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A budget approved by the European Parliament for the European Economic Commu

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问题     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." [br] 【C2】
选项 A、consecutive
B、consequent
C、sequential
D、preceding
答案 A
解析 A表示“(无间隔的)连续的”。根据原文意思“使EEC陷入了它们(连续的)第三次预算的冲突、矛盾当中”，所以选择“consecutive”。而选项B consequent“作为结果(或后果)的，随之发生的”，C项sequential“(有内在逻辑的)连续的”，D项preceding“在先的；在前的；优先的”均不符合题意。
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