又是老prep一道，为什么选A，请求帮忙

yolanda330

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For several years, per capita expenditure on prescription drugs in Voronia rose by fifteen percent or more annually.In order to curb these dramatic increases, the ministry of health （卫生部）prohibited drug manufacturers from raising any of their products' prices.Even though use of prescription drugs did not expand after this price freeze, per capita expenditure for prescription drugs continued to increase by a substantial percentage each year.

Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain why the ministry's action did not achieve its goal?

(A) After price increases were prohibited, drug manufacturers concentrated on producing new medications to replace existing products.

(B) The population of Voronia rose steadily throughout the period.

(C) Improvements in manufacturing processes enabled drug manufacturers to maintain high profit levels on drugs despite the price freeze.

(D) In addition to imposing a price freeze, the government encouraged doctors to prescribe generic versions of common drugs instead of the more expensive brand-name versions.

(E) After price increases were prohibited, some foreign manufacturers of expensive drugs ceased marketing them in Voronia.

sdfzcjy

34.(31982-!-item-!-188;#058&005681)

For several years, per capita expenditure on prescription drugs in Voronia rose by fifteen percent or more annually.In order to curb these dramatic increases, the ministry of health （卫生部）prohibited drug manufacturers from raising any of their products' prices.Even though use of prescription drugs did not expand after this price freeze, per capita expenditure for prescription drugs continued to increase by a substantial percentage each year.

Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain why the ministry's action did not achieve its goal?

(A) After price increases were prohibited, drug manufacturers concentrated on producing new medications to replace existing products.

(B) The population of Voronia rose steadily throughout the period.

(C) Improvements in manufacturing processes enabled drug manufacturers to maintain high profit levels on drugs despite the price freeze.

(D) In addition to imposing a price freeze, the government encouraged doctors to prescribe generic versions of common drugs instead of the more expensive brand-name versions.

(E) After price increases were prohibited, some foreign manufacturers of expensive drugs ceased marketing them in Voronia.

-- by 会员 yolanda330 (2011/3/23 10:20:24)

文章主要说prescription drugs 的per capita expenditure 上涨，因此那个什么部禁止drug manufacturers 提高产品的价格，主要涉及：支出和价格。

解释 为什么这部门的措施没用

A.在那什么部禁止什么后，厂家生产另外的药来替代prescription drugs ，改变了文章的前提——生产厂家生产prescription drugs ，不能确定正误先放着
B.人口上升什么的，与原文不沾边，干掉
C.提高生产过程什么使得利润保持在高水平什么，与支出、价格、前提没直接关系，不沾边，干掉
D.为了什么什么，政府鼓励医生用一个version替代另外一个version，不沾边，干掉
E.在禁止之后，一些外国生产者停止在V这生产什么，外国生产者生不生产的问题，没直接关系，干掉

综上所述，只能选A

yolanda330

排除做的话我可以想通，就是如果单从A角度想的话，prescription drug是处方药，卫生部prohibit raising price--反per pres drug还是升高了，因为。。。？用new medication代替existing drug后，卫生部还是会prohibit其价格啊，除非这题的意思是medication与drug的区别，medication是指药物治疗，不仅限于drug？所以卫生部的prohibit对于manu就没用了？

sdcar2010

The government prohibits RAISING the price of the current drugs. But the government CANNOT prohibit companies from SETTING extremely high prices for their NEW drugs.

yolanda330

哦      对哈  明白了呢   谢谢各位

lxke2000

还是没理解，卫生部是禁止their product's price, 即使生产new medications to replace old drugs, 仍然属于their products, 为什么卫生部就控制不了了?

irisjiaolee

3楼的意思是，卫生部只能控制药物的价格不涨，但是不能控制新的药物设定更高的价格。如果厂商全部用新的高价格的药物来代替现有的药物，那么药物的价格实际上还是上涨的。

我是不明白这句话的作用：
Even though use of prescription drugs did not expand after this price freeze

sdcar2010

3楼的意思是，卫生部只能控制药物的价格不涨，但是不能控制新的药物设定更高的价格。如果厂商全部用新的高价格的药物来代替现有的药物，那么药物的价格实际上还是上涨的。

我是不明白这句话的作用：
Even though use of prescription drugs did not expand after this price freeze

-- by 会员 irisjiaolee (2011/4/30 17:51:22)

This sentence means that the pharmaceutical company did not find NEW use for the existing drug as a means to increase their revenue.

lxke2000

在理，谢啦!

irisjiaolee

3楼的意思是，卫生部只能控制药物的价格不涨，但是不能控制新的药物设定更高的价格。如果厂商全部用新的高价格的药物来代替现有的药物，那么药物的价格实际上还是上涨的。

我是不明白这句话的作用：
Even though use of prescription drugs did not expand after this price freeze

-- by 会员 irisjiaolee (2011/4/30 17:51:22)

This sentence means that the pharmaceutical company did not find NEW use for the existing drug as a means to increase their revenue.

-- by 会员 sdcar2010 (2011/4/30 19:59:23)

但是增加revenue和增加单位价格没有关系啊，因为revenue增加了，sales也会增加，那么单位价格还是不变的啊。求NN再次解答~