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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、eager
B、delighted
C、worried
D、reluctant
答案A
解析 由本句开头的But可以推测本句表达的意思应该与上文相反。上一段说明法德两国关系紧张，根据空格后的friendlier footing可以推测两国关系有望朝好的方向发展，[A] eager表达出了两国希望重修旧好的愿望。[B] delighted似乎也符合原文意思，但是它表达的是事实，说明这件事情已经发生了，而文中表明这种愿望还没有实现，事情还没有发生，目前只是希望发生，所以排除。[C] worried和[D] reluctant都与两国有望缓和的关系相矛盾，故排除。  
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