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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、stimulated
B、preoccupied
C、concentrated
D、accustomed
答案B
解析 本句意思是“当奥巴马总统似乎对中国和其他亚洲国家比对美国在欧洲的传统同盟国更加______的时候，就需要一个新的推动力了”，由此可知此处需要填入表示奥巴马对其他亚洲国家的态度的词。同时能够与后面的介词with搭配，只有[B] preoccupied符合要求。[A] stimulated不能与介词，with搭配，用法举例：The boy was stimulated by what the teacher said．老师所说的话激励了这个男孩。[C] concentrated与介词on搭配，用法举例：I can’t concentrate on my work when I’m tired．我累了就无法集中精力工作。[D]accustomed与介词to搭配，用法举例：I might have been incredulous had I not been accustomed to such responses．若非我已经习惯了这样的回答，我可能不敢相信。  
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