"Read the text"
J/ Choose the option which is closest in meaning to the underlined words:
1. A forum to settle disputes
a) solve
b) institute
c) turn a blind eye on
2. prompting a trade war
a) triggering
b) pre-empting
c) preventing
3. a group of developing countries banded together to blast the US.
a) bless
b) praise
c) attack vigorously
4. observers will surely rehash these failures.
a) use them again without any change
b) use them again after changing them a little
c) overlook them
5. U.S. exports of goods and services topped $ 1 trillion.
a) went a little over
b)went beyond
c) peaked at
6. They account for about a third of all goods the US exports.
a) report to
b) are responsible for
c) represent
7. There are all sorts of subsidies other governments find to duck the regulations.
a) to comply with
b) to dodge
c) to reinforce
8. entrepreneurs who stepped up their international sales efforts.
a) regulated
b) increased
c) maintained