Question

We have heard of counterfeiting before. Usually it refers to people making money by printing it instead of earning it. But counterfeiting also can involve all sorts of consumer goods and manufactured products. From well-known brand names such as Calvin Klein jeans to auto parts，counterfeiters have found ways to produce goods that look authentic. In some instances，counterfeit products look better than the original！

The demand of brand-name products has helped counterfeiting grow into a very profitable business throughout the world and into a serious problem for legal manufacturers and consumers alike. Faulty counterfeit parts have caused more than two dozen crashes. Most counterfeit auto parts do not meet federal safety standards.

Counterfeiting hurts manufacturers in many ways. Analysts estimate that,in the United States alone，annual revenue loss runs from$6 billion to$8 billion. Perhaps even worse，consumers blame the innocent manufacturers when they unknowingly buy a counterfeit product and find it doesn't perform as expected. Sometimes entire economies can suffer. For instance, when farmers in Kenya and Zaire used counterfeit fertilizers, both countries lost most crops.

By copying other firms' products, counterfeiters avoid research and development costs and most marketing costs. High-tech products such as computers and their software products are especially easy to suffer. As long as counterfeiting is profitable,large quantities of products are available to copy,and the laws are difficult to enforce,counterfeiters can be expected to exist for a long time.

(   ) 1. The word "counterfeiting" most probably means        ,

     A.   making things of poor quality for profit

    B.   making things of good quality for profit

    C.   illegally making things by copying

    D.   legally making things by copying

(   ) 2.The quality of most counterfeit products is        .

     A.   not up to the standards of America

    B.   up to the standards of America

    C.   so poor that few people want to buy the products

    D.   so good that most people prefer them to the authentic ones 

(   ) 3. The most appropriate title for the passage would be        .

     A.  The Effects of Counterfeiting

    B. The Problem of Counterfeiting

    C. The Cause of Counterfeiting

    D. The Profit of Counterfeiting

Answer 1

1. C詞義猜測題。由第一段第二、三句對counterfeiting 一詞的解釋可知選C。

2. A細節(jié)理解題。由第三段第三句"Perhapseven worse, consumers blame the innocent manufacturers when they unknowingly buy a counterfeit product and find it doesn' t perform as expected."可知,大多數(shù)偽造產(chǎn)品達不到其標準要求。

3. B主旨大意題。全篇講述的是偽造的問題。偽造的影響、原因以及利潤幾方面文章中都有提及，但作為標題太片面。