Ifyoustillknowlittleaboutthe“IMF”it’stimeyoustartedtoreadaboutitforithasbeenahotissueofthewholeworld．TheInternationalMonetaryFund（IMF）isoneoftheinternationalfinancial（金融的）instit

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If you still know little about the “IMF” it’s time you started to read about it for it has been a hot issue of the whole world．

The International Monetary Fund （IMF） is one of the international financial（金融的） institutions which works for global growth and economic stability．It provides policy advice and financing to members in economic difficulties and also works with developing nations to help them achieve economic stability and reduce poverty．The“ IMF” currently has a near-global membership of 185 countries．

To become a member a country must apply for it and then be accepted by a majority of the existing members．On joining each member of the IMF is assigned a quota（配额） based broadly on its relative size in the world economy．The IMF’s membership agreed in May 2008 on a rebalancing of its quota system to reflect the changing global economic realities especially the increased weight of major emerging markets （新兴市场） in the global economy such as China India and Russia．

The following diagram gives more information about major international financial institutions．

1.The main cause of the IMF’s decision to make changes in its quota system is ______．

       A．the shortage of resources              B．global growth and economic stability

       C．the changing economic situations        D．the need to accept new members

2.The main purpose of the IMF is to ______．

       A．prevent the member countries from getting into wars

       B．collect money from rich countries to help poor ones

       C．provide assistance to its member countries when necessary

       D．make sure the world economy develops in a healthy way

3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

       A．The quota an IMF member country gets depends on the size of the country．

       B．India together with China is proposing an increase in emergency funds．

       C．The more money a member contributes to the IMF the more say it has in it．

       D．The International Development Association is meant to support developed countries．

4.From the diagram we can see the present IMF is most probably under the control of _______．

       A．the US     B．Russia      C．Japan       D．any EU member state

 

Answer 1

 

1.C

2.D

3.C

4.A

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