[单项选择]The United States is the United Nations’ biggest deadbeat. Conservatives in Congress, led by Senator Jessie Helms, stopped Washington from paying its dues until the UN reduced its assessment and made other changes. Now, thanks to the hard work of Richard Holbrooke, America’s UN representative, and his staff, the UN has agreed to trim the U. S. share of financial burdens for the UN general budget and for peacekeeping. Mr. Helms, who has praised the deal, should release the dues he has been holding hostage— $582 million of the $1.3 billion the UN says it is owed.
The new formula would reduce the U. S. contribution to the general UN budget to 22% from the current level of 25%—a symbolic difference of only $34 million a year. Washington, which has been paying just over 30% of the peacekeeping budget, would now pay 27%—a difference of $80 million to $120 million a year—and that percentage will drop further. While poor countries would not pay more, the dues of other wealthy nations woul
A. $114 million
B. $154 million
C. $200 million
D. $234 million

[单项选择]The United States is the United Nations’ biggest deadbeat. Conservatives in Congress, led by Senator Jessie Helms, stopped Washington from paying its dues until the UN reduced its assessment and made other changes. Now, thanks to the hard work of Richard Holbrooke, America’s UN representative, and his staff, the UN has agreed to trim the U. S. share of financial burdens for the UN general budget and for peacekeeping. Mr. Helms, who has praised the deal, should release the dues he has been holding hostage— $582 million of the $1.3 billion the UN says it is owed.
The new formula would reduce the U. S. contribution to the general UN budget to 22% from the current level of 25%—a symbolic difference of only $34 million a year. Washington, which has been paying just over 30% of the peacekeeping budget, would now pay 27%—a difference of $80 million to $120 million a year—and that percentage will drop further. While poor countries would not pay more, the dues of other wealthy nations woul
A. other countries to pay as much as the U. S.
B. Washington to make assessments and changes
C. the UN’s general budget to be trimmed
D. the U. S. to share a smaller part of the burden

[填空题]The name "United Nations", coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was (36) used in the "Declaration by United Nations" of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, when (37) of 26 nations pledged their governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers.
The (38) of the United Nations was the League of Nations, ,an (39) conceived in similar circumstances during the First World War, and established in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles "to (40) international cooperation and to achieve peace and security".
The International Labor Organization was also (41) under the Treaty of Versailles as an affiliated (42) of the League. The League of Nations (43) its activities after failing to prevent the Second World War.
(44) . Those delegates deliberated on the basis of proposals worked out by the representatives of China, the Soviet Union, th