单选题
New Product Will Save Lives
Drinking water that looks clean may still contain bugs(虫子), which can cause illness. A small company called Genera Technologies has produced a testing method in three stages, which shows whether water is safe. The new test shows if water needs chemicals added to it, to destroy anything harmful. It was invented by scientist Dr. Adrian Parton, who started Gen-era five years ago. He and his employees have developed the test together with a British water company.
Andy Headland, Genera"s marketing director, recently presented the test at a conference in the USA and forecast good American sales for it. Genera has already sold of its tests at $ 42,500 a time in the UK and has a further four on order. It expects to sell another 25 tests be-fore the end of March. The company says it is the only test in the UK to be approved by the government.
Genera was formed five years ago and until October last year had only five employees; it now employs 14. Mr Headland believes that the company should make around $ 19 million by the end of the year in the UK alone.
单选题 Genera Technologies has developed a method that determines whether water is clean.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 原文第一段的第二句话明确说到，Genera技术公司研制出一种可以确定水是否安全的方法。而本题的意思正好与该句话的意思相符。故选A。
单选题 Before he set up Genera, Dr. Parton had worked for a British water company.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 原文第一段的最后两句话说到，这种方法是由Adrian Patton教授发明的，他在五年前成立了Genera公司。他和他的员工与英国的一家自来水公司合作开发的这个测试方法。但是并没有说到“在成立Genera公司之前，Parton曾在一家英国水厂工作。”因此，本题的说法原文没有提到。故选C。
单选题 The new product has been a commercial success in the USA.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 原文第二段的第一句话说到，Genera公司的营销总监最近在美国的一个会议上展示了该测试方法，并且预计该产品在美国会卖得很好。但是该产品只是在英国已经取得了不错的销售成绩，而本题说“这种新产品在美国获得了商业上的巨大成功”，显然与原文意思不符。故选B。
单选题 Each of the tests costs $ 42,500.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 原文第二段的第二句话明确说到，Genera公司的测试产品在英国已经以42,500美元的单价卖出了11份，还有4份在预定中。因此，本题说“这种测试产品每件售价42,500美元”，显然是正确的。故选A。
单选题 Genera Technologies orders 25 more tests before the end of the year.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题说“年底前，Genera公司又订购了25件这种测试产品”。根据原文内容可知，Genera公司本身是卖这种测试产品的，因此，它不会自己订购自己销售的产品。本题的说法与原文意思相反。故选B。
单选题 The British government is helping Dr. Parton to sell the tests abroad.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 原文只是在第二段的最后一句话说到，Genera公司说他们的测试产品是唯一获得英国政府认可的。但是并没有提到“英国政府正帮助Parton销售这种产品”。因此，本题的说法在原文中没有提到。故选C。
单选题 Genera has increased the number of its employees recently.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 原文最后一段的第一句话明确说到，Genera公司自五年前成立至去年十月时仅有5名员工，而现在雇佣了14名员工。由此可知，本题说“最近，Genera的雇员增加了”，是正确的。故选A。