Part II

　　Notes to the Reading Passage

　　1.pan-Enropean

　　pan-: 前綴：全，總，泛

　　pan-African 全/泛非洲的(運動)

　　pan-Enropean全/泛歐的(機構建設)

　　2.outstrip

　　超越，勝過，超過，優于

　　Material development outstripped human development”“物質的發展超過了人類的進步”

　　3.ebb

　　回落跌落；衰退或消減

　　The tide is on the ebb. 正在退潮。

　　4.Machiavelli

　　馬基雅維利，尼克爾1469-1527意大利政治理論家，他的著作君主論(1513年)闡述了一個意志堅定的統治者不顧道德觀念的約束如何獲得并保持其權力。

　　文章中意為“任何一個人都可以看到，顯而易見……”。

　　5.hey presto

　　突然地;立即(魔術師用語)您看，變！

　　6.upshot

　　結果；結局

　　Part III

　　Keys to the Questions 1-14

　　1.TRUE

　　Explanation

　　See the first sentence in Section A “Aftera period of introversion and stunned self-disbelief, continental European governments will recover their enthusiasm for pan-European institution-building in 2007”.

　　2.FALSE

　　Explanation

　　See the third sentence in Section C “And in 2005 they were supposed to ratify a European constitution, laying the ground for yet more integration—until the calm rhythm was rudely shattered by French and Dutch voters.”.

　　3.TRUE

　　Explanation

　　See the first sentence in the Section D “In 2007 the European Union marks the 50th anniversary of another treaty—the Treaty of Rome, its founding charter.”.

　　4.FALSE

　　Explanation

　　See the third sentence in Section D“But it does not take a Machiavelli to spot that once governments have signed the declaration (and it seems unlikely anyone would be so uncollegiate as to veto it) they will already be halfway towards committing themselves to a new treaty”.

　　5.NOT GIVEN

　　Explanation

　　See the first sentence in Section E “According to the German government—which holds the EU's agenda-setting presidency during the first half of 2007”.

　　6.TRUE

　　Explanation

　　See the third sentence in Section H“The British government, for one, will almost certainly not want to go with the flow, beginning yet another chapter in the long history of confrontation between Britain and the rest of Europe”.

　　7.further integration

　　Explanation

　　See the second sentence in Section C“Every four or five years, European countries take a large stride towards further integration by signing a new treaty”.

　　8.lay the ground

　　Explanation

　　See the third sentence in Section C “And in 2005 they were supposed to ratify a European constitution, laying the ground for yet more integration—until the calm rhythm was rudely shattered by French and Dutch voters.”.

　　9.publc rejection

　　Explanation

　　See the third sentence in Section E“Then, according to bureaucratic planners in Brussels and Berlin, blithely ignoring the possibility of public rejection, the whole thing will be signed, sealed and a new constitution delivered in 2009--10.”

　　10.bureaucratc momentum

　　Explanation

　　See the frst sentence in Section H "The upshot is that the politics of the three large continental countries, bureaucratic momentum and the economics of recovery will all be aligned to give a push towards integration in 2007."

　　11.C

　　Explanation

　　See the last sentence in Section B “Since politics often reacts to economic change with a lag, 2006's improvement in economic growth will have its impact in 2007, though the recovery may be ebbing by then”.

　　12.A

　　Explanation

　　See the last sentence in Section C “But the political impetus to sign something every four or five years has only been interrupted, not immobilised, by this setback.”

　　13.D

　　Explanation

　　See the first sentence in Section D “In 2007 the European Union marks the 50th anniversary of another treaty—the Treaty of Rome, its founding charter.”

　　14.B

　　Explanation

　　See third sentence in Section C: “And in 2005 they were supposed to ratify a European constitution, laying the ground for yet more integration—until the calm rhythm was rudely shattered by French and Dutch voters.”