单选题
New Product Will Save Lives

Drinking water that looks clean may still contain bugs (电子), 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 Genera 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 11 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 before 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] 题干大意：Genera技术公司研制出一种方法，这种方法可以确定水是否干净。本句的意思与原文第二句相符，故答案为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] 题干意思：在成立Genera公司之前，Parton曾在一家英国水务公司工作。原文中并没有提到公司成立前Parton是否在一家英国水务公司工作，故答案为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] 题干大意：这种新产品在美国获得了商业上的巨大成功。原文的意思是预计该产品在美国会卖得很好，也就是说，还没在美国上市呢。本句的意思与原文不符，故答案为B。
单选题 Each of the tests costs $42，500.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 题干大意：这种测试产品每件售价42500美元。同原文意思相符，故答案为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] 题干大意：年底前，Genera公司又订购了25件这种测试产品。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的产品。与原文意思相反，故答案为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] 题干大意：英国政府正帮助Parton销售这种产品。原文根本没有提到这一信息，故答案为C。
单选题 Genera has increased the number of its employees recently.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 题干大意：最近，Genera的雇员增加了。见原文最后一段，原来公司里有5位雇员，现在增加到14位，故答案为A。