单选题

Questions 71-80 are based on the following passage.
A federal judge on Monday certified a $ 200 billion class action lawsuit against the tobacco industry for its marketing of light cigarettes.
Eastern District of New York Judge Jack B. Weinstein's 540-page opinion in Schwab v. Philip Morris USA, Inc. , 04-CIV-1945—which included an additional 965 pages of appendices for a total of 1,505 pages-gave tens of millions of smokers an avenue to recover damages from the nation's largest tobacco companies, including Philip Morris USA Inc. , R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. , Lorillard Tobacco Co. , and Liggett Group, Inc.
The class will include anyone who purchased light cigarettes from the time tobacco companies began selling them in the 1970s. The judge said he even would consider broadening the class, to encompass smokers of all "low tar" brands, not just light cigarettes. The judge suggested that an expansion of the class could assist the parties in negotiating a {{U}}global settlement{{/U}}. He set a trial date for January 22, 2007. The plaintiffs intend to seek treble damages.
Weinstein has expressed skepticism about the plaintiffs' theory of damages, which alleges that light smokers were defrauded of billions because they believed they were buying a {{U}}product of greater value{{/U}} because of its health advantages. The judge also questioned the {{U}}size of the class{{/U}}, as well as the claim that as many as 90 percent of light cigarette smokers chose the cigarettes because they were less harmful.
In his ruling Monday, the judge stressed that while the suit was far from perfect, the evidence was sufficient. He said the jury system—which he described as the "ultimate focus group of the law"—was well equipped to sort out the {{U}}particulars{{/U}} in accordance with Amendment VII of the U. S. Constitution.
Weinstein declined to grant an interlocutory appeal to the 2nd U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Theodore M. Grossman of {{U}}Jones Day{{/U}} in Cleveland, which represents R J. Reynolds, said the defendants would seek a stay and appeal the class certification under Rule 23 (f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

单选题 From the passage it can be inferred that "a $ 200 billion class action lawsuit" is one that ______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[分析] 推断题型见第一段：A federal judge on Monday certified a $200 billion class action lawsuit against the tobacco industry for its marketing of light cigarettes. 此句的基本内容指：A federal judge certified a lawsuit against the tobacco industry；因是宣布一个诉讼，因此a$200 billion class action lawsuit不可能是在诉讼中要公众资助(选项A)；当然也不可能是投资了(选项C)；文中提到此诉讼是against the tobacco industry，当然也不会是讲有关烟草业的身价了；用排除法可推出B为答案

单选题 From Paragraph 2, we know that the ruling of Judge Jack B. Weinstein has a total of ______ pages.

单选题 From the beginning of the passage, we learn that Jack B. Weinstein most probably is ______.

单选题 Obviously, the passage states that the lawsuit being briefed is between

单选题 As mentioned in Paragraph 3, tobacco companies in the U. S. began marketing ______ in the 1970s.

单选题 The phrase "a global settlement" underlined in Paragraph 3 refers to ______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[分析] 词义题型因为Weinstein宣布的诉讼是共同诉讼(class action)，在第三段开始作者提到起诉将包括所有自二十世纪七十年代淡烟开始投入市场后的购买者。之后提到Weinstein还说他甚至会考虑扩大这个起诉圈，包括所有吸冠有“焦油含量低”之名而不仅仅是淡烟的香烟品牌的人。因此本句：The judge suggested that an expansion of the class could assist the parties in negotiating a global settlement指：Weinstein还说这个扩充将有助于协助各方磋商出一个适用于全球的定论；因此选项D为答案。另外本题也可通过排除法推出： Weinstein在此讲的是他的建议带来的好处，而不是谈论“到处可见烟民”(选项A)；也不会谈论“烟民要在全球定居”(选项B)；本句提到诉讼还要包括所有冠有“焦油含量低”之名的香烟品牌而不仅仅是淡烟，因此选项C不对；由此得出只有D才是答案。

单选题 The phrase "product of greater value" underlined in Paragraph 4 refers to ______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[分析] 细节题型见第四段第一句：Weinstein表达了他对原告(the plaintiffs)所要求的赔偿金的怀疑；原告的理论断言吸淡烟的人因为相信他们购买的是对健康无害的价值巨大的产品，因此才会受骗去花大量的金钱；因此此处The "product of greater value" 指的是淡烟，C为答案。此外本题答案也可从对句子结构的判断中得出——见which引导的非限制性定语从句。

单选题 The phrase "size of the class" underlined in Paragraph 4 refers to the ______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[分析] 词义题型见第四段第二句：The judge also questioned the size of the class，as well as the claim that as many as 90 percent of light cigarette smokers chose the cigarettes because they were less harmful. (法官也对这一类人的数量表示怀疑，正如索赔所说，有多达90%的吸淡烟的人选择淡烟是因为淡烟不那么有害)；之前一句提到法官对原告的理论表示怀疑，这句说法官对the size of the class也有怀疑，两者并列；应足指文章第一句中提到的共同起诉(class action)的人即上句中的the plaintiffs。因此C为答案。

单选题 The word "particulars" underlined in Paragraph 5 refers to the ______.

单选题 The phrase "Jones Day" underlined in Paragraph 6 refers to a ______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[分析] 细节题型见第六段第二句：Theodore M. Grossman of Jones Day in Cleveland，which represents R. J. Reynolds．said the defendants would seek a stay and appeal the class certification under Rule 23(f)of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure．由此可知：位于克里夫兰(美城市)的Jones Day的Theodore M. Grossman，代表R. J. Reynolds，说被告将寻求法庭延缓……；一般是由律师出面替被告辩护，由此可知Jones Day应是一家律师事务所(小型的可用farm)；因此B为答案。本题也可通过排除法做出。