CR 讨论

8. A new law gives ownership of patents—documents
  providing exclusive right to make and sell an inven-
  tion—to universities, not the government, when
  those patents result from government-sponsored uni-
  versity research. Administrators at Logos University
  plan to sell any patents they acquire to corporations
  in order to fund programs to improve undergraduate
  teaching.

  Which of the following, if true, would cast most
  doubt on the viability of the college administrators’
  plan described above?
  (A) Profit-making corporations interested in devel-
   oping products based on patents held by uni-
   versities are likely to try to serve as exclusive
   sponsors of ongoing university research projects.
  (B) Corporate sponsors of research in university
   facilities are entitled to tax credits under new
   federal tax-code guidelines.
  (C) Research scientists at Logos University have few
   or no teaching responsibilities and participate little
   if at all in the undergraduate programs in their field.
  (D) Government-sponsored research conducted at
   Logos University for the most part duplicates
   research already completed by several profit-
   making corporations.
  (E) Logos University is unlikely to attract corporate
   sponsorship of its scientific research.

Key: D
我人为A更好: 8. A new law gives ownership of patents—documents
  providing exclusive right to make and sell an inven-
  tion—to universities, not the government, when
  those patents result from government-sponsored uni-
  versity research. Administrators at Logos University
  plan to sell any patents they acquire to corporations
  in order to fund programs to improve undergraduate
  teaching.

  Which of the following, if true, would cast most
  doubt on the viability of the college administrators’
  plan described above?
  (A) Profit-making corporations interested in devel-
   oping products based on patents held by uni-
   versities are likely to try to serve as exclusive
   sponsors of ongoing university research projects.
  (B) Corporate sponsors of research in university
   facilities are entitled to tax credits under new
   federal tax-code guidelines.
  (C) Research scientists at Logos University have few
   or no teaching responsibilities and participate little
   if at all in the undergraduate programs in their field.
  (D) Government-sponsored research conducted at
   Logos University for the most part duplicates
   research already completed by several profit-
   making corporations.
  (E) Logos University is unlikely to attract corporate
   sponsorship of its scientific research.
Key: D
我选的A. 公司排他的成为大学专利项目的唯一资助者,使此项目不再成为政府项目, 可能要打官司了.

D.It's ture that several profit-making corporations have develped the research, but still others might be interested in the patent, which gives them the exclusive right to compete with those rival companies mentioned in D.