[填空题]Over forty years (pass) ______ since the first bridge was built in the district.

Forty years ago no one was concerned about the health of the ocean, in spite of the fact that many fisheries were being over harvested, toxic wastes were being dumped in the sea, and developers were beginning to seriously disrupt coastlines. In those days, the magnitude of the problems was small, even though it was obvious that if the trends continued people would face severe economic and personal hardship in the future. People just didn’t understand, nor did they care. Unfortunately many of our concerns were realized, but the situation could have been much worse had we, and others, not taken action to inform people about the ocean and the need to protect it.
During our campaign to share the wonders of the sea and alert the public about the need to protect it, we have used every medium available——personal appearances, the printed word, and television. Now there is a new medium that is even more effective than its predecessors. Thanks to the Internet and
A. the ocean was immune to any pollution then
B. they didn’t know what would come of if the ocean was deadly disrupted
C. there was no computer then
D. there wasn’t any problem with ocean at that time

Forty years ago, a historic document was signed in Rome that was to change the economic outlook and the future of many countries in Europe. That document was the Treaty of Rome, and this year, on March 25, 1997, the European Union celebrated the 40th anniversary of its signing. A revised draft Treaty on European Union (the Maastricht Treaty) was presented in Rome on that date. 41)______
42) ______ The Treaty set out the three pillars of the European Union -- Pillar 1: the three European communities which form its basis; Pillar 2: the development of a common foreign and security policy; and Pillar 3;cooperation in the areas of justice and home affairs, including immigration and asylum(收容所), drug trafficking(交易) and international crime.
43 )______ EMU means a single monetary policy operating within a single economic market and is therefore the logical complement to the Single Market in Europe today.
The EMU will be run by a European Central Bank independent