36. The EU is faced with so many problems that.
- A. it has more or less lost faith in markets
- B. even its supporters begin to feel concerned
- C. some of its member countries plan to abandon euro
- D. it intends to deny the possibility of devaluation
答案：B
答案句：Now even the project’s greatest cheerleaders talk of a continent facing a “Bermuda triangle” of debt, population decline and lower growth.
参考译文：如今，即使是该项目最热心的支持者也在谈论欧洲大陆正面临着一个由债务、人口下降和增长放缓构成的“百慕大三角”。
定位线索：题干“The EU is faced with so many problems”对应答案句“a continent facing a ‘Bermuda triangle’ of debt, population decline and lower growth”；文中“greatest cheerleaders”对应选项B“its supporters”；文中“talk of...facing”对应选项B“begin to feel concerned”。
解析：题干问欧盟面临诸多问题导致什么结果，答案句明确指出“最热心的支持者”也在谈论欧洲面临困境，即支持者开始担忧，对应B项。A项“对市场失去信心”偷换主语，原文是市场对欧元区失去信心；C项“成员国计划放弃欧元”无中生有；D项“否认贬值可能性”曲解原文“denies uncompetitive members the quick fix of devaluation”，指不允许通过贬值快速解决问题，而非否认可能性。
37. The debate over the EU’s single currency is stuck because the dominant powers _____.
- A. are competing for the leading position
- B. are busy handling their own crises
- C. fail to reach an agreement on harmonisation
- D. disagree on the steps towards disintegration
答案：C
答案句：It is stuck because the euro zone’s dominant powers, France and Germany, agree on the need for greater harmonisation within the euro zone, but disagree about what to harmonise.
参考译文：争论陷入僵局是因为欧元区的主导力量法国和德国同意需要在欧元区内加强协调，但在协调什么的问题上存在分歧。
定位线索：题干“The debate over the EU’s single currency is stuck”对应答案句“It is stuck”；题干“the dominant powers”对应答案句“the euro zone’s dominant powers, France and Germany”；文中“disagree about what to harmonise”对应选项C“fail to reach an agreement on harmonisation”。
解析：题干问争论陷入僵局的原因，答案句直接给出“法国和德国同意需要加强协调，但不同意协调什么”，即未能就协调内容达成一致，对应C项。A项“争夺领导地位”无中生有；B项“忙于处理自身危机”无中生有；D项“在解体步骤上分歧”偷换概念，原文是“harmonise”而非“disintegration”。
38. To solve the euro problem, Germany proposed that.
- A. EU funds for poor regions be increased
- B. stricter regulations be imposed
- C. only core members be involved in economic co-ordination
- D. voting rights of the EU members be guaranteed
答案：B
答案句：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.
参考译文：德国认为必须通过更严格的借贷、支出和竞争力规则来拯救欧元，并以对不遵守规则的政府实施准自动制裁为后盾。
定位线索：题干“To solve the euro problem”对应答案句“the euro must be saved”；题干“Germany proposed”对应答案句“Germany thinks”；文中“stricter rules”对应选项B“stricter regulations be imposed”。
解析：题干问德国提出的解决欧元问题的方案，答案句明确说“必须通过更严格的规则”，对应B项“实施更严格的法规”。A项“增加对贫困地区的欧盟资金”与原文“threats to freeze EU funds for poorer regions”相反；C项“仅核心成员参与经济协调”与原文“should involve all 27 members”矛盾；D项“保证投票权”与原文“suspension of voting rights”相反。
39. The French proposal of handling the crisis implies that.
- A. poor countries are more likely to get funds
- B. strict monetary policy will be applied to poor countries
- C. loans will be readily available to rich countries
- D. rich countries will basically control Eurobonds
答案：A
答案句：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.
参考译文：换言之，这意味着政治家干预货币政策，以及通过共同欧元债券或完全财政转移为政府提供更廉价借贷，实现从较富裕成员向较贫穷成员的再分配体系。
定位线索：题干“The French proposal of handling the crisis implies”对应答案句“Translated, that means”；文中“redistribution from richer to poorer members”对应选项A“poor countries are more likely to get funds”；文中“cheaper borrowing”对应“funds”。
解析：题干问法国提议的含义，答案句指出“从较富裕成员向较贫穷成员的再分配体系”，即贫穷国家更可能获得资金，对应A项。B项“对贫穷国家实施严格货币政策”与原文“politicians intervening in monetary policy”不符，且未特指贫穷国家；C项“富裕国家更容易获得贷款”与原文“redistribution from richer to poorer”方向相反；D项“富裕国家将控制欧元债券”无中生有。
40. Regarding the future of the EU, the author seems to feel.
- A. pessimistic
- B. desperate
- C. conceited
- D. hopeful
答案：D
答案句：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.
参考译文：现在就对欧盟下结论还为时过早。它仍然是世界上最大的贸易集团。在其最好的状态下，欧洲计划非常自由：围绕27个贫富国家的单一市场建立，其内部边界对商品、资本和劳动力的开放程度远超任何类似的贸易区。
定位线索：题干“Regarding the future of the EU”对应答案句“It is too soon to write off the EU”；文中“too soon to write off”和“remarkably liberal”体现积极态度，对应选项D“hopeful”。
解析：题干问作者对欧盟未来的态度，答案句“现在下结论为时过早”和“仍然最大贸易集团”“非常自由”等表述体现积极乐观，对应D项“充满希望”。A项“悲观”和B项“绝望”与原文积极评价矛盾；C项“自负”是作者对欧盟的评价，而非作者自身态度。