New Product Will Save Lives
Drinking water that looks clean may still contain bugs（蟲子).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.
16 Genera Technologies has developed a method that determines whether water is clean
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17 Before he set up Genera.Dr Parton had worked for a British water company
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18 The new product has been a commercial Success in the USA.
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19 Each of the tests costs$42，500.
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20 Genera Technologies orders 25 more tests before the end of the year.
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21 The British government is helping Dr Parton to sell the tests abroad
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22 Genera has increased the number of its employees recently.
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答案解析
16答案為A.本題的意思是：Genera技術(shù)公司研制出一種方法，這種方法可以確定水是否是清潔的。題句的意思與原文第二句相符，故為正確答案。
17答案為C.本題的意思是：在成立Genera公司之前，Parton曾在一家英國水廠工作。原文中并沒有提到公司成立前Parton是否在一家英國水廠工作，故選C.
18答案為B.本題可譯為：這種新產(chǎn)品在美國獲得了商業(yè)上的巨大成功。原文的意思是預(yù)計(jì)該產(chǎn)品在美國會(huì)賣得很好，還沒在美國上市呢。本題句的意思與原文不符，故選B.
19答案為A.本題可譯為：這種測(cè)試產(chǎn)品每件售價(jià)42 500美元。同原文意思相符，故選A.
20答案為B.本題可譯為：年底前，Genera公司又訂購了25件這種測(cè)試產(chǎn)品。Genera公司本身是賣這種測(cè)試產(chǎn)品的，不是它又訂購了25件這種產(chǎn)品。與原文意思相反，故選B.
21答案為C.本題的意思是：英國政府正幫助Parton銷售這種產(chǎn)品。原文根本沒有提到這一信息，故選C.
22答案為A.本題可譯為：最近，Genera的雇員增加了。見原文最后1段，原來公司里有5位雇員，現(xiàn)在增加到14位，故選A.
