Question

The World Trade Organization (WTO) founded on January 1, 1994, aims to encourage international trade to flow as freely as possible, making sure that trade agreements are respected and that any disputes (争端) can be settled.

In the five years since its founding, the WTO has become well-known as one of the world’s most powerful economic organizations, taking its place alongside the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

The system of global rules for international trade, however, dates back half a century to 1948 when the General Agreement on Tariffs (关税) and Trade (GATT) was formed after World War II.

As time went by it became clear that the GATT had two major drawbacks—the limited areas of trade it covered, and the lack of an effective system to settle disputes.

After seven years of trade talks ending in 1994. the so-called Uruguay Round finally gave birth to the WTO, complete with an effective system to settle disputes and new rules covering trade in services and intellectual property (知识产权).

Even after seven years of talks and 22500 pages of agreements there were still problems, especially the difficult-to-deal-with areas of agriculture and services.

The WTO. with its head office in Geneva, has 135 members with 30 more waiting to join.

1.Compared with the GATT, the WTO _____.

A．can do better to settle disputes in more areas of international trade

B．got its members to sign the agreements more easily

C．has got too many areas of international trade to deal with to work effectively

D．didn’t pay enough attention to services and intellectual property

2.In the new century the WTO will _____.

A．take the place of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund

B．have new rules covering trade in services and intellectual property

C．make complete new rules in every area of international trade

D．have more members and do much more to settle more problems

3.The underlined word “drawbacks” probably means _____.

A．weak points        B．changes           C．strong points       D．improvements

4.The best title for the passage is _____.

A．WTO—Another Name for GATT

B．WTO—an International Service Organization

C．WTO—One of the World’s Strongest Economic Organizations

D．WTO—the World’s Most Powerful Economic Organization

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.C

【解析】

试题分析:本文是一篇说明文，说明了二战以后，成立了关贸协定，因其不能很好地解决经济争端问题，所以成立了世界贸易组织，世界贸易组织是世界最强经济组织之一

1.细节题，由倒数第二段最后一句complete with an effective system to settle disputes and new rules covering trade in services and intellectual property (知识产权).可以知道答案，故选A。

2.细节题。由最后一段最后一句with its head office in Geneva, has 135 members with 30 more waiting to join.可以知道答案，所以选D。

3.推理题，由第四段最后一句the limited areas of trade it covered, and the lack of an effective system to settle disputes可以推出答案，所以选A

4.推理题，由本文的主要意思“世界贸易组织是世界最强经济组织之一”，所以选C

考点：本篇是一篇说明文