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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.To solve the euro problem，Germany proposed that______A.EU funds for poor regions be increasedB.stricter regulations be imposedC.only core members be involved in economic coordinationD.voting rights of the EU members be guaranteed
选项 A.EU funds for poor regions be increased
B.stricter regulations be imposed
C.only core members be involved in economic coordination
D.voting rights of the EU members be guaranteed
答案 B
解析 细节题【命题思路】这是一道局部细节题，需要对文章第四段的信息进行锁定，从而判断得出答案。【直击答案】根据题干信息定位到文章第四段首句“Germany thinks…and competitiveness…”，这句话的意思是“德国认为必须通过实施更加严格的借贷、支出和竞争条例来拯救欧元…….”。由此可知B项中“stricter regulations”是对原文“stricter rules”的同义替换，故B项正确。【干扰排除】由第四段第二句“These might…poorer regions…”可知冻结欧盟给贫困地区的资金，A项与原文信息相反，故不选。C项中的“only core members”是对第四段第三句“It insists that…all 27 members…”中的“all 27 members”偷换了概念，故错误。第四段第三句“It insists that…all 27 members…”，D项中的“be guaranteed”（得到保障）是对第四段第二句“…and even the supension…ministerial councils.”中“suspension”（停职）偷换了概念，故错误。
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