minutes after receiving a【C3】______from ministers to【C4】______the signing to give time to work out a【C5】______, Veil told Britain's Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Nicholas Ridley, she had adopted the budget. Ridley told reporters【C6】______speaking to Veil by telephone, ""She has adopted it, and she is absolutely【C7】______that the ministers should write to her in this way without【C8】______con-sultation. "" EEC sources【C9】______most member states would probably【C10】______to make full payments to the budget as adopted, and the conflict was likely to【C11】______well into next year. The ministers' letter to Veil,【C12】______after a meeting in Brussels Tuesday,【C13】______of serious consequences【C14】______the budget were adopted. ""The council of ministers appeals to you to put off the adoption of the 1982 budget【C15】______a consensus can be found. "" it said. The adoption【C16】______six months of tortuous negotiations between the 434-members Assembly and EEC budget ministers over 1982【C17】______. 【C18】______was blocked in the【C19】______by parliament's addition earlier this month of some $ 250 million much of it for jobs programs. The number of people out of【C20】______in the EEC in November reached a record of almost 10 million, or nine percent of the working population, according to the EEC statistics office."
Hardy's weakness ______ his apparent inability to control the comings and goings of these divergent impulses and from his unwillingness to cultivate and sustain the energetic and risky ones.
Rain water has begun to ______ the roof of my house.
Rather like a spoilt child
Is language, like food
The problem of the standard educational tests is caused by ______.
The clash between Real Madrid and Arsenal is being______as the match of the season.
She bought a house near the sea last year so she could take a______along the beach whenever she wanted to.
His ideas are invariably condemned as______by his colleagues.
The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, painfree life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain. As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment (承担的义务), self-improvement. Ask a bachelor (单身汉) why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features. Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night's sleep or a three-day vacation. I don't know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild. Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all. According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because ______.
Modern appliances ______ us from a good deal of household work. For instance, the dryer frees us from hanging the laundry.
Big cities today are confronted with very serious problems. Transport is a【C1】______difficulty: some planners believe in【C2】______transport system; others believe in making it possible for citizens to move【C3】______in private cars. There are several ways of【C4】______a public transport system. Sometimes it is built under the ground; sometimes it is on the【C5】______, and sometimes it is even above ground level,【C6】______in parts of New York and Tokyo for example. In most cases, of course, it is a【C7】______of some or all of these elements. The【C8】______of the city centers has also been a problem in the last 30 years. The hearts of many cities have become poorer and poorer,【C9】______more and more crime and violence, 【C10】______the people who can afford to have moved out to the【C11】______. This is the opposite of the situation 100 years ago,【C12】______wealthy people lived in the center, and the poor lived【C13】______the outskirts of the city. Ecological problems also【C14】______, as factories and cars pollute the air, trees are cut down to make【C15】______for urban clearways, and crowded conditions cause garbage to【C16】______in the streets. In order to solve these problems, some planners believe we should limit the size of our cities, perhaps by restricting population, or perhaps by offering【C17】______jobs in the provinces. Others believe that cities cannot be limited in size and that the problems must be solved in a【C18】______of ways—by creating green areas, building【C19】______houses for everybody, stopping factory pollution,【C20】______motor transport, and so on."
What he told me was a______of downright lies.
em>Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation./em> Miss Parkinson became interested in her own business ______.
How can you he so ______ to the sufferings of people in poverty in the world?
His heart ______ with excitement as he was waiting for the reception by the leaders.
They had planned to go outing this weekend
______ the advice from the councilor
The generation ______ makes it difficult for parents to understand their children's opinions.
Their ______ building is located next to the park, so it is very convenient for them to have a walk after supper.