Counterfeit medicines are a widespread problem in developing countries. Like other counterfeits, they look like real products. But counterfeit drugs may contain too much, too little or none of the active ingredients (原料) of the real thing.
People do not get the medicine they need. And in some cases the counterfeits cause death. Twenty children in Bangladesh died last year after being given acetaminophen (醋氨芬). The medications contained ingredients that looked, smelled and tasted like the real thing. The medicine was produced by a local drug company that used a dangerous substitute to save money.
The problem of counterfeit medicines is especially serious in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The WHO estimates that up to thirty percent of medicines on sale in many of those countries are counterfeits. The problem is less widespread among industrialized countries. The WHO says counterfeits make up less than one percent of the illegal drug market in countries like the United States, Canada, Japan, and New Zealand.
But the agency also says as much as fifty percent of the medicine sold on the Internet is counterfeit.
Much is being done to fight counterfeit drugs. Several companies are developing ways to make counterfeits easier to identify (鑒定). And there are existing methods, like a machine that can quickly identify chemicals in pills to confirm if the pills are real. Other ideas include things like special tracking (跟蹤) codes for drug packages. People could send a text message with the code and get a message back, which proves that what they bought is listed in a database. Some drug makers and other companies put three-dimensional images called holograms (全息圖) on their products as a security device.
小題1:The underlined word “counterfeits” means _______.
A．qualified productsB．sub-standard medicines
C．real pillsD．false products
小題2: Last year twenty children in Bangladesh died because of _______.
A．unclean waterB．a(chǎn)cetaminophen
C．unreal drugsD．online medicines
小題3: We can draw a conclusion from the passage that ______.
A．we had better not buy medicines online
B．more and more people will buy products online
C．medicine companies don’t pay much attention to counterfeit drugs
D．it is very cheap and convenient to buy medicines online
小題4: What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A．It shows the danger of counterfeit drugs
B．Special tracking codes for drug packages are used to identify counterfeits.
C．Some measures are being taken to fight counterfeit drugs
D．It reveals the reasons why counterfeit drugs are widespread.
小題5: Which of the following country may have serious problems of counterfeit medicines?
A．France.B．America
C．New ZealandD．India

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:D
本文作者主要講述的是世界范圍內(nèi)存在的假藥現(xiàn)象，主要集中在非洲，亞洲和拉丁美洲，分析了這一現(xiàn)象的原因以及人們?yōu)榱私鉀Q這一問題所采取的措施。
小題1:D
【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段. Like other counterfeits, they look like real products. But counterfeit drugs may contain too much, too little or none of the active ingredients (原料) of the real thing.像其他的假貨一樣，假貨看起來像真的一樣。但是假藥里的原料和真藥里的原料幾乎完全不一樣�？芍@里的counterfeit與后面的the real thing表示相反的意思。故D正確。
小題2:C
【試題解析】細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段后2句The medications contained ingredients that looked, smelled and tasted like the real thing. The medicine was produced by a local drug company that used a dangerous substitute to save money.可知導致孩子去世的是這些假藥，里面是有了危險的物質(zhì)。故C項正確。
小題3:A
【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章第4段But the agency also says as much as fifty percent of the medicine sold on the Internet is counterfeit.
可知一半的假藥是在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上面銷售的，所以作者建議我們不要在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上面購買藥物，因為假的可能性很大。故A正確。
小題4:C
【試題解析】段落大意題。根據(jù)本段第一句Much is being done to fight counterfeit drugs.可知為了和假藥做斗志，已經(jīng)采取了很多措施。接下來就列舉了具體的措施。故C項正確。
小題5:D
【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章第三段The problem of counterfeit medicines is especially serious in Africa, Asia and Latin America和The problem is less widespread among industrialized countries可知非洲，亞洲和拉丁美洲假藥的問題很嚴重，而且在工業(yè)化的發(fā)達國家，假藥的問題不大。4個選項里，只有D不是工業(yè)化國家，同時也是亞洲的國家。故D項正確。
【長難句解析】
1.People could send a text message with the code and get a message back, which proves that what they bought is listed in a database.
【翻譯】人們可以發(fā)生一個帶有密碼的短信，然后會收到一個回復的短信，這個短信證明他們所購買的是在數(shù)據(jù)庫里所列出來的。
【分析】本句非常復雜。本句中的which引導的是一個非限制性定語從句，which指代前面的message在定語從句中做主語，同時對于從句中有一個that引導的賓語從句，這個賓語從句中有一個what引導的主語從句。
2.Some drug makers and other companies put three-dimensional images called holograms (全息圖) on their products as a security device.
【翻譯】一些藥物生產(chǎn)商和其他公司在他們的產(chǎn)品上放上被稱為全息圖的三維圖片作為安全裝置。
【分析】本句中的過去分詞短語called holograms (全息圖)作為定語修飾前面的名詞three-dimensional images，因為兩者之間構(gòu)成被動關(guān)系，所以使用過去分詞。相當于定語從句which are called holograms。
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