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 bee 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, plete 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.
【小题1】Compared with the GATT, the WTO .A．can do better to settle disputes in more areas of international tradeB．got its members to sign the agreements more easilyC．has got too many areas of international trade to deal with to work effectivelyD．didn’t pay enough attention to services and intellectual property【小题2】In the new century the WTO will .A．take the place of the World Bank and International Monetary FundB．have new rules covering trade in services and intellectual propertyC．make plete new rules in every area of international tradeD．have more members and do much more to settle more problems【小题3】The underlined word “drawbacks” probably means .A．weak pointsB．changesC．strong pointsD．improvements【小题4】The best title for the passage is .A．WTO—Another Name for GATTB．WTO—an International Service OrganizationC．WTO—One of the World’s Strongest Economic OrganizationsD．WTO—the World’s Most Powerful Economic OrganizationA
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(答案→)A
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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
【小题1】细节题，由倒数第二段最后一句plete 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。
【小题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。
【小题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
【小题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