German Chancellor Angela Merkel won over German voters in the Federal Election on Sept. 27. Can she now be won over by a French

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问题     German Chancellor Angela Merkel won over German voters in the Federal Election on Sept. 27. Can she now be won over by a French charm offensive【1】at repairing the relationship that was once at the heart of Europe? That’s the question being asked in Paris,【2】top government officials are【3】talking about their desire to rekindle closer ties【4】their neighbors across the Rhine.【5】the end of World War II the Franco-German relationship has been the motor of European integration, the【6】force behind the creation of the European Union and, more recently, the introduction of the euro. But the ardor has【7】in this decade, particularly under Merkel, who has regularly struggled to【8】her irritation with French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s grandstanding. Sarkozy,【9】, has often been impatient with what he【10】Merkel’s lack of resolve.
    The sometimes【11】personal rapport is a long way from the public shows of affection their predecessors staged, particularly Helmut Kohl and FranCois Mitterrand, who movingly held【12】in 1984 in a Verdun cemetery. There’s been tension on【13】, too. Charles Grant, director of the London-based think tank Centre for European Reform, points out that France and Germany have been【14】on issues from how best to reflate their economies during the economic【15】to the smartest strategies for dealing with Russia.
    But influential movers in France are now【16】to put the relationship back on a friendlier footing. In a recent paper French think tank Institute Montaigne【17】an ambitious agenda for the two nations,【18】that a new impetus is needed if Europe’s voice is to be heard in a world【19】of big new players, such as Brazil and India, and at a time when President Obama seems fax more【20】with China and the rest of Asia than with America’s traditional allies in Europe.

选项 A、filled
B、lack
C、void
D、full

答案B

解析 选项词性不尽相同,所以要根据文意和语法来判断。此处大意为“欧洲的声音要想在______强大新对手(比如巴西和印度)的世界中能被听见”,同时空格后有一个介词of,所以此处所填的词应该能与其搭配构成词组,因此[D] full符合文意和语法要求,为正确答案。[A] filled通常与with搭配,不与of搭配。[B]lack虽然符合语法,但是不符合句意。[C] void可以与of连用表示“缺乏,没有”,不符合文意。  
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