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Caught in a squeeze between the health needsof aging populations on one hand and the financialcrisis on the other, governments everywhere arelooking for ways to slow the growth in
health-carespending. Increasingly, they are looking to the generic-drugs 普通药物 industry as a savior. InNovember Japan's finance ministry issued a report complaining that the country's use
ofgenerics was less than a third of that in America or Britain. In the same month Canada'scompetition watchdog criticized the country's pharmacies for failing to pass on the savingsmade
possible by the use of generic drugs. That greed, it reckoned, costs taxpayers nearlyC$1 billion a year.
Then on November 28th the European Commission issued the preliminary results of itsyear-long probe into drug giants in the European Union. The report reached a damning~,though provisional,
conclusion: the drugs firms use a variety of unfair strategies to protecttheir expensive drugs by delaying the entry of cheaper generic opponents. Though this initialreport does not carry the
force of law a final report is due early next year, it has caused
muchcontroversy. Neelie Kroes, the EU's competition commissioner, says she is ready to takelegal action if the evidence allows.
One strategy the investigators criticize is the use of the \专利群\hundreds of new patents,often of
dubious merit, to confuse and terrify potential copycats and maintain itsmonopoly. An unnamed drugs firm once took out 1,300 patents across the EU on a singledrug. The report also suggests that
out-of-court settlements between makers of patenteddrags and generics firms may be a strategy used by the former to delay market entry by thelatter. According to EU officials, such misdeeds -have delayed the arrival of generic competitionand the accompanying savings. On average, rite report estimates, generics arrived sevenmonths after a
patented drug lost its protection, though where the drug was a big seller thelag was four months. The report says taxpayers paid about q 3
billion more than they wouldhave-had the generics gone on sale immediately.
But hang on a minute, Though many of the charges of bad behavior leveled at thepatented-drugs industry by EU investigators may well be true, the report seems to let thegenerics industry off
the hook钩子 too lightly. After all, if the drugs giants stand accused, ineffect, of bribing opponents to delay the launch of cheap generics, shouldn't the companiesthat accepted those \ also share the blame?
56. Why are governments around the world seeking ways to reduce their health-carespending?
A They consider the generic-drugs industry as a savior.
B They are under the double pressure of aging group and financial crisis. C Health-care spending has accounted too large proportion. D Health-care spending has cost taxpayers too much income.
57. What can we learn from the report issued by the European Commission? A Drug firm will use just ways to protect their drags. B Cheaper generic drugs are easy to enter market, C The report has come to an ultimate conclusion.
D The final report may lead to commissioner's legal action.
58. The investigators seriously condemned the drug firms for__________. A they do not let their opponents to resort to the comet B they use clusters of patents to protect their products C they bribe the cheaper generic opponents
D trey do not pass on the savings made by use of generic drugs 59. On average, the genetics will be delayed to enter the market by __________. A seven months
B three months C four months D eleven months
60. Which of the following accords with the author's view? A Charges on patented-drug industry are anything but true. B Generics industry is a sheer victim in the competition. C Only drug giants are to blame.
D Exclusion of generics industry from taking responsibility is questionable.
56.B。定位 由题干中的governments及seekingways to reduce the health-care spending定位到文章第一段第一句：Caught in a squeeze between the healthneeds of aging populations on one hand and thefinancial crisis on the
other，governmentseverywhere are looking for ways to slow the growthin health-care spending.
详解 推理判断题。由定位句可知，各国政府一方面面临老龄化人群的健康需求，另一方面受到金融危机的影响，所以都在寻求减少医疗保健开支的途径，B符合题意。第一段第二句提到they are looking to thegenetic-drugs industry as a
savior，但是普通药物只是各国政府减少开支的一个方法，并不是他们这么做的原因，故排除A;C的说法在文中没有提及;本段最后一句提到That greed…costs taxpayers nearlyC $1 billion a year.这里是说药店的贪心导致纳税人受损，并不是说保健花费的问题，故排除D。
57.D。定位 由题干中的the report issued by the European Commission定位到文章第二段第一句：Then on November 28th the European Commission issued the preliminary results...
详解 事实细节题。定位句提到，11月28日欧洲委员会发布的一个初步调查报告，下文开始对该报告进行描述，由第二段最后一句Neelie Kroes，the EU's competition commissioner，says she is ready totake legal action if the evidence
allows.可推断如果证据充足，委员们会采取行动，D符合题意。第二段第二句提到the drugs firms use a variety of unfair strategies to protect their expensive drugsby delaying the entry of cheaper generic
opponents，可见药物公司使用了不公平的竞争手段，推迟普通药物的上市，故排除A、B;该句前半句提到The report reached a damning，thoughprovisional，
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