SectionⅠ Use of English
Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word（s）for each numbered blank and mark A，B，C，and D on ANSWER SHEET 1. （10 points）
A budget approved by the European Parliament for the European Economic Community was declared adopted Tuesday despite opposition by ministers. The president of the Parliament， Simone Veil， signed the ＄24.2 billion 1982 budget， 1 the EEC into its third 2 budget conflict.
Minutes after receiving a 3 from ministers to 4 the signing to give time to work out a 5 ， Veil told Britain's Financial Secretary to the Treasury， Nicholas Ridley，she had adopted the budget.
Ridley told reporters 6 speaking to Veil by telephone， “She has adopted it，and she is absolutely 7 that the ministers should write to her in this way without 8 consultation.”
EEC sources 9 most member states would probably 10 to make full payments to the budget as adopted， and the conflict was likely to 11 well into next year.
The ministers' letter to Veil， 12 after a meeting in Brussels Tuesday， 13 of serious consequences 14 the budget were adopted.
“The council of ministers appeals to you to put off the adoption of the 1982 budget 15 a consensus can be found ...” it said.
The adoption 16 six months of tortuous negotiations between the 434-member Assembly and EEC budget ministers over 1982 17 .
18 was blocked in the 19 by parliament's addition earlier this month of some ＄250 million much of it for jobs programs.
The number of people out of 20 in the EEC in November reached a record of almost 10 million， or nine percent of the working population， according to the EEC statistics office.
1. ［A］ undergoing B］ confronting C］ plunging ［D］ converting
2. ［A］ consecutive B］ consequent ［C］ sequential ［D］ preceding
3. ［A］ bulk ［B］ plea ［C］ honor ［D］ grant
4. ［A］ delay ［B］ detain ［C］ prolong ［D］ extend
5. ［A］ cooperation ［B］ combination ［C］ compromise ［D］ coincidence
6. ［A］ since ［B］ before ［C］ after ［D］ as
7. ［A］ furious ［B］ cautious ［C］ apprehensive ［D］ nervous
8. ［A］ urgent ［B］ crucial ［C］ prior ［D］ durable
9. ［A］ said ［B］ questioned ［C］ told ［D］ addressed
10. ［A］ contradict ［B］ deny ［C］ refuse ［D］ concede
11. ［A］ stretch ［B］ last ［C］ gear ［D］ proceed
12. ［A］ outlined ［B］ drafted ［C］ polished ［D］ compiled
13. ［A］ warned ［B］ disposed ［C］ dreamt ［D］ conceived
14. ［A］ even if ［B］ if ［C］ so that ［D］ for
15. ［A］ until ［B］ while ［C］ although ［D］ since
16. ［A］ characterized ［B］ followed ［C］ stimulated ［D］ brought
17. ［A］ spending ［B］ provisions ［C］ survey ［D］ slogan
18. ［A］ Clash ［B］ Agreement ［C］ Option ［D］ Abundance
19. ［A］ end ［B］ dawn ［C］ event ［D］ dark
20. ［A］ reach ［B］ shape ［C］ impulse ［D］ work
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