首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
As the Senate prepares to vote on legislation to empower the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products, its memb
As the Senate prepares to vote on legislation to empower the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products, its memb
admin
2015-07-13
30
问题
As the Senate prepares to vote on legislation to empower the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products, its members would be wise to consult a recent appeals court decision. The decision makes it clear that the tobacco companies have engaged in deceitful and harmful behavior for many decades and cannot be trusted to reform on their own. Regulatory oversight isthe best chance to rein them in.
The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld major elements of a 2006 lower court decision that found big tobacco companies guilty of racketeering and fraud as part of a prolonged campaign to deceive and addict the public. That 1,742-page opinion, rendered by Judge Gladys Kessler, laid out in painstaking detail how the tobacco companies made false statements and suppressed evidence to deny or play down the addictive qualities and the adverse health effects of smoking.
Judge Kessler found that the companies manipulated the design of cigarettes to deliver addictive doses of nicotine, falsely denied that secondhand smoke caused disease and falsely represented that light and low-tar cigarettes presented fewer health risks.
The appeals court not only upheld her decision as legally sound, it seemed deeply impressed by the "volumes of evidence" and "countless examples of deliberately false statements" underlying many of Judge Kessler’s findings. It also upheld some but not all of the marketing restrictions and other requirements she imposed to prevent the companies from making future false claims and engaging in additional fraudulent activities.
The companies protested that they should not be subjected to such requirements because they had already agreed to numerous remedies under a settlement agreement with 46 states and the District of Columbia. The appeals panel was rightly unimpressed. It upheld the district court’s findings that after the settlement went into effect in 1998, the companies almost immediately began to evade and violate various prohibitions against joint activities and false statements.
The House has already voted to give the F.D.A power to regulate tobacco. Senators, who are getting ready to vote on similar legislation, now have fair warning, if they needed any more, that this is a dishonest industry. It can’t be trusted to behave responsibly or even adhere to agreements it has signed. It is time to grant the F.D.A the power to regulate the content and marketing of tobacco products.
The word "rightly" (Para. 5) can be best replaced by _____.
选项
A、justly
B、understandably
C、evidently
D、appropriately
答案
A
解析
语义理解题。根据题干定位到第五段。这类题型需要根据上下文推断出词义。此处rightly应意为“正当地”时。这里是指由于烟草公司1998年立即违反规定的行径,法院对其抗议给予正当的漠视。四个选项中与法院最相关的词是justly(正当地),也可以由此推测A项正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/Og74777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Comparedwithothermodesoftransport,traintechnologymightseemtobeprogressingasslowlyasasuburbancommuterservicer
Comparedwithothermodesoftransport,traintechnologymightseemtobeprogressingasslowlyasasuburbancommuterservicer
Comparedwithothermodesoftransport,traintechnologymightseemtobeprogressingasslowlyasasuburbancommuterservicer
Inthefollowingarticle,somesentenceshavebeenremoved.ForQuestions41-45,choosethemostsuitableonefromthelistA-G
Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledgedthateducationisthekeytoeconomicsuccess.Everyoneknowsthatthejobsofthefuture
IntheUnitedStates,thefirstdaynurserywasopenedin1854.Nurserieswereestablishedinvariousareasduringthe【C1】______
Theworldisundergoingtremendouschanges.Theriseofglobalization,bothaneconomicandculturaltrendthathassweptthroug
ManyforeignerswhohavenotvisitedBritaincallalltheinhabitantsEnglish,fortheyareusedtothinkingoftheBritishIsle
Boysandgirlsusedtogrowupandsetasidetheirchildishpursuits.Notanymore.Thesedays,menandwomenholdontotheirin
Boysandgirlsusedtogrowupandsetasidetheirchildishpursuits.Notanymore.Thesedays,menandwomenholdontotheirin
随机试题
A、Howlongtheworkwilltake.B、Howmuchtheworkwillcost.C、Howthepaintjobistobedone.D、Howmanyworkersareneeded.
1924年1月,国民党一大的召开,标志着第一次国共合作的正式形成。1925年5月,以五卅运动为起点,掀起了全国范围的大革命高潮。大革命的意义是()
列出岗位任职者所应从事的各项工作活动,以及各项工作活动的重要性程度和执行时所需花费的时间,然后据此排出培训活动的优先次序的方法是()
脑出血发病后,神经功能康复最适宜的时间为()
当吸烟者吸烟时,给予讲解吸烟致癌等事例,从而帮助矫正吸烟行为,这种个体行为矫正方法为
体层机X线管运行的最大幅度(角度)称为
帕金森病小脑变性
贷款承诺是商业银行在贷款意向阶段向客户提供的书面承诺。()
国有资产占有单位应当进行资产评估的情况有()。
基于以下数据,请完成题目。解释b0和b1。
最新回复
(
0
)