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For travelers to Europe, from January 2002 there’s something special on offer besides all the usual sights. It’s the chance to be on the end of an era, and the birth of a new currency. Yes, it’s goodbye to the franc, the mark, drachma, peseta, lira and many of the other currencies which now confront visitors to Europe. They have all been replaced by the new euro.
While a little of the mystery of travel will vanish with them, the changeover promises a much simpler life for visitors to Europe. On December 31, 2001 a dozen members of the European Union switched to the euro—a change which affects 300 million people. The euro currency has existed in abstract form since 1999, and is already used for check and credit card transactions. The next step was to make the move from abstract to physical, by abandoning the old currencies and using the new euro notes and coins instead.
Since the beginning of the 2002 New Year, people in Europe have the choi
A. The beautiful scenery that they’ve never seen.
B. The euro that has never been used by anyone.
C. The currencies that will be replaced by the euro.
D. The culture that they are not familiar with.
[单项选择]In order to protect Western Europe from possible Soviet expansion, the United States decided to offer western European countries economic aid. This policy is called ( ).
A. Truman Doctrine
B. Marshall Plan
C. containment policy
D. McCarthyism
[单项选择]The quality of life had improved () and there was a marked change in life style.
A. considerately
B. considerably
C. desperately
D. essentially
[单项选择]The period in Europe from the end of the World War II has seen a spectacular growth in the number of cars, similar to ( ) in America during the 1920s and 1930s.
A. what would take place
B. that which took place
C. which had taken place
D. that were taking place
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Elderly Rule in Europe
A. Seen from afar, Europe looks like an "elderly rule", an American newspaper reported in 1963. Europeans were young in years and outlook (their median age was just 32). But their leaders included the 87-year-old Konrad Adenauer in Germany; 70-year-old rulers in Spain and Portugal; Charles de Gaulle in France (then 72, and destined to hang on to the presidency for six more years); and the baby of the bunch, Britain’s 68-year-old Harold Macmillan, who was soon to quit as prime minister.
B. Today Europe again faces rule by the elderly. Not because its leaders are all ancient; modern politicians tend to show off their pregnant wives and school-age children, and rulers themselves in cycling shorts and running kit. Now it is the voters who have aged. By 2050, more than a third of potential European Union voters will be over 65. And because older voters turn out more reliably than the young, they could wield crus
[单项选择]Britain is separated from the rest of Europe by ______ in the south.
A. the English Channel
B. the North Sea
C. the Pacific Ocean
D. the Atlantic Ocean