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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、on the whole
B、in turn
C、on the other hand
D、on the contrary
答案B
解析 本句主要从两国首相之间相互不满意的态度说明两国关系有所降温。前句指出默克尔经常极力掩饰自己对法国总统尼古拉·萨科齐哗众取宠的愤怒，后一句表明萨科齐也经常无法忍受法国总统默克尔的优柔寡断。由此可见，两句之间从内容上说是并列的关系，从意思上说是相对的关系，因此[B] in turn最符合题意。[A] on the whole表示总结观点或态度，不符合语境，用法举例：On the whole，I’m in favour of the proposal．总的来说．我赞成这个提议。[C] on the other hand通常与on the one hand连用，表示对立的思想、观点等“一方面；另一方面……”，用法举例：on the one hand，they’d love to have kids，but on the other hand，they don’t want to give up their freedom．一方面，他们想要孩子，另一方面，他们又想过自由自在的生活。[D] on the contrary表达意思与前面完全相反，而不是多个对象的相对关系，所以也排除，用法举例：He is not poor，on the contrary，he is a millionaire．他不穷，相反，他是个百万富翁。  
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