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 non­APEC members attended the APEC Food Safety Cooperation Forum, which 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 imported 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).

【小题1】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 is 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

【小题2】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

【小题3】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.

【小题4】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.