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On April 20, 2000, in Accra, Ghana, the leaders of six West African countries declared their intention to proceed to monetary un

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问题     On April 20, 2000, in Accra, Ghana, the leaders of six West African countries declared their intention to proceed to monetary union among the non-CFA franc countries of the region by January 2003, as first step toward a wider monetary union including all the ECOWAS countries in 2004. The six countries (1)_____ themselves to reducing central bank financing of budget deficits (2)_____ 10 percent of the previous years government (3)_____; reducing budget deficits to 4 percent of the second phase by 2003; creating a Convergence Council to help (4)_____ macroeconomic policies; and (5)_____ up a common central bank. Their declaration (6)_____ that, "Member States (7)_____ the need (8)_____ strong political commitment and (9)_____ to (10)_____ all such national policies (11)_____ would facilitate the regional monetary integration process".
    The goal of a monetary union in ECOWAS has long been an objective of the organization, going back to its formation in 1975, and is intended to (12)_____ broader integration process that would include enhanced regional trade and (13)_____ institutions. In the colonial period, currency boards linked sets of countries in the region. (14)_____ independence, (15)_____, these currency boards were (16)_____, with the (17)_____ of the CFA franc zone, which included the francophone countries of the region. Although there have been attempts to advance the agenda of ECOWAS monetary cooperation, political problems and other economic priorities in several of the region’s countries have to (18)_____ inhibited progress. Although some problems remain, the recent initiative has been bolstered by the election in I999 of a democratic government and a leader who is committed to regional (19)_____ in Nigeria, the largest economy of the region, raising hopes that the long-delayed project can be (20)_____.

选项 A、finance
B、profit
C、income
D、revenue
答案D
解析 此题属于词义辨析题。government revenue属习惯用法，意为"政府岁人"，其他选项：选项finance表示"金融"；选项profit表示"利润，益处"；选项income表示"收入"，指个人所得之薪水、工资，投资所得之利息等。全句可译为：2000年4月20日，在加纳首都阿克拉，六位西非国家首脑宣布：作为将在2004年建成的一个更广泛的、包括西非经济共同体所有成员国在内的货币统一组织的第一步，他们打算在2003年1月前在该地区不属于非洲金融共同体法郎区的国家间建立一个货币联盟。六个国家承诺将中央银行的财政预算赤字减少到上一年政府岁入的10%，到2003年的第二阶段，减少到4%。
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