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 (爭端) 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 (關(guān)稅) 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 (知識產(chǎn)權(quán)).
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.
小題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
小題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
小題3:The underlined word “drawbacks” probably means _____.
A．weak pointsB．changesC．strong pointsD．improvements
小題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

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:C

試題分析:本文是一篇說明文，說明了二戰(zhàn)以后，成立了關(guān)貿(mào)協(xié)定，因其不能很好地解決經(jīng)濟爭端問題，所以成立了世界貿(mào)易組織，世界貿(mào)易組織是世界最強經(jīng)濟組織之一
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題，由倒數(shù)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 (知識產(chǎn)權(quán)).可以知道答案，故選A。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題。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，所以選D。
小題3:推理題，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，所以選A
小題4:推理題，由本文的主要意思“世界貿(mào)易組織是世界最強經(jīng)濟組織之一”，所以選C
點評：本文說明了世界貿(mào)易組織是世界最強經(jīng)濟組織之一。做細(xì)節(jié)題的關(guān)鍵是找出原文的根據(jù)，認(rèn)真核查題支和原文的異同，常犯錯誤有：絕對化語言，范圍擴大或縮小，以偏概全，張冠李戴等。推斷題測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系，對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論，對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋。考生首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點。
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