{{B}}New Product Will Save
Lives{{/B}} 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 Patton, 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] 借助题干中的特征结构Genera Technologies作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句： Drinking water that looks clean may still contain bugs(虫子)，which callch cause illness．A small company called Genera Technologies has produced a testing method in three stages,which shows whether water is safe.划线句说"Genera技术公司已经研制出了一种分三个阶段实施的测试方法，这个方法能显示出是否水是安全的”。问题句的内容是“Genera技术公司已经研制出了能确定水是否洁净的方法”。显然现在解题的关键在于判断safe与clean所指代的内容是否一致。结合划线前句内容(看起来干净的饮用水可能含有会导致生病的虫子)，很明显划线句中的safe与前句clean呼应，即：划线句中的“安全的”就是“洁净的”，因此判断问题句的说法正确。
单选题
Before he set up Genera, Dr Parton had workedfor a British water company.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 借助题干中的特征结构Dr Parton和British water company作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句：The new test shows if water needs chemicals added to it.to destroy anything harmful．It was invented by scientist.Dr.Adrian Patton,who started Genera five years ago．划线结构的内容是“Dr Paxton五年前建立起Genera”，这与问题句状语部分的内容一致，现在还需要确认是否Paxton为一家英国自来水公司工作了 5年，所以接着看下文：He and his employees have developed the test together with a British water company．这一句中涉及到了英国公司，但是该句说“Dr Parton和他的员工与一家英国自来水公司一起进行了测试”，这句的内容与题干中提到的“Dr Parton had worked for a British water company (Dr Paxton已经为一家英国自来水公司工作了5年)”没有关系，文章其他部分没有再提到与英国自来水公司相关的内容，因此判断问题句的说法不正确。提示：只要问题句中有一部分内容在文章中没有相对应的信息出现， 就只能判别这个问题句的内容为没提到。
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] 借助题干中的特征结构USA作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句：Andy Headland， Genera's marketing director,recently presented the test at a conference in the USA and forecast good American sales for it.该句说“该公司的市场经理最近刚预测了该产品在美国良好的销售前景”，而问题句说“新产品在美国已经是一个巨大的商业成功”，显然原文内容与问题句的说法不一致。
单选题
Each of the tests costs $ 42,500.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 借助题干中的特征结构$42,500作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句：Genera has already sold ll of its tests at $42,500 a time in the UK and has a further four on order．该句说“Genera已经在英国以$42，500的价格出售了11件测试产品”，这与问题句的内容一致。
单选题
Genera Techn61ogies orders 25 more tests before the end of the year.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 借助题十中的特征结构25 more tests作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句：It expects to sell another 25 tests before the end of March．该句内容的描述和问题句的内容相反：一个说“卖”，而一个却说“买”。
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] 借助题干中的特征结构The British government和Dr Patton作为答案线索，发现涉及到“英国政府”的句子只有一句：The company says it is the only test in the UK to be approved by the government．该句说“那家公司说这是在英国惟一得到英国政府批准的测试。”显然这个内容与问题句的内容(英国政府正在帮助Dr Prton把测试产品推销到国外)不相关。
单选题
Genera has increased the number of its employees recently.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 分析借助题干中的特征结构employees作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句：Genera was formed five years ago and until October last year had only five employees：it now employees l4．该句说“在去年的十月以前Genera公司只有5名员工，但是现在已经有了14名员工了”，很显然这个说法与问题句的内容(Genera公司最近已经增加了员工的数量)一致。