单选题   As the economic role of multinational, global corporations expands, the international economic environment will be shaped increasingly not by governments or international institutions, but by the interaction between governments and global corporations, especially in the United States, Europe, and Japan. A significant factor in this shifting world economy is the trend toward regional trading blocs of nations, which has a potentially large effect on the evolution of the world trading system. Two examples of this trend are the United, States, Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA. and Europe 1992, the move by the European Community (EC. to dismantle impediments to the free flow of goods, services, capital, and labor among member states by the end of 1992. However, although numerous political and economic factors were operative in launching the move to integrate the EC's markets, concern about protectionism within the EC does not appear to have been a major consideration. This is in sharp contrast to the FTA, the overwhelming reason for that bilateral initiative was fear of increasing United States protectionism. Nonetheless, although markedly different in origin and nature, both regional developments are highly significant in that they will foster integration in the two largest and richest markets of the world, as well as provoke question about the future direction of the world trading system.
单选题     The primary purpose of the passage as a whole is to ______.
 
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】A“propose its continuance'’从原文看不出。B“chronicle a development”文中未提及。C正确。确认一潮流，并指出其重要性。符合本文，此潮流即第一段第二句所述。重要性在最后阐明。D“question its significance”文中未提及。
单选题     According to the passage, all of the following are elements of the shifting world economy EXCEPT ______.
 
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】以下这些均为变化中的世界经济的特点，但有哪一个不是?A政府职能的转变，见文章第一段第一句。B正确。国家政府和国际组织合作的增加。原文第一段第一句明确指出，如今此两者的作用下降。C多国经济集团形成。原文第一段第一句。D两大最富市场的融合。见第一段最后一句。
单选题     The passage suggests which of the following about global corporations?
 
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】关于全球性公司的观点：A其持续增长依赖于统一的国际市场。情理中对，原文无。B其对世界市场的影响，是国际组织一直考虑的问题。文中未提及。C当前潮流若继续，它们将发挥准政府作用。文中未提及。D正确。对世界经济的影响会持续增多。见原文第一段第一、二句。
单选题     According to the passage, one similarity between the FTA and Europe 1992 is that they both
 
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】根据原文，FTA和“欧洲1992”的一个共同点是：A克服了对政治在变化中世界经济情况中作用的关切。文中无，实际上这两个运动也都离不开政治的影响。B起源于对其他国家不公正贸易的关切。据原文第一段倒数第二句，只有FTA有此担心。C正确。代表了商业市场区域化的潮流。原文FTA和“欧洲1992”都是为了证明第一段第三句的观点而举的例子。D将联盟的利益置于成员国利益之上。文中未提及。
单选题     The author discusses the FTA and Europe 1992 most likely in order to ______.
 
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】作者讨论FTA和“欧洲1992”是为了：A指出其相同点。作者未强调此点。B易混。描述不同经济运动造就出不同联盟。文中确实比较了两者的区别，但这不是作者主要目的所在。C正确。为一影响世界经济的潮流提供对比的例证。此潮流即原文第一段第三句的叙述。D“成功经济联合体的最重要特点”。文中未提及。