What’s the percent of fake medicines sold in poor countries?

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问题 What’s the percent of fake medicines sold in poor countries?
  
(25)The World Health Organization estimates that 25 percent of medicines sold in poor countries are fake. Monitoring by the World Bank and others suggests the overall global trade in fake and substandard drugs is now more than $30 billion per year.(26 - 2)Experts are asking for stricter regulation and better international collaboration to check this public health menace.
    (26 - 1)Some 40 percent of the drugs available in many sub-Saharan African and South American countries are either fake or substandard—according to the research by the World Bank and international public health groups.(26 - 3)And experts say the widespread circulation of poor-quality or substandard medicines leads to frequent treatment failure and even loss of life.

选项 A、A quarter of medicines sold in poor countries are fake.
B、Half of drugs available in some African and South American countries are fake.
C、Stricter regulation and better international collaboration are needed to check fake medicines.
D、The circulation of fake or substandard medicines leads to frequent treatment failure.

答案B

解析 本题考查对新闻细节的捕捉。由句(26—1)可知,在撒哈拉以南的非洲及南美洲的许多国家出售的药品中,其中有40%的是假药或不合格药品;由句(26—2)可知,专家呼吁更严格的制度和更好的国际合作来应对这个威胁公众健康的问题;由句(26—3)可知,专家说假药或者不合格药品的广泛流通导致频繁的医疗事故,甚至很多人丧命。因此B为正确答案。
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