2016年职称英语综合类C级阅读判断专项测试及答案解析

　　第二篇

　　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 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 forecasted 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.

　　1. Genera Technologies has developed a method that determines whether water is clean.

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　2. Before he set up Genera, Dr. Patton had worked for a British water company.

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　3. The new product has been a commercial success in the USA.

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　4. Each ofthetests costs $42,500.

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　5. Genera Technologies orders 25 more tests before the end of the year.

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　6. The British government is helping Dr. Parton to sell the tests abroad.

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　7. Genera has increased the number of its employees recently.

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned