Historically, the term “fair trade” has meant many things. The Fair Trade League was 36 in Britain in 1881 to restrict 37 from foreign countries. In the United States, businesses and labor unions 38 “fair trade” laws to construct构建what economist Joseph Stiglitz calls “barriers to imports.” These so called “anti-dumping(反倾销)” laws allow a company that 39 a foreign one of selling a product below cost to request that the government charge收费special taxes to protect it from “unfair” 40 . Such dark protectionist thoughts are far from the 41 of the organizers of the United Kingdom’s annual “Fairtrade Fortnight”. Their 42 aim is to raise the price paid to developing-country farmers for their 43 by cutting out the inflated profits虚抬利润of the middlemen on whom they 44 for getting their goods to distant markets. Fair-trade products 45 cocoa, coffee, tea, and bananas do not compete with domestic European production, and 46 do not have a protectionist motive(动机). This is how it works: In 47 for being paid a guaranteed price and meeting “agreed labor and environmental standards” (minimum wages, no farm chemicals ), poor-country farming cooperatives(合作社) receive a FAIRTRADE mark for their products, given 48 by the FAIRTRADE Labeling Organization. This mark 49 supermarkets and other businesses to sell the products at a higher than 50 price . Third-world farmers get their income increased, 51 first-world consumers get to feel virtuous: a marriage made in heaven. The fair-trade movement, 52 in the 1980’s, has been growing rapidly. In a significant breakthrough in 1997, the British House of Commons 53 to serve only fair-trade coffee. By the end of 2007, more than 600 producers’ organizations, 54 1.4 million farmers in 58 countries, were selling fair-trade products. Today, a quarter of all bananas in UK supermarkets are sold under a FAIRTRADE mark. But FAIRTRADE-labeled products still represent a very 55 share—typically less than 1%—of global sales of cocoa, tea, coffee, etc.
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小题1:B
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题目分析：文章主要讲解了公平贸易成立的历史和它成立的宗旨，并介绍这个组织所提供的产品都会FAIRTRADE的标志，并介绍这些公平贸易产品的市场情况。
小题1:考查动词：A. discovered发现，B. founded成立，C. encouraged鼓励，D. promoted提升，从后面的in Britain in 1881 可知公平交易联盟成立于1881年，选B
小题2:考查名词：A. imports进口，B. exports出口，C. output产量，D. trade贸易， 从后面的from foreign countries.可知公平交易联盟是为了限制国外进口，选A
小题3:考查动词：A. disobey不服从，B. break打破，C. use使用，D. study学习，美国人使用公平交易法来实现oseph Stiglitz所说的“进口障碍”，选C
小题4:考查动词：A. suspects怀疑，B. needs需要，C. wants 想要，D. advertises做广告，这些所谓的反倾销法是让怀疑国外公司以低价销售的公司要求政府额外收费。选A
小题5:考查名词：A. agreement同意 B. contract合同，C. game 游戏，比赛，D. competition竞争，前面说的反倾销法是为了防止不公平竞争。选D
小题6:考查名词：A. worries 担心B. minds思维，C. comments评论，D. projects计划，这些贸易保护法是违背了每年一度的“Fairtrade Fortnight”.的初衷。选B
小题7:考查形容词：A. educational有教育意义的，B. political政治的，C. worthy 高尚的，D. immediate立刻，他们崇高的目的是提高给发展中国家农民的钱。选C
小题8:考查名词：A. favour 支持，B. benefit利益，C. interest兴趣，D. produce (n.农产品)，为发展中国家的农民提供产品提高工资。选D
小题9:考查动词：A. depend依赖，B. spend花费，C. look 看，D. apply应用，目的是为了减少农民赖以把产品销往遥远的地方的中间人的暴利，选A
小题10:考查介词：A. as 正如，B. like 象C. with和…一起，D. for为了，象可可，咖啡，茶叶这样的公平贸易产品就不会和欧洲竞争。选B
小题11:考查副词：A. instead相反的，B. otherwise否则，C. therefore 因此，D. anyhow无论怎样，前面说不会和欧洲竞争，所以不存在贸易保护主义的动机，选C
小题12:考查名词：A. fear害怕B. store储存，C. preparation准备，D. exchange交换，贫穷国家的农场合作社将支付了保证金和满足劳动和环保标准的产品做为交换，来为他们的产品提供Fairtrade的标记。选D
小题13:考查副词：A. secretly秘密的，B. publicly公共地，C. officially正式地，D. successfully成功地，Fairtrade这个标签是叫FAIRTRADE 组织的官方所给的。选C。
小题14:考查动词：A. urges强烈要求，B. enables使…能够，C. orders命令，D. forces强迫，这个标签是超市和商店可以用更高的价格卖这些产品。选B
小题15:考查形容词：A. normal正常的，B. potential有潜力的，C. lowest最低的，D. best最好的，前面讲了超市和商店可以比正常的卖更高的价格，选A
小题16:考查连词：A. when当…时候，B. while虽然，同时，C. as 当…时候，因为，D. but但是，第三世界的农民会增加收入，同时第一世界的人们也会逐渐觉得这是好事。选B
小题17:考查动词：A. launched发行，B. arranged安排，C. invented发明，D. developed发展，这个公平贸易活动是在20世纪80年代启动的。选A
小题18:考查动词：A. wanted想要，B. refused拒绝，C. had有，D. decided决定，英国的下议院决定只提供这种公平竞争的咖啡。选D
小题19:考查动词：A. telling告诉，B. representing代表，C. Choosing选择，D. receiving接受，到2007年为止，超过600个组织，代表58个国家的，共140万农民正销售这种公平贸易的产品。选B
小题20:考查形容词：A. small小的，B. little小C. good 好的，D. large大的，从前面的句子Today, a quarter of all bananas in UK supermarkets are sold under a FAIRTRADE mark. But FAIRTRADE-labeled products still represent a very 可知英国的公平贸易的香蕉和全球比起来还是很小的份额。选A