European leaders were poised to agreeing to tougher new measures to 1.______ enforce budget discipline in the euro zone, but sti

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问题     European leaders were poised to agreeing to tougher new measures to 1.______
enforce budget discipline in the euro zone, but still showed little signs of 2. ______
producing a comprehensive solution about the sovereign debt crisis or a credible
plan to relive fragile economies across Europe’s weakened Mediterranean tier. 3.______
    The meeting of European Union heads of state and government in
Brussels aimed at finalizing the text of a so-called fiscal compact for the 17 4.______
E.U. nations relying on the euro zone and issuing a declaration calling for a 5.______
new push to kick-start growth and combat joblessness across the Continent.
    But a number of politicians and analysts said the pledge by the E.U.
leaders to create new jobs was most empty, and others complained that 6. ______
the proposed rules to keep deficits under control were unbalanced so they 7.______
contained little to actually help nations with high borrowing costs.
    The summit declaration was also expected to skirt around the
continuing problems in Greece, where the second bailout is being held 8.______
up by the inability of the government in Athens to complete a deal with
private holders of Greek bonds over the losses they should accept.
    Until Greece and its private-sector creditors can agree on a ¢100 billion,
or $132 billion, debt write-down on government bonds, the I.M.F. and the
European Union are prepared to sign off on a further bailout to allow Greece 9.______
to pay its bills over the next few years. In October, the bailout was expected
to total about ¢130 billion, but since then the country’s economic overlook 10.______
has worsened, suggesting that an even bigger sum might be needed.

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答案∧prepared—not

解析 本题为缺词错误。本句把由until引导的时间状语从句提前,not…until…是固定搭配,表示直到……才……,不能省略not。
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