ForyearsbusinesspeopleinWesternEuropewereworried．TheyknewtheycouldnotcompeteagainstbusinessfromtheU．S．TheUnitedStatesismuchlargerandhadmanymoreresourcesthananyWesternEuropeancountriesSomeEur

ForyearsbusinesspeopleinWesternEuropewereworried．TheyknewtheycouldnotcompeteagainstbusinessfromtheU．S．TheUnitedStatesismuchlargerandhadmanymoreresourcesthananyWesternEuropeancountries

SomeEuropeanpeoplerealizedthattheEuropeannationsneedtojointogethertohelpeachother．Iftheycouldforgettheirlanguagedifferencesandthedifferencesincustomstheymightbecomestrongcompetitionagainstothercountries．

In1958sixoftheEuropeancountries---BelgiumtheNetherlandsLuxembourgFranceGermanyandItalygottogetheranddecidedtocooperate．TheycalledtheirgrouptheEuropeanEconomicCommunityortheCommonMarket．Thesecountriesagreedtojointheirresourcestogether．

WithinafewyearstheEuropeanEconomicCommunityhadworkedsowellthatitsmembersweremoreprosperousthanmanyotherEuropeannations．SoonothernationsbegantorealizetheadvantageoftheCommonMarket．TodaytheCommonMarketincludesmostoftheimportantcountriesinWesternEurope．ItishelpingWesternEuropetoagaintakeitsplaceasaleaderamongtheindustrialnationsoftheworld．

1．FromthepassageweknowtheU．S．ismuchricherthan________inresources．

A．anyotherWesternEuropeancountries

B．anyothercountryinWesternEurope

C．anycountryinWesternEurope

D．everycountryinEurope

2．ThemembersoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunityhavedevelopedfastbecausethey___．

A．sharetheirresourcesandbecomemoreprosperous

B．canagaintaketheplaceasaleaderintheworld

C．forgetthedifferencesintheirlanguagesandcustoms

D．havebecomestrongcompetitionagainsttheU．S．

3．Whichstatementistrue?

A．TheCommonMarketisonlyapoliticalassociation．

B．TheCommonMarketisaneconomicandpoliticalassociation

C．TheCommonMarketisonlyaneconomicassociation

D．TheCommonMarketisneitheraneconomicassociationnorapoliticalone．

4．Inorderto______theWesternEuropeancountriesdecidedtocooperate．

A．jointogethertofoundaunitedcountry

B．helpeachothertosmoothawaythedifferencesincustoms

C．workandac