The Shanghai Technical Supervision Bureau recently released the results of a sample survey of 486 Model computers being sold in the city’s markets. The survey revealed that nine of 14 types, or 64 percent of imported brand-name computers fulfilled the standards.

A large number of the low-quality “foreign” computers which were marketed as world-famous brands were actually counterfeited shoddy products lacking the necessary information such as registered trademarks, factory of origin, quality certifications and safety indices.

In addition, a survey of Shanghai footwear markets conducted by the Bureau on 30-odd occasions since early this year indicated various brands of “foreign shoes”, including Nike and Puma, were low-quality counterfeited goods. The allegedly world-famous brands, priced between 300-500 Yuan per pair, were actually worth only 40-60 Yuan.

An official from the China Consumer Association pointed to the following complaints concerning “foreign goods”: Quality problems related to individual commodities have developed into a universal problem directly relate to batch shipments of commodities. It is thus quite obvious that the crackdown on counterfeit shoddy foreign goods is a task requiring the utmost immediacy.

The appearance of shoddy counterfeit foreign goods has adversely affected the normal operations of China’s real foreign-goods markets, has greatly harmed the interests of consumers and resulted in substantial losses in state tax revenue. Officials have pointed out that the key to cracking down on counterfeit foreign goods is to attack illegal acts related to selling sham(虛假的) foreign goods at the prices applicable for authentic products.

Officials recommend that commodity inspection, technical supervision and industrial and commercial departments should strengthen law enforcement efforts, increase the frequency, of inspections, and eliminate the sources of sham foreign goods.

Enterprises producing and marketing sham foreign goods should be subject to severe punishment, with all cases referred to the judicial departments for adjudication, and public supervision should be intensified.

Consumers, on the other hand, should make every effort to constantly enhance their ability to discern counterfeit foreign goods, and should refrain from blindly purchasing such products simply because of their low price.

1. The sample survey on computers discovered that ______. 

A. four hundred and eighty-six computers were counterfeited ones

B. 64 percent of the imported computers were low-quality shoddy products

C. nine types of imported computers were up to the standard of their brands

D. large numbers of low-quality computers had been imported

2. The survey on Shanghai footwear markets showed that______. 

A. “foreign shoes” of various brands were of low quality

B. world-famous brands of shoes were actually worth 50 to 60 Yuan

C. many of the world famous brand shoes sold were actually counterfeited ones

D. people were paying much more than they should to buy foreign goods

3. An official from the China Consumer Association pointed out that ______.

A. the quality of foreign goods should be improved immediately

B. the problem of counterfeit shoddy foreign goods should be dealt with immediately

C. more and more people were dissatisfied with the quality of foreign goods

D. improper shipping could damage the quality of goods

4. One of the negative effects of counterfeit foreign goods was that ______. 

A. prices for foreign goods had to be kept low

B. the government suffered great losses in tax collection

C. consumers might lose interest in them

D. the government might be forced to ban the import of all foreign goods

5. It is suggested in the passage that consumers ______.

A. should resist the temptation to buy goods at low prices

B. should report counterfeit goods by referring them to the judicial departments

C. should perform the role of government inspection bodies to watch out for counterfeit goods

D. should learn to distinguish fake foreign goods from real ones for themselves

【參考答案】

1.【答案】D

【解析】：關(guān)鍵詞是sample survey，短文第一段最后一句話提到調(diào)查顯示，只有64%的品牌電腦符合標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。該段雖然提到了“486”，但那是機(jī)器的型號（model），并不是A項所說的486臺；選項B與短文內(nèi)容正好相反；C項中的9類與原文中講的是“nine of 14 types”（即9與14之比）不是一回事；比較而言，選項D符合原文。

2.【答案】A

【解析】：關(guān)鍵詞是 survey, footwear markets。根據(jù)短文第三段中提到許多世界名牌鞋是偽劣產(chǎn)品，選項A“各種各樣牌子的外國鞋質(zhì)量低劣”與原文一致，為正確答案。其他選項與原文不符。

3.【答案】B

【解析】：關(guān)鍵詞是China Consumer Association。根據(jù)文中第四段最后一句話“處罰偽劣外國產(chǎn)品是當(dāng)務(wù)之急”，選項B說假冒偽劣外國產(chǎn)品問題應(yīng)當(dāng)立即加以解決，符合原文的意思，故為正確答案。其他選項與原文第四段不符。

4.【答案】B

【解析】：關(guān)鍵詞是negative effects。根據(jù)短文第五段第一句話，便可得知選項B“政府在稅收方面遭受重大損失”為正確答案。A項“外國產(chǎn)品被迫保持低價”；D項“政府可能被迫禁止進(jìn)口一切外國產(chǎn)品”，與原文不符；C項“消費者可能對其失去興趣”，原文是說極大地?fù)p害了顧客的利益，而不是使其失去興趣。

5.【答案】D

【解析】：根據(jù)文中最后一段提到“另一方面，消費者應(yīng)當(dāng)努力提高識別假貨的能力”，A、B和C三項內(nèi)容與原文不符，所以D是正確選項，即“應(yīng)當(dāng)學(xué)會自我辨別真假外國產(chǎn)品”。