A budget approved by the European Parliament for the European Economic Community was declared adopted Tuesday despite opposition

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问题     A budget approved by the European Parliament for the European Economic Community was declared adopted Tuesday despite opposition by ministers.
    The president of the Parliament, Simone Veil, signed the $24. 2 billion 1982 budget,【1】the EEC into its third【2】budget conflict.
    Minutes after receiving a【3】from ministers to【4】the signing to give time to work out a【5】, Veil told Britain’s Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Nicholas Ridley, she had adopted the budget.
    Ridley told reporters【6】speaking to Veil by telephone, "She has adopted it, and she is absolutely【7】that the ministers should write to her in this way without【8】con-sultation. "
    EEC sources【9】most member states would probably【10】to make full payments to the budget as adopted, and the conflict was likely to【11】well into next year.
    The ministers’ letter to Veil,【12】after a meeting in Brussels Tuesday,【13】of serious consequences【14】the budget were adopted.
    "The council of ministers appeals to you to put off the adoption of the 1982 budget【15】a consensus can be found. " it said.
    The adoption【16】six months of tortuous negotiations between the 434-members Assembly and EEC budget ministers over 1982【17】【18】was blocked in the【19】by parliament’s addition earlier this month of some $ 250 million much of it for jobs programs.
    The number of people out of【20】in the EEC in November reached a record of almost 10 million, or nine percent of the working population, according to the EEC statistics office.

选项 A、urgent
B、crucial
C、prior
D、durable

答案C

解析 选项C表示“先前的;在先的”。本文是按时间先后顺序叙事的,所以原文中的“consultation会议”应该是“prior先前的”那个“consultation会议”,所以选择“prior”。而选项A“紧急的;迫切的”,选项B“极重要的;严重的”,选项D“耐久的;不易损伤的”均不表示时间上的先后,不符合题意。
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