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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、Since
B、Before
C、At
D、For
答案A
解析 本句主要介绍法德关系的历史背景及长期以来的两国关系。根据旬中的has been可知，此处需要用表示完成时态的时间副词。另外，空格后的the end of World War Ⅱ表示时间点，所以只有[A] Since符合时态要求和题意，故为正确答案。[B] Before和[C] At，在文中分别表示的时间是“在二战结束以前”和“在二战结束时”，都应该用过去时，与后文的现在完成时has been矛盾，所以排除，[D] For可以用于完成时态，但是后面要接表示一段时间的词．而不是时间点，所以也排除。
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