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　While warnings are often appropriate and necessary — the dangers of drug interactions, for example — and many are required by state or federal regulations, it isn't clear that they actually protect the manufacturers and sellers from liability if a customer is injured. About 50 percent of the companies lose when injured customers take them to court.
      
52. Manufacturers as mentioned in the passage tend to ________.
　　[A] satisfy customers by writing long warnings on products
　　[B] become honest in describing the inadequacies of their products
　　[C] make the best use of labels to avoid legal liability
　　[D] feel obliged to view customers' safety as their first concern

 

 

 

 

　 正确答案为：C
   While warnings are often appropriate and necessary — the dangers of drug interactions, for example — and many are required by state or federal regulations, it isn't clear that they actually protect the manufacturers and sellers from liability if a customer is injured. About 50 percent of the companies lose when injured customers take them to court.
虽然警示语常常是合理而必要的，如对药物副作用而产生的危险的警示语，并且很多是州或联邦法规所要求的，但是当消费者受伤，这些警示语真正在保护制造商和销售商使之免于责任，这点人们还不清楚。被受伤的消费者告上法庭的公司中，大约一半的情况是公司败诉。
      
52. Manufacturers as mentioned in the passage tend to ________.
    题干的主干是：
    Manufacturers  tend to  ：
    as mentioned in the passage（定语）
    文中提到的制造商倾向于做什么？
　　[A] satisfy customers by writing long warnings on products
      解析：通过在产品上写长长的警示语满足顾客。目的不是为了满足顾客。
　　[B] become honest in describing the inadequacies of their products
      解析：在描述自己的产品的不足上表现得更诚实。也不是为了诚实。
　　[C] make the best use of labels to avoid legal liability
      解析：充分利用标签避免法律责任。
            they actually protect the manufacturers and sellers from liability if a customer is injured.
            商标实际在保护制造商和销售商使之免于责任。
　　[D] feel obliged to view customers' safety as their first concern
       解析：感到有义务将顾客的安全看作头等重要的事。
             文中没有提及商人把顾客的安全作为头等重要的事情。