The chronic European debt crisis is ______ on demand in Europe, and North America, which are key markets for manufacturers of personal computers and home appliances.
A.taking a stand
B.taking a turn
C.taking an action
D.taking a toll
A.taking a stand
B.taking a turn
C.taking an action
D.taking a toll
As well as those chronic problems, the EU face an acute crisis in its economic core, the 16 countries that use the single currency. Markets have lost faith that the euro zone's economies, weaker or stronger, will one day converge thanks to the discipline of sharing a single currency, which denies uncompetitive members the quick fix of devaluation.
Yet the debate about how to save Europe's single currency from disintegration is stuck. It is stuck because the euro zone's dominant powers, France and Germany, agree on the need for greater harmonisation within the euro zone, but disagree about what to harmonies.
Germany thinks the euro must be saved by stricter rules on borrowing, spending and competitiveness, barked by quasi-automatic sanctions for governments that do not obey. These might include threats to freeze EU funds for poorer regions and EU mega-projects, and even the suspension of a country's voting rights in EU ministerial councils. It insists that economic co-ordination should involve all 27 members of the EU club, among whom there is a small majority for free-market liberalism and economic rigour ; in the inner core alone, Germany fears, a small majority favour French interference.
A "southern" camp headed by French wants something different: "European economic government" within an inner core of euro-zone members. Translated, that means politicians intervening in monetary policy and a system of redistribution from richer to poorer members, via cheaper borrowing for governments through common Eurobonds or complete fiscal transfers. Finally, figures close to the French, government have murmured, euro-zone members should agree to some fiscal and social harmonisation: e. g. , curbing competition in corporate-tax rates or labour costs.
It is too soon to write off the EU. It remains the world's largest trading block. At its best, the European project is remarkably liberal: built around a single market of 27 rich and poor countries, its internal borders are far more open to goods, capital and labour than any comparable trading area. It is an ambitious attempt to blunt the sharpest edges of globalisation, and make capitalism benign.
The EU is faced with so many problems that_________.
A.it has more or less lost faith in markets
B.even its supporters begin to feel concerned
C.some of its member countries plan to abandon euro
D.it intends to deny the possibility of devaluation
Which of the following is the most reasonable cause of euthanasia?
A.People don't like to live too long.
B.People don't like to suffer from lasting chronic diseases.
C.People don't like to be hospitalized.
D.People don't like to become a burden of others.
The use of quality circles:
A . has proven ineffective in both Japan and the U.S.
B . is particularly effective in overcoming labor/management conflicts.
C . provides a quick fix for most quality problems.
D . allows workers the opportunity to generate solutions for chronic quality problems.
E . A and B only
Proto-Indo-European is believed to be the ancestor of most European languages, such as Greek, German, Spanish, French and Italian.()
69 The use of quality circles:
A. has proven ineffective in both Japan and the U.S.
B. is particularly effective in overcoming labor/management conflicts.
C. provides a quick fix for most quality problems.
D. allows workers the opportunity to generate solutions for chronic quality problems.
E. A and B only