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sfinanceministryissuedareportcomplainingthatthecountry'

suseofgenericswaslessthanathirdofthatinAmericaorBritain.InthesamemonthCanada'

scompetitionwatchdogcriticizedthecountry'

spharmaciesforfailingtopassonthesavingsmadepossiblebytheuseofgenericdrugs.Thatgreed,itreckoned,coststaxpayersnearlyC$1billionayear.

　　ThenonNovember28ththeEuropeanCommissionissuedthepreliminaryresultsofitsyear-longprobeintodruggiantsintheEuropeanUnion.Thereportreachedadamning~,thoughprovisional,conclusion:

thedrugsfirmsuseavarietyofunfairstrategiestoprotecttheirexpensivedrugsbydelayingtheentryofcheapergenericopponents.Thoughthisinitialreportdoesnotcarrytheforceoflaw（afinalreportisdueearlynextyear）,ithascausedmuchcontroversy.NeelieKroes,theEU'

scompetitioncommissioner,sayssheisreadytotakelegalactioniftheevidenceallows.

　　Onestrategytheinvestigatorscriticizeistheuseofthe"

patentduster（专利群）"

.Afirmkeentodefenditsdrugduetogooff-patentmayfiledozensorhundredsofnewpatents,oftenofdubiousmerit,toconfuseandterrifypotentialcopycatsandmaintainitsmonopoly.Anunnameddrugsfirmoncetookout1,300patentsacrosstheEUonasingledrug.Thereportalsosuggeststhatout-of-courtsettlementsbetweenmakersofpatenteddragsandgenericsfirmsmaybeastrategyusedbytheformertodelaymarketentrybythelatter.

　　AccordingtoEUofficials,suchmisdeeds-havedelayedthearrivalofgenericcompetitionandtheaccompanyingsavings.Onaverage,ritereportestimates,genericsarrivedsevenmonthsafterapatenteddruglostitsprotection,thoughwherethedrugwasabigsellerthelagwasfourmonths.Thereportsaystaxpayerspaidaboutq3billionmorethantheywouldhave-hadthegenericsgoneonsaleimmediately.

　　Buthangonaminute,Thoughmanyofthechargesofbadbehaviorleveledatthepatented-drugsindustrybyEUinvestigatorsmaywellbetrue,thereportseemstoletthegenericsindustryoffthehook（钩子）toolightly.Afterall,ifthedrugsgiantsstandaccused,ineffect,ofbribingopponentstodelaythelaunchofcheapgenerics,shouldn'

tthecompaniesthatacceptedthose"

bribes"

alsosharetheblame?

　　56.Whyaregovernmentsaroundtheworldseekingwaystoreducetheirhealth-carespending?

　　A）Theyconsiderthegeneric-drugsindustryasasavior.

　　B）Theyareunderthedoublepressureofaginggroupandfinancialcrisis.

　　C）Health-carespendinghasaccountedtoolargeproportion.

　　D）Health-carespendinghascosttaxpayerstoomuchincome.

　　57.WhatcanwelearnfromthereportissuedbytheEuropeanCommission?

　　A）Drugfirmwillusejustwaystoprotecttheirdrags.

　　B）Cheapergenericdrugsareeasytoentermarket,

　　C）Thereporthascometoanultimateconclusion.

　　D）Thefinalreportmayleadtocommissioner'

slegalaction.

　　58.Theinvestigatorsseriouslycondemnedthedrugfirmsfor__________.

　　A）theydonotlettheiropponentstoresorttothecomet

　　B）theyuseclustersofpatentstoprotecttheirproducts

　　C）theybribethecheapergenericopponents

　　D）treydonotpassonthesavingsmadebyuseofgenericdrugs

　　59.Onaverage,thegeneticswillbedelayedtoenterthemarketby__________.

　　A）sevenmonths

　　B）threemonths

　　C）fourmonths

　　D）elevenmonths

　　60.Whichofthefollowingaccordswiththeauthor'

sview?

　　A）Chargesonpatented-drugindustryareanythingbuttrue.

　　B）Genericsindustryisasheervictiminthecompetition.

　　C）Onlydruggiantsaretoblame.

　　D）Exclusionofgenericsindustryfromtakingresponsibilityisquestionable.

　　PassageTwo

　　Questions61to65arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

　　Yetwitheconomiesinfreefail,managersalsoneedup-to-dateinformation　aboutwhatishappeningtotheirbusinesses,sothattheycanchangecourse　rapidlyifnecessary.Cisco,anAmericannetwork-equipmentgiant,hasinvestedovermanyyearsinthetechnologyneededtogeneratesuchdata.FrankCaideroni,thefirm'

sCFO,saysthateverydayitsseniorexecutivescantrackexactlywhatordersarecominginfromsalesteamsaroundtheworld,andidentifyemergingtrendsineachregionandmarketsegment.Andattheendofeachmonth,thefirmcangetreliablefinancialresultswithinfourhoursofclosingitsbooks.Mostfirmshavetowaitdaysorevenweeksforsuchcertainty.

　　Admittedly,Cisco'

sfinancialresultshavenot