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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、delay
B、detain
C、prolong
D、extend
答案A
解析 A项表示“推迟；延迟”。delay指由于某种干扰而使某件事推迟，甚至无限期地延迟。这种延迟可能是有意的，也可能是无意造成的。根据文章一致性原则，“delay”与下文的put off“推迟；延迟”构成一种一致性。而选项B detain(耽搁；扣留，拘留)，选项C prolong(指将事物存在、事情进行的时间“延长、拖长”)，选项D extend(本义为直线型扩展；延长，延伸)均不构成一致性，不符合题意。
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