The Commission is expected to propose allowing people to choose which (36) they would come under, based on their (37) or their residency. But the proposal is set to (38) because of the very different laws on divorce that apply across the EU. The Commission wants to (39) problems over which law to apply when, for example, a married couple from one member state is resident in another member state or when the couple is of different ELI nationalities.
The (40) of member states are said to be (41) the idea and responded positively to a (42) which followed the (43) of a Commission Green Paper. With 15% of German divorces each year involving couples of different nationalities, the government of Berlin (44) see resolved the issue of which laws should apply.
But some member states are expected to resist the (45) which would involve allowing different divorce laws to be applied in their countries. For example, Malta does not allow divorce. The proposal would mean that although Maltese nationals could not divorce in Malta, a couple of different EU nationality (46) in Malta could apply to the Maltese court for a divorce under their country’s laws. Similarly in Ireland where the divorce law states a couple must have been separated for four years, establish that their marriage has broken down and be offered (47) a couple from Sweden could apply to an Irish court to allow them to divorce under Swedish law, where divorce can be (48) quickly. The Irish government’s submission to the Commission on the Green Paper stated: "reland is not in favor of allowing (49) to choose the applicable law, as this could be open to abuse ... such abuse would be likely to (50) most on divorce regimes, such as that of Ireland, which require a relatively long separation period."
Ireland, like the UK, however, is allowed to choose whether to "opt-in" to such a proposal under rules agreed in the Amsterdam treaty. Malta has no such (51) but could (52) the proposal in the Council of Ministers since (53) approval will be required. "It is going to lead to (54) said Geoffrey Shannon, Irish expert on the Commission on European Family Law, which examines the (55) of EU family law. The proposal would also mean that judges would have to be trained in the divorce law of all 25 member states.
The Commission is expected to propose allowing people to choose which (36) they would come under, based on their (37) or their residency. But the proposal is set to (38) because of the very different laws on divorce that apply across the EU. The Commission wants to (39) problems over which law to apply when, for example, a married couple from one member state is resident in another member state or when the couple is of different ELI nationalities.
The (40) of member states are said to be (41) the idea and responded positively to a (42) which followed the (43) of a Commission Green Paper. With 15% of German divorces each year involving couples of different nationalities, the government of Berlin (44) see resolved the issue of which laws should apply.
But some member states are expected to resist the (45) which would involve allowing different divorce laws to be applied in their countries. For example, Malta does not allow divorce. The proposal would mean that although Maltese nationals could not divorce in Malta, a couple of different EU nationality (46) in Malta could apply to the Maltese court for a divorce under their country’s laws. Similarly in Ireland where the divorce law states a couple must have been separated for four years, establish that their marriage has broken down and be offered (47) a couple from Sweden could apply to an Irish court to allow them to divorce under Swedish law, where divorce can be (48) quickly. The Irish government’s submission to the Commission on the Green Paper stated: "reland is not in favor of allowing (49) to choose the applicable law, as this could be open to abuse ... such abuse would be likely to (50) most on divorce regimes, such as that of Ireland, which require a relatively long separation period."
Ireland, like the UK, however, is allowed to choose whether to "opt-in" to such a proposal under rules agreed in the Amsterdam treaty. Malta has no such (51) but could (52) the proposal in the Council of Ministers since (53) approval will be required. "It is going to lead to (54) said Geoffrey Shannon, Irish expert on the Commission on European Family Law, which examines the (55) of EU family law. The proposal would also mean that judges would have to be trained in the divorce law of all 25 member states.
参考答案：harmonisation
解析：[解题思路] 该文章主要考查考生的词汇量。原文是关于欧盟国家的婚姻法律问题。材料中出现的“Commission”一词，考生应该很容易根据上下文判断出所指的是欧盟委员会。欧盟委员会希望允许成员国人们自由选择法律裁决体系，但是其中的困难是来自欧盟不同成员国国内采用不同的离婚法案。欧盟委员会以绿皮书形式公布该建议书，，大多成员国都支持该建议书并希望能够就此进一步磋商。但由于一些欧盟成员国本国法律禁止离婚而且在处理分居和离婚的步骤上有异，因为该建议书在实施上有实际难度。该题目考查的范围包括动词、词组、名词等。考生在答题时应该上下文语境和语法正确使用。[典型试题解析] 第44题答案为“is particularly keen to”，考生在答题时应该注意不要漏了谓语动词“is”；第48题答案为“obtained”，是动词过去分词形式；第49题答案为“spouses”，是名词复数，这些也可以从上下文的语法背景得到启示。