Iraq on Monday s topped shipments of crude oil to protest against the U．N．Security Council’s decision to extend the oil-for-food programme by only a month，instead of the normal six-month renewal．Just before the Vienna meeting，oil prices had gone up，with a barrel of OPEC crude oil selling for 27．05 dollars，up from 26．8 1 dollars last Friday． North Sea oil was at 29．26 dollars Monday evening．

　　OPEC wants the oil price to stay within fl margin of 22 to 28 dollars and achieved that with cuts in January and March that reduced 2．5 million barrels per day off quotas．

　　71．Iraq made the decision to s top oil deliveries because

　　．

　　A．oil price is too low in international market

　　B．the U．N．Secretary Council has decided to shorten the time of extension of the oil-for-food programme

　　C．many oil wells were destroyed during the war in the late 1980s

　　D．it couldn’t get enough money to develop its economy

　　72．The attitude the E．U．Commission took towards Iraq’s output s top is

　　A．active

　　B．concerned

　　C．cold

　　D．surprised

　　73．The underlined words“The organization”here refers to

　　．

　　A．OPEC

　　B．the E．U．Commission

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