2016英語六級閱讀模擬試題及答案(3)

1、2016英語六級閱讀模擬試題及答案（3）Passage OneQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.Caught in a squeeze between the health needs of aging populations on one hand and the financial crisis on the other, governments everywhere are looking for ways to slow the growth in health-care spending. Increasing

2、ly, they are looking to the generic-drugs（普通 藥物）industry as a savior. InNovember Japan'sfinance ministry issued a reportcomplaining that the country's use of generics was less than a third of that in America or Britain. In the same month Canada's competition watchdog criticized the count

3、ry's pharmacies for failing to pass on the savings made possible by the use of generic drugs. That greed, it reckoned, costs taxpayers nearly C$1 billion a year.Then on November 28th the European Commission issued the preliminary results of its year-long probe into druggiants in the European Uni

4、on. The report reached a damning, though provisional, conclusion: the drugs firms use a variety of unfair strategies to protect their expensive drugs by delaying the entry of cheaper generic opponents. Though this initial report does not carry the force of law (a final report is due early next year)

5、, it has caused much controversy. Neelie Kroes, the EU's competition commissioner, says she is ready to take legal action if the evidence allows.One strategy the investigators criticize is the use of the"patent duster(專禾 群)".A firm keen to defend its drug due togo off-patent may file d

6、ozens or hundreds of new patents, often of dubious merit, to confuse and terrify potential copycats and maintain its monopoly. An unnamed drugs firm once took out 1,300 patents across the EU on a single drug.The report also suggests that out-of-court settlements between makers of patented drags and

7、generics firms may be a strategy used by the former to delay market entry by the latter.According to EU officials, suchmisdeeds -have delayedthe arrival of generic competitionand the accompanyingsavings. On average, rite report estimates, generics arrived seven months after a patented drug lost its

8、protection, though where the drug was a big seller the lag was four months. The report says taxpayers paid about q 3 billion more than they would have-had the generics gone on sale immediately.But hang on a minute, Though many of the charges of bad behavior leveled at the patented-drugs industry by

9、EU investigators may well be true, the report seems to let the generics industry off the hook( 鉤子)too lightly. After all, if the drugs giants stand accused, in effect, of bribing opponents to delay the launch of cheap generics, shouldn't the companies that accepted those "bribes" also

10、share the blame?56. Why are governments around the world seeking ways to reduce their health-care spending?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) H

11、ealth-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

12、 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 cometB) they use clusters of patents to protect their productsC) they bribe the cheaper generic opponentsD) trey do not pass on the savings ma

13、de by use of generic drugs59. On average, the genetics will be delayed to enter the market by.A) seven monthsB) three monthsC) four monthsD) eleven months60. 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

14、 sheer victim in the competition.C) Only drug giants are to blame.D) Exclusion of generics industry from taking responsibility is questionable.56. B）。 定位 由題干中的 governments 及 seeking ways to reduce the health-care spending 定位至U文章第段第句： Caught in a squeeze between the health needs of aging populations

15、on one hand and the financial crisis on the other,governments everywhere are looking for ways to slow the growth in health-care spending .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 arelooking to the genetic-drugs industry as a savior, 但是普通藥物只是各國政府減少開支的一個

16、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 nearly C $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

17、提到，11月28日歐洲委員會發(fā)布的 一個初步調(diào)查報(bào)告，下文開始對該報(bào)告進(jìn)行描述，由第二段最后一句 Neelie Kroes , the EU's competition commissioner , says she isready to take legal action if the evidence allows . 可推斷如果證 據(jù)充足，委員們會采取行動， D）符合題意。第二段第二句提到thedrugs firms use a variety of unfair strategies to protect their expensive drugs by delaying th

18、e 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 , though provisional , conclusion ，可見該報(bào)告的結(jié) 論只是暫時的，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 定位至U文章第三段 第句： 0ne strategy the i

19、nvestigators 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谩皩＠骸边@一策略，即為一個產(chǎn)品申請多項(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J bribing opponents 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）;第段倒數(shù)第二句提至1Canada ' s competition watchdogcriticized the country ' s pharmacies 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 bedelayed 定位到文章第四段第二句：0n average , the reportestimates , genetics arrived seven months after a patented drug lost its pro