C、
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. __________
答案与解析
1. 答案：∧settle — to
试题分析：本题为缺词错误 。
详细解答：pay some money和不定式to do搭配表示“为了做成某事而付钱”。

2. 答案：more — much或more — /
试题分析：本题为副词误用 。
详细解答：high是单音节形容词 ，不需要和副词more合用作为它 的比较级 ，仅用higher即可。如果需要修饰higher ，应该用副词much 。

3. 答案：seriously — serious
试题分析：本题为副词和形容词误用 。
详细解答：修饰名词risk不能用副词 ，而应该使用形容词serious ，表示“更大的威胁”。

4. 答案：problem — problems
试题分析：本题为名词误用 。
详细解答：problem表示“问题” ，是可数名词 ，句 中表示“各种眼疾”。

5. 答案：their — its
试题分析：本题为代词误用 。
详细解答：物主代词和句 中的each搭配使用 ，表示“每种药有各 自致命 的副作用” ，故使用its。

6. 答案：increased — reduced
试题分析：本题为逻辑错误 。
详细解答：根据上文的意思，该药虽然能治疗心理病，但是由于副作用较大 ，引发其他疾病，需要逐渐减少用药量，而不是增加，故用reduced符合原文 。

7. 答案：are — is
试题分析：本题为动词误用 。
详细解答：定语从句的先行词population作为集合名词，表示一类人 ，应该用单数谓语动词与之搭配。

8. 答案：was — /
试题分析：本题为语态误用 。
详细解答：Vargha女士在绝望之余只能把她的姐姐从医院带回家，作为施动者，不需要用被动态 。

9. 答案：Iran — Iranian
试题分析：本题为名词误用 。
详细解答：作为名词的前置定语 ，应该使用形容词形式Iranian，表示一个伊朗的警察 。

10. 答案：that — what
试题分析：本题为从句误用 。
详细解答：句中的experience不是名词而是动词，需用宾语从句而非定语从句，要用what作关系代词，表示她所相信的事情 。