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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、recover
B、discover
C、conceal
D、reveal
答案C
解析 空格所在句主要说明德国总理与法国总统个人之间的关系变化，由后文中的irritation，impatient等词可以推知，双方都不满意对方的作风，但又不便明确指出。此句想表达德国总理默克尔极力掩饰她愤怒的情绪，[C] conceal最符合语境，为正确答案。[A] recover强调恢复原状，不符合题意，用法举例：He’s now fully recovered from his stroke．他现已从中风病完全康复了。[B] discover意为先于他人发现已经存在的东西，不能与后面的“愤怒”搭配，用法举例：Who first discovered America?谁最早发现了美洲大陆?[D] reveal，默克尔作为国家总理，一般场合不会表露出愤怒，所以也排除，用法举例：These plans reveal a complete failure of imagination．这些计划显得毫无想象力。  
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