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Text 4 Will the European Union make it?T

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问题 Text 4 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 harmonies.Germany thinks the euro must be saved by stricter rules on borrow,spending and competitiveness,backed by quasiautomatic sanctions for governments that do not obey.These might include threats to freeze EU funds for poorer regions and EU megaprojects and even the suspension of a country's voting rights in EU ministerial councils.It insists that economic coordination should involve all 27 members of the EU club,among whom there is a small majority for freemarket liberalism and economic rigour;in the inner core alone,Germany fears,a small majority favour French interference.A“southern”camp headed by French wants something different:“European economic government”within an inner core of eurozone 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 France government have murmured,eurozone members should agree to some fiscal and social harmonization:e.g.,curbing competition in corporatetax 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 capitalism benign.The EU is faced with so many problems that_____A.it has more or less lost faith in marketsB.even its supporters begin to feel concernedC.some of its member countries plan to abandon euroD.it intends to deny the possibility of devaluation
选项 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
解析 细节题【命题思路】这是一道局部细节题，需要对文章首段的信息进行锁定，从而判断得出答案。【直击答案】根据题干信息定位到首段第二句“Now even…growth”，这句话中“cheerleader”本意是“拉拉队队长”，在此引申为“支持者”。“a continent”在此句中指代“The EU”，题干的problem是原文crisis的近义替换，这句话说明欧盟的支持者都开始谈论整个欧盟面临的问题，这就说明其支持者也开始为欧盟担忧，由此可判断出B项正确。【干扰排除】由第二段第二句“Markets have lost faith…”，可知市场对欧元区经济体失去信心，但并非A项中的欧盟对市场失去信心，故A项错误。文中并未提及成员国是否放弃使用欧元，C项属于无中生有，不选。由第二段末句“…which denies uncompetitive members the quick fix of devaluation.”可知原文讲的是成员国应对货币贬值的问题，而并非D项“欧盟打算否决贬值的可能性”，故错误。
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