六級(jí)考試英語閱讀模擬題(一)

　　According to EU officials, such misdeeds -have delayed the arrival of generic competitionand the accompanying savings. On average, rite report estimates, generics arrived sevenmonths after a patented drug lost its protection, though where the drug was a big seller thelag was four months. The report says taxpayers paid about q 3 billion more than they wouldhave-had the generics gone on sale immediately.

　　But hang on a minute, Though many of the charges of bad behavior leveled at thepatented-drugs industry by EU investigators may well be true, the report seems to let thegenerics industry off the hook(鉤子) too lightly. After all, if the drugs giants stand accused, ineffect, of bribing opponents to delay the launch of cheap generics, shouldn't the companiesthat accepted those "bribes" also share the blame?

　　56. Why are governments around the world seeking ways to reduce their health-carespending?

　　A) They consider the generic-drugs industry as a savior.

　　B) They are under the double pressure of aging group and financial crisis.

　　C) Health-care spending has accounted too large proportion.

　　D) Health-care spending has cost taxpayers too much income.

　　57. What can we learn from the report issued by the European Commission?

　　A) Drug firm will use just ways to protect their drags.

　　B) Cheaper generic drugs are easy to enter market,

　　C) The report has come to an ultimate conclusion.

　　D) The final report may lead to commissioner's legal action.

　　58. The investigators seriously condemned the drug firms for__________.

　　A) they do not let their opponents to resort to the comet

　　B) they use clusters of patents to protect their products

　　C) they bribe the cheaper generic opponents

　　D) trey do not pass on the savings made by use of generic drugs

　　59. On average, the genetics will be delayed to enter the market by __________.

　　A) seven months

　　B) three months

　　C) four months

　　D) eleven months

　　60. Which of the following accords with the author's view?

　　A) Charges on patented-drug industry are anything but true.

　　B) Generics industry is a sheer victim in the competition.

　　C) Only drug giants are to blame.

　　D) Exclusion of generics industry from taking responsibility is questionable.

　　六級(jí)考試英語閱讀模擬題答案

　　56.B)。定位 由題干中的governments及seekingways to reduce the health-care spending定位到文章第一段第一句：Caught in a squeeze between the healthneeds of aging populations on one hand and thefinancial crisis on the other，governmentseverywhere are looking for ways to slow the growthin health-care spending.

　　詳解 推理判斷題。由定位句可知，各國政府一方面面臨老齡化人群的健康需求，另一方面受到金融危機(jī)的影響，所以都在尋求減少醫(yī)療保健開支的途徑，B)符合題意。第一段第二句提到they are looking to thegenetic-drugs industry as a savior，但是普通藥物只是各國政府減少開支的一個(gè)方法，并不是他們這么做的原因，故排除A);C)的說法在文中沒有提及;本段最后一句提到That greed…costs taxpayers nearlyC $1 billion a year.這里是說藥店的貪心導(dǎo)致納稅人受損，并不是說保健花費(fèi)的問題，故排除D)。

　　57.D)。定位 由題干中的the report issued by the European Commission定位到文章第二段第一句：Then on November 28th the European Commission issued the preliminary results...

　　詳解 事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。定位句提到，11月28日歐洲委員會(huì)發(fā)布的一個(gè)初步調(diào)查報(bào)告，下文開始對(duì)該報(bào)告進(jìn)行描述，由第二段最后一句Neelie Kroes，the EU's competition commissioner，says she is ready totake legal action if the evidence allows.可推斷如果證據(jù)充足，委員們會(huì)采取行動(dòng)，D)符合題意。第二段第二句提到the drugs firms use a variety of unfair strategies to protect their expensive drugsby delaying the entry of cheaper generic opponents，可見藥物公司使用了不公平的競爭手段，推遲普通藥物的上市，故排除A)、B);該句前半句提到The report reached a damning，thoughprovisional，conclusion…，可見該報(bào)告的結(jié)論只是暫時(shí)的，并不是最終結(jié)論(ultimate conclusion)，故排除C)。

　　58.B)。定位 由題干中的The investigators seriously condemned the drug firms定位到文章第三段第一句：0ne strategy the investigators criticize is the use of the patent cluster(專利群)”。

　　詳解 推理判斷題。由定位句可知，調(diào)查員們嚴(yán)厲譴責(zé)藥品公司是因?yàn)槠淅?ldquo;專利群”這一策略，即為一個(gè)產(chǎn)品申請(qǐng)多項(xiàng)專利，B)符合題意。A)的表述在文中并未提及，故排除;最后一段最后一句雖然提到bribingopponents to delay the launch of cheap genetics，但是作者沒有說這是研究者們強(qiáng)烈譴責(zé)的方法，故排除C);第一段倒數(shù)第二句提到Canada’s competition watchdog criticized the country’spharmacies for failing to pass on the savings?？梢娺@里受到譴責(zé)的是加拿大的藥店，不是所有藥品公司，故排除D)。

　　59.A)。定位 根據(jù)題干中的on average，the genetics will be delayed定位到文章第四段第二句：0n average，the report estimates，genetics arrived seven months after a patented drug lostits protection，though where the drug Was a big seller the lag Was four months.

　　詳解 事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。由定位句可知，平均來說，普通藥物要等專利藥物的專利保護(hù)失效7個(gè)月后才能上市，A)符合題意。B)、D)中的數(shù)字文中沒有提及;文中提到了four months，但指的是暢銷藥品被推遲的時(shí)間，而不是平均的，故排除C)。

　　60.D)。定位 根據(jù)題干中的author's view定位到文章最后一段第二句：Though many of thecharges of bad behavior leveled at the patented—drugs industry by EU investigators may wellbe true，the report seems to let the generics industry off the hook(鉤子)too lightly.

　　詳解 觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度題。由定位句可知，作者認(rèn)為歐盟調(diào)查員們對(duì)專利藥物行業(yè)的控訴是正確的，但不應(yīng)讓普通制藥行業(yè)太輕易地逃脫責(zé)任，因?yàn)樗鼈冇锌赡芙邮芰藢＠幬镄袠I(yè)的賄賂，因此作者認(rèn)為普通藥物行業(yè)同樣需對(duì)此承擔(dān)責(zé)任，D)符合題意。由定位句可知，作者同意調(diào)查員們對(duì)專利藥物行業(yè)的看法，A)中的anythingbut true的說法太絕對(duì)，故排除;作者認(rèn)為普通藥物行業(yè)也應(yīng)該承擔(dān)責(zé)任，可見它并不完全是個(gè)受害者，也不應(yīng)該僅僅譴責(zé)制藥大亨，故排除B)、C)。