26. Business-method patents have recently aroused concern because of

[A] their limited value to business

[B] their connection with asset allocation

[C] the possible restriction on their granting

[D] the controversy over authorization

【其他答案】[D] the controversy over authorization

【点点答案】[C] the possible restriction on their granting

【解析】问商业方法专利最近由于什么引起了人们的关注。根据题干的recently我们定位到原文第二段。Now the nation's top patent court appears poised to scale back on business-method patents, which have been controversial ever since they were first authorized 10 years ago. 答案就在这句话中。我们来看，这句话的意思是：现在美国顶尖的专利法院似乎谨慎地缩小商业方法专利，而这种专利自从10年前被政府授权后就一直存在争议。

至于某机构选择的[D] the controversy over authorization (对授权的争议)，从这句话的定语从句部分我们可以知道，这种争议已经长达10年之久，而不是现在才引起人们的关注，因此是不能入选的。我们选[C]the possible restriction on their granting(对他们授权可能的限制)，其中appear表示“看起来、似乎”= seem 替换选项中的possible(可能的)；scale back(缩减)替换 restriction.

27. Which of the following is true of the Bilski case?

[A] Its ruling complies with the court decisions

[B] It involves a very big business transaction

[C] It has been dismissed by the Federal Circuit

[D] It may change the legal practices in the U.S.

【其它答案】[B] It involves a very big business transaction

【点点答案】[D] It may change the legal practices in the U.S.

【解析】此题问关于Bilski案例下面哪一项是正确的。

思路一：根据题干中出现的Bilski case我们定位到文章第二段倒数第二句话(In re Bilski, as the case is known, is "a very big deal," says Dennis D. Crouch, a patent professor at the University of Missouri School of Law.)这句话是密苏里大学法学院的一位专利学教授Dennis D. Crouch所说，“正如人们所知道的那样，这一案例是一件非常大的事情”，注意，此处的deal表示的是“事情”，而不是“(商业)交易”，原文只是讲联邦巡回法院用这个特殊的案例(Bilski case)对这种business-method patents进行广泛复审，即：将这件事情搞的很大。 此题还有关键的一处在后边：“It has the potential to eliminate an entire class of patents”，即“可能整个消除这种专利类别”，大家注意，has the potential 语气为may(它们之间是相互替换的)；entire 表示强调，译为“整个的、全部的”，潜台词就是美国的法律实践可能会有重大变化，说明这个案例可能会改变美国的法律实践！因此选[D]项。

思路二：文章第四段也提到了对Bilski case这一案例的结论性总结，从这里也能判断出选[D]。关键之处在于The Federal Circuit issued an unusual order stating that the case would be heard by all 12 of the court's judges, rather than a typical panel of three,… 即，联邦巡回法院发布了一项不同寻常的法令，stating为现在分词作后置定语修饰order，对法令的内容做出了解释，后边是that引导的宾语从句，这项不同寻常的法令表明了“原来由典型的3名法官为一组进行听证，而现在却改为了12名法官听证”，听证会的法官人数变化很大，从这可以看出Bilski case是一件大事，因为要不是一件大事的话，法官人数为什么要有很么巨大的变动呢？注意这句话中的unusual与typical是对比词，“一项不同寻常的法令”说明肯定和一般情况下(typical)的法令不再相同；rather than“而不是”，在句中也表示发生变化。因此选[D]项。

至于某些机构选择的[B] It involves a very big business transaction，通过上面的分析，我们没有看出Bilski case涉及了一项非常大的商业交易，误选B是对第二段中出现的"a very big deal理解错了，以为是用transaction替换了deal，实际上不是这样，请见上述分析。

30. Which of the following would be the subject of the text?

[A] A looming threat to business-method patents

[B] Protection for business-method patent holders

[C] A legal case regarding business-method patents

[D] A prevailing threat against business-method patents

【其它答案】[D] A prevailing threat against business-method patents

【点点答案】[A] A looming threat to business-method patents

【解析】问本文的主题是什么。文章第一段先讲述了过去十年间的business-method patents对人们的影响，举了亚马逊、美林公司和一个投资者的例子来说明这种影响。第二段首句的Now很重要，第一段是讲过去十年的事情，而现在出现了什么变化了呢？Now the nation's top patent court appears poised to scale back on business-method patents. 即：现在美国顶尖的专利法院似乎要缩减这种商业方法专利，下文又说联邦巡回法院对这种专利要进行广泛复审，而且用Bilski这个案例来说明It "has the potential to eliminate an entire class of patents."(可能整个消除这种专利类别)可以看出这都是对business-method patents的一种潜在的威胁。因此我们选[A] A looming threat to business-method patents(对商业方法专利是一种潜在的威胁)，从scale back和potential都可以看出是a looming threat，他们之间存在替换关系。

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