第2部分：阅读判断(第16-22题，每题1分，共7分)阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断。
New Product Will Save Lives
Drinking water that looks clean may still contain bugs (虫子), which can cause illness. Asmall company called Genera Technologies has produced a testing method in three stages,which shows whether water is safe. The new test shows if water needs chemicals added to it, todestroy anything harmful. It was invented by scientist Dr. Adrian Parton, who started Generafive years ago. He and his employees have developed the test together with a British watercompany.
Andy Headland, Genera's marketing director, recently presented the test at a conference inthe USA and forecast good American sales for it. Genera has already sold 11 of its tests at$ 42, 500 a time in the UK and has a further four on order. It expects to sell another 25 testsbefore the end of March. The company says it is the only test in the UK to be approved by thegovernment.
Genera was formed five years ago and until October last year had only five employees; itnow employs 14. Mr. Headland believes that the company should make around $19 million bythe end of the year in the UK alone.
Genera Technologies has developed a method that determines whether water is clean.
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17、 Before he set up Genera, Dr. Parton had worked for a British water company.
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18、 The new prodcuct has been a commercial success in the USA.
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19、 Each of the tests costs $42, 500.
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20、 Genera Technologies orders 25 more tests before the end of the year.
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21、 The British government is helping Dr. Parton to sell the tests abroad
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22、 Genera has increased the number of its employees recently.
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C.Not mentioned
