In 2009, Pfizer paid $301 million settle allegations by the Justice 1. ___________

Department that company representatives marketed Geodon dosage

for unapproved uses and encouraged doctors “to prescribe the drug at

substantially more higher than approved dosages.”?? 2. ___________

Like all psychotropic medications, Geodon has potential side effects,?

as anxiety and weight gain, and far more seriously risks, including vision 3. ___________

problem. And Ms. Vargha’s sister was also taking four other psychotropic 4. ___________

drugs, each with their own potentially damaging consequences.??? 5. ___________

Ms. Vargha fought for years before her sister’s dosages were increased. ??6. ___________

“Why on earth would we give psychotropic medications to a population that

are already vulnerable and struggling to use their brain?” she wrote in a letter 7. ___________

to the state this year. “Why do we want to numb and dumb them more?”

Three months ago, increasingly desperate, Ms. Vargha, 56, was? ??????????8. ___________

?removed her sister from the group home, and took her to her house.

When a reporter visited Ms. Vargha’s home recently, her sister was

disoriented and briefly mistook the reporter for an Iran policeman. At ??????9. ___________

night, she walks the hallways, speaking Persian.

“She’s getting better, she’s eating now a bit, but she doesn’t sleep,” Ms.

Vargha said. She hopes to get her sister back on her feet soon and move her

into a group apartment in Rochester.

“My sister came with so much hope to this country, America, the land

of freedom,” she said. “When she became a citizen, she put both arms up and said, ‘I love this country.’ ”

She added, “I want her to experience that she believed in.”?? ?????????????10. __________

答案與解析

1. 答案：∧settle — to
試題分析：本題為缺詞錯誤 。
詳細(xì)解答：pay some money和不定式to do搭配表示“為了做成某事而付錢”。

2. 答案：more — much或more — /
試題分析：本題為副詞誤用 。
詳細(xì)解答：high是單音節(jié)形容詞 ，不需要和副詞more合用作為它 的比較級 ，僅用higher即可。如果需要修飾higher ，應(yīng)該用副詞much 。

3. 答案：seriously — serious
試題分析：本題為副詞和形容詞誤用 。
詳細(xì)解答：修飾名詞risk不能用副詞 ，而應(yīng)該使用形容詞serious ，表示“更大的威脅”。

4. 答案：problem — problems
試題分析：本題為名詞誤用 。
詳細(xì)解答：problem表示“問題” ，是可數(shù)名詞 ，句 中表示“各種眼疾”。

5. 答案：their — its
試題分析：本題為代詞誤用 。
詳細(xì)解答：物主代詞和句 中的each搭配使用 ，表示“每種藥有各 自致命 的副作用” ，故使用its。

6. 答案：increased — reduced
試題分析：本題為邏輯錯誤 。
詳細(xì)解答：根據(jù)上文的意思，該藥雖然能治療心理病，但是由于副作用較大 ，引發(fā)其他疾病，需要逐漸減少用藥量，而不是增加，故用reduced符合原文 。

7. 答案：are — is
試題分析：本題為動詞誤用 。
詳細(xì)解答：定語從句的先行詞population作為集合名詞，表示一類人 ，應(yīng)該用單數(shù)謂語動詞與之搭配。

8. 答案：was — /
試題分析：本題為語態(tài)誤用 。
詳細(xì)解答：Vargha女士在絕望之余只能把她的姐姐從醫(yī)院帶回家，作為施動者，不需要用被動態(tài) 。

9. 答案：Iran — Iranian
試題分析：本題為名詞誤用 。
詳細(xì)解答：作為名詞的前置定語 ，應(yīng)該使用形容詞形式Iranian，表示一個伊朗的警察 。

10. 答案：that — what
試題分析：本題為從句誤用 。
詳細(xì)解答：句中的experience不是名詞而是動詞，需用賓語從句而非定語從句，要用what作關(guān)系代詞，表示她所相信的事情 。

重點、難點詞匯

1. allegation 斷言、宣稱

2. dosage 劑量

3. substantially 顯著地

4. psychotropic 作用于精神的 （藥物 ）

5. medication 藥物

6. disorient 使不知所措