Question

    As globalization continues to make the world a smaller place, and goods become more accessible across borders,concerns about food safety in the Asia­Pacific region have steadily risen over the years. An APEC forum is being held in Beijing, to find ways to better address the problem.

156 participants from 19 APEC economies and 4 non-APEC members attended the APEC Food Safety Cooperation Forum. Created 7 years ago, the forum has been actively looking for ways to strengthen food safety standard in the region, without affecting trade.

“As consumers are faced with more varieties of food, the potential food safety risk also becomes bigger. This forum has helped APEC economies to cooperate in supervision (监督), exchange information, and improve the overall food safety standard in the Asia­Pacific region,” said director of China's General Administration of Quality Supervision Wu Qinghai.

For the first time the forum has brought together high­level regulators, academics, and industry stakeholders to talk about their respective roles in safety supervision. They say governments alone cannot shoulder this heavy duty.

In China, the continuous food safety problems have greatly hurt consumers' confidence in domestic products; therefore more turned to imports. However, problems related to quality of those imported goods also began to show. In July this year, more than 400 batches (批)of food imports from 35 countries and regions were found substandard by the country's top quality supervisor.

Governments and industries have been brought closer by this forum. As food moves more freely beyond borders, this forum is hoped to promote safety control cooperation, so APEC  members can better benefit from the economic integration (经济一体化).

1.What kind of function can the forum play?

A.It has greatly influenced the economy in the area.

B.It has long been able to put every side's efforts together.

C.It helps to bring government regulators and industries together.

D.It has found ways to deal with safety problems.

2.The last but one paragraph tells us that ________.

A.the Chinese customers are more satisfied with their food safety

B.food imported from other countries are indeed high in quality

C.many Chinese customers would rather buy some foreign food

D.there are only 35 countries and regions exporting food to China

3.The underlined word “address” in the first paragraph can be replaced by “________”.

A.send a letter about B.deal with

C.deliver a speech on D.call off

4.According to the article, which of the following statements is WRONG?

A.People can buy foreign food more easily than ever.

B.The more varieties of food, the bigger the potential food safety risk.

C.Food safety problems have appeared many times before this forum.

D.Governments have started their cooperation with academies and industries before this forum.

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

本文是新闻报道。为解决人们对亚太地区食品安全的担忧，APEC论坛正在北京举行。该论坛首次将高层监管人员、学者和行业利益相关者聚集在一起，讨论他们在安全监管中的各自角色。

1.细节理解题。根据最后一段Governments and industries have been brought closer by this forum.可知，通过这个论坛，各国政府和工业界走得更近了。即该论坛将政府监管机构和行业整合在一起。故选C。

2.推理判断题。根据倒数第二段In China, the continuous food safety problems have greatly hurt consumers' confidence in domestic products; therefore more turned to imports.可知，在中国，持续的食品安全问题极大地打击了消费者对国产产品的信心；因此，更多的人转向进口。这表明许多中国顾客宁愿买一些外国食品，故选C。

3.猜测词义题。上文提到随着全球化继续使世界变得更小，商品更容易跨境运输，人们对亚太地区食品安全的担忧多年来稳步上升。本句介绍APEC论坛正在北京举行，句中不定式to find ways表示的是论坛的目的，句中to find ways to better address the problem. address与the problem搭配，可推断是指解决上述问题，address与deal with同义，故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据第四段For the first time the forum has brought together high­level regulators, academics, and industry stakeholders to talk about their respective roles in safety supervision.可知，该论坛首次将高层监管人员、学者和行业利益相关者聚集在一起，讨论他们在安全监管中的各自角色。因为这是第一次，所以D项：在此论坛之前，各国政府已开始与院校和工业进行合作，表达错误。故选D。