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、building
B、setting
C、founding
D、erecting

答案B

解析 此题属于语意搭配题。set up表示"建立,设置",多为组织机构,可与句中的central bank 连用。选项build up表示"建造,逐渐获得",如:to build up your vocabulary(丰富你的词汇);选项found表示"建立,组建",属及物动词,不能与up连用;选项erect表示"建立,树立",所建东西带有一定高度,不能与up连用,如;They plan to erect an apartment house on that property.(他们准备在那块地产上建造一座公寓楼)。全句可译为:组建一个联合委员会帮助调控宏观经济政策;组建一家共同中央银行。
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