考古：已确认
解决拥堵问题
V1一城市修建通往机场的rail，以缓解交通堵塞。有两个机场 W and E，但是rail只能缓解一个。因为60%的乘客去E 所以要rail通往E，问evaluate
我选的答案是 per fly的乘客数对比。 我觉得是虽然E的总的多，但不一定乘客会聚在一起。交通堵塞也许不严重
V2因为去机场的路堵塞，政府考虑修新的地铁还是什么的，这个城市有2个机场，west and south, 政府只能修建其中一个路线。West 登机乘客占60%，所以建议修west的。问需要知道什么？
我选的是A需要知道两个机场乘客中只是转机的乘客的比例作者: wang927 时间: 2010-12-3 16:10
3 fish and settlers
V1
曾经great lake鱼很多时周围住的settlers很多，鱼少了住在湖边的人就少了。问flaw，我选是错的，我觉得湖被污染了是正确答案 但是一犹豫选了别的。。。
In the nation of Partoria, large trucks currently account for 6 percent of miles driven on Partoria’s roads but are involved in 12 percent of all highway fatalities. The very largest trucks – those with three trailers – had less than a third of the accident rate of single- and double-trailer trucks. Clearly, therefore, one way for Partoria to reduce highway deaths would be to require shippers to increase their use of triple-trailer trucks.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
A): Partorian trucking companies have so far used triple-trailer trucks on lightly traveled sections of major highways only.
B): No matter what changes Partoria makes in the regulation of trucking, it will have to keep some smaller roads off-limits to all large trucks.
C): Very few fatal collisions involving trucks in Partoria are collisions between two trucks.
D): In Partoria, the safety record of the trucking industry as a whole has improved slightly over the past ten years.
E): In Partoria, the maximum legal payload of a triple-trailer truck is less than three times the maximum legal payload of the largest of the single-trailer trucks
answer: A
3. Opponents of allowing triple-trailer trucks to use the national highway system are wrong in claiming that these trucks are more dangerous than other commercial vehicles. In the western part of the country, in areas where triple-trailers are now permitted on some highways, for these vehicles the rate of road accident fatalities per mile of travel is lower than the national rate for other types of commercial vehicles. Clearly, triple-trailers are safer than other commercial vehicles.
Which one of the following, if true, most substantially weakens the argument? OA：B
(A) It takes two smaller semitrailers to haul as much weight as a single triple-trailer can.
(B) Highways in the sparsely populated West are much less heavily traveled and consequently are far safer than highways in the national system as a whole.
(C) Opponents of the triple-trailers also once opposed the shorter twin-trailers, which are now common on the nation’s highways.
(D) In areas where the triple-trailers are permitted, drivers need a special license to operate them.
(E) For triple-trailers the rate of road accident fatalities per mile of travel was higher last year than in the two previous years.
Prep CR1 90
90.
In the nation of Partoria, large trucks currently have a much higher rate of traffic accidents per mile driven than other vehicles do. However, the very largest trucks—those with three trailers—had less than a third of the accident rate of single- and double-trailer trucks. Clearly, therefore, one way for Partoria to reduce the number of traffic accidents would be to require shippers to increase their use of triple-trailer trucks.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
A. Partorian trucking companies currently use triple-trailer trucks only for long trips using major highways, which is the safest kind of trip for large trucks.
B. No matter what changes Partoria makes in the regulation of trucking, it will have to keep some smaller roads off-limits to all large trucks.
C. Increased use of triple-trailer trucks would mean that large trucks would account for a smaller proportion of all miles driven on Partoria’s roads than they currently do.
D. In Partoria, the safety record of the trucking industry as a whole has improved slightly over the past ten years.
E. The volume of truck traffic on Partoria’s highways could be reduced by encouraging shippers to use rail transport whenever possible.作者: wang927 时间: 2010-12-3 16:11
V4 support 题.某个地方他们那里冬天的将雪量比秋天要大，然而秋天因为树枝被雪压断造成的汽车房屋伤害却比冬天的多。有人说是因为秋天的数上有叶子，比较容易积雪，所以比较容易折断。选一下哪一个支持这个观点：我选的是有一种常青树（evergreen tree），它的树枝折断所造成的损伤在秋天和冬天数量基本一致。作者: wang927 时间: 2010-12-3 16:13
9 male or female fish
V1
有一种鱼，母的比公的好吃，卖得好（也许是公的比母的好吃，忘了），所以养鱼的就在公的还没长大的时候用了一种什么东西，就能改变鱼的性别。希望能把鱼都变成母的，这样就卖更高的价钱得到更多的利润。问WEAKEN
选项有
那种变性的药品很便宜（这是加强了吧），
我选的是，变了性的鱼虽然是母的，但是就不好吃了。不太确定。
V2：
一种male fish是一种主菜很赚钱，餐馆狠心老板说要给小female喂激素让他们长male的。因为malefish很好吃什么东东比较多。这样就能赚大钱。问不能达到效果的原因：
A female不能变成male
D这样变成male的鱼 有点苦不好吃（我觉得这是正确答案但我选的A脑子进水了）
E说激素涨钱了
考古：
好flavor的西红柿
V1 from rabbityvonne
以前美国西红柿都是种uniformity and firmness的，因为要装到crate里上高速公路去全美，后来发明了一种什么西红柿好像flavor更好，是用某种box运的，问加强（记得不太清晰）
V2 from yunnan1990
随着通往其他地方的高速路的修建，北美的农民开始种uniformity and firmness的的西红柿，这种西红柿味道好，可以用于集装箱运输，说什么的预计这种西红柿的出口很棒。问得出什么结论。我选的是：不会因为西红柿变得uniformity and firmness而口味变差，应该是对的，只是原文记不清了。作者: wang927 时间: 2010-12-3 16:14
GWD-24-14 题干类似，选项不同，大家小心
In 1983 Argonia’s currency, the argon, underwent a reduction in value relative to the world’s strongest currencies. This reduction resulted in a significant increase in Argonia’s exports over 1982 levels. In 1987 a similar reduction in the value of the argon led to another increase in Argonia’s exports. Faced with the need to increase exports yet again, Argonia’s finance minister has proposed another reduction in the value of the argon.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the prediction that the finance minister’s plan will not result in a significant increase in Argonia’s exports next year?
A. The value of the argon rose sharply last year against the world’s strongest currencies.
B. In 1988 the argon lost a small amount of its value, and Aronian exports rose slightly in 1989.
C. The value of Argonia’s exports was lower last year than it was the year before.
D. All of Argonia’s export products are made by factories that were operating at full capacity last year, and new factories would take years to build. 虽采用该计划，惟有利结果已到达极限无法再增加
E. Reductions in the value of the argon have almost always led to significant reductions in the amount of goods and services that Argonians purchase from abroad.
OA: D
PREP1-25. (30261-!-item-!-188;#058&004144)
Twelve years ago and again five years ago, there were extended periods when the Darfir Republic's currency, the pundra, was weak: its value was unusually low relative to the world's most stable currencies. Both times a weak pundra made Darfir's manufactured products a bargain on world markets, and Darfir's exports were up substantially. Now some politicians are saying that, in order to cause another similarly sized increase in exports, the government should allow the pundra to become weak again.
Which of the following, if true, provides the government with the strongest grounds to doubt that the politicians' recommendation, if followed, will achieve its aim?
(A) Several of the politicians now recommending that the pundra be allowed to become weak made that same recommendation before each of the last two periods of currency weakness.
(B) After several decades of operating well below peak capacity, Darfir's manufacturing sector is now operating at near-peak levels. 虽采用该计划，惟有利结果已到达极限无法再增加
(C) The economy of a country experiencing a rise in exports will become healthier only if the country's currency is strong or the rise in exports is significant.
(D) Those countries whose manufactured products compete with Darfir's on the world market all currently have stable currencies.
(E) A sharp improvement in the efficiency of Darfir's manufacturing plants would make Darfir's products a bargain on world markets even without any weakening of the pundra relative to other currencies.
考古： 已确认GWD原题
T-3-Q29.
The emission of sulfur dioxide when high-sulfur coal is burned is restricted by law. New coal-burning plants usually comply with the law by installing expensive equipment to filter sulfur dioxide from their emissions. These new plants could save money by installing instead less expensive cleaning equipment that chemically removes most sulfur from coal before combustion.
Which of the following, if known, would be most relevant to evaluating the claim above about how new-coal burning plants could save money?
A. Whether existing oil-burning plants are required to filter sulfur dioxide from their emissions.
B. Whether the expense of installing the cleaning equipment in a new plant is less than the expense of installing the cleaning equipment in an older plant.
C. Whether the process of cleaning the coal is more expensive than the process of filtering the emissions
D. Whether lawful emissions of sulfur dioxide form coal-burning plants are damaging the environment.
E. Whether existing plants that use the filtering equipment could replace this equipment with the cleaning equipment and still complete with new plants that install the cleaning equipment.
OA：C作者: wang927 时间: 2010-12-3 16:17
考古：未确认
有些花是通过pollinator传播花粉繁殖，有些是self-pollinated。好像说，通过昆虫传播花粉的species数量大大减少，推论是因为pollinator infection, 问evaluate。（选项有： whether the number of self-pollinated species also decreased;….）作者: wang927 时间: 2010-12-3 16:17
23土地分配
V1
一个国家都是进口麦和马铃薯当做人民的主食.但是如果用这个国家的空地来拿来种这两样食物可以养活全国的人口还有20% more. 所以如果这国家把剩下的土地都拿来种这两种作物,人口增加20%之前都不用...甚么甚么忘记了....
答案应该是当人口增加20%的时候这国家需要拿这些地for more house.
考古
狗主人的话：我现在看到也确定原题有提到SUV，但除了mileage for its size没有很深的印象。。。可能当时没来得及看很清楚。。不过应该就是这题的~
油价上涨。公司A, 本来生产truck, 现在生产新型hybrid SUV(应该就是那种油电混合的SUV吧)。这种新SUV,有更好的mileage for its size. 但是A公司年底销量报告不好，说新SUV的销量比A公司的其他SUV低。问explanation.
A. SUV的大势不好。
B. A 公司这新的SUV的mileage is inferior to the mileage of smaller size SUV from competitor
C. mileage is not a determining factor for the buyers of the other SUV of A (选这个)
（注意mileage的意思：The mileage of a vehicle is the number of miles that it can travel using one gallon or litre of fuel－楼主注）
版本三：油价上涨。公司A, 本来生产truck, 现在生产新型hybrid SUV(应该就是那种油电混合的SUV吧)。这种新SUV,有更好的mileage for its size. 但是A公司年底销量报告不好，说新SUV的销量比A公司的其他SUV“增长的更慢”(JJ原作者写的是“低”)。问explanation
A SUV的大势不
B A 公司这新的SUV的mileage is inferior to the mileage of similar (原JJ作者写的是smaller size) SUV from competitor
C mileage is not a determinant for customers of other SUV of company A (原JJ作者选这个)
我选B。文章在围绕两个segment的比较。在customer角度，更多的时候是当你决定买哪个segment的产品比如hybrid后，在不同公司的model间挑选，而不是首先决定我生是ford的人，死是ford的鬼，然后在GM不同model间选。(除了我在ford的同学，呵呵)
（这里我同意此人的观点，要解释的对象是为何A公司这款Hybrid SUV和其它SUV相比销量不好。那么B选项是无关的，因为他解释的是A公司的产品和其它公司相比有何缺陷导致销量出问题。我支持原JJ作者的看法，选C，大家自己斟酌）作者: wang927 时间: 2010-12-3 16:20
考古：
40% of the 10.6 million students graduated from US last year were above 25 years old, two thirds of them have had some kind of interruption during their education.Which of following can be concluded for the information above:40%的人毕业的时候大于25岁，其中2/3的人有中断教育，不能说40%的人都是21岁后进大学的，可能20岁进大学的，中断教育4年了阿。。。
maybe正确选项A.at lease 40% of all the graduates have entered college after 21 years old, or they have dropped out for as least one year, or have done both.
其他选项都是推测不到25岁的那部分人如何如何
As a large corporation in a small country, Hachnut wants its managers to have international experience, so each year it sponsors management education abroad for its management trainees. Hachnut has found, however, that the attrition rate of graduates from this program is very high, with many of them leaving Hachnut to join competing firms soon after completing the program. Hachnut does use performance during the program as a criterion in deciding among candidates for management positions, but both this function and the goal of providing international experience could be achieved in other ways. Therefore, if the attrition problem cannot be successfully addressed, Hachnut should discontinue the sponsorship program.
In the argument given, the two boldfaced portions play which of the following roles?
A. The first describes a practice that the argument seeks to justify; the second states a judgment that is used in support of a justification for that practice.
B. The first describes a practice that the argument seeks to explain; the second presents part of the argument's explanation of that practice.
C. The first introduces a practice that the argument seeks to evaluate; the second provides grounds for holding that the practice cannot achieve its objective.
D. The first introduces a policy that the argument seeks to evaluate; the second provides grounds for holding that the policy is not needed.
E. The first introduces a consideration supporting a policy that the argument seeks to evaluate; the second provides evidence for concluding that the policy should be abandoned.作者: wang927 时间: 2010-12-3 16:20
考古：
某个休闲钓鱼区湖里的一种diamong trout的鱼population下降了。政府想遏制这种情况，就从邻近的湖中搬运这种鱼过来。可是因为搬运的鱼的数量比before publicized的farm-bred的数量要少。所以这种下降趋势不会被遏制。
休闲胡钓鱼，鱼的数量减少，从别的地方买的那个，问的是削弱，选项有那个湖的温度（从别的城市卖鱼的那个湖）colder 比这个湖；政府会protect the interest of people both 钓鱼的和乘船玩的；引进这些鱼后，这些鱼会暂时缺乏食物；那些鱼more likly to engaged in cought by 游人；
还有一个忘了，感觉都不靠铺，乱选的缺乏食物那个。
V2 by HUZ 740休闲湖里的鱼(diamond什么的名字)的数量减少了。为了可持续发展，有人提议从别的湖里弄些鱼过来。但是反对者说弄过来的鱼的数量比被钓走少，所以plan不会work。问哪个选项削弱反对者。
选项有
1. 那个湖的温度（从别的城市卖鱼的那个湖）colder 比这个湖；
2. 原来在休闲湖里的鱼因为没有天敌啥的警惕性不高，给食就吃，所以容易被钓到。
3. 引进这些鱼后，因为鱼数量增加，会导致食物忽然短缺；
应该是个难题，纠结了一会儿选的2。因为觉得别的湖里的鱼更精一些，不容易被钓走了。作者: wang927 时间: 2010-12-3 16:21
45 boldface 结论
V1
boldface题,讲一个结论，然后说它unacceptable,接着讲原因，接着讲there is no information to support前面的原因。问这两段划线关系，这个我确定没错，前面一句是对一个结论的反对，后句表明作者支持这个结论。作者: wang927 时间: 2010-12-3 16:26
At present the Hollywood Restaurant has only standard-height tables. However, many customers come to watch the celebrities who frequent the Hollywood, and they would prefer tall tables with stools because such seating would afford a better view of the celebrities. Moreover, diners seated on stools typically do not stay as long as diners seated at standard-height tables. Therefore, if the Hollywood replaced some of its seating with high tables and stools, its profits would increase.
The argument is vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it gives reason to believe that it is likely that
(A) some celebrities come to the Hollywood to be seen, and so might choose to sit at the tall tables if they were available
(B) the price of meals ordered by celebrities dining at the Hollywood compensates for the longer time, if any, they spend lingering over their meals
(C) a customer of the Hollywood who would choose to sit at a tall table would be an exception to the generalization about lingering
(D) a restaurant's customers who spend less time at their meals typically order less expensive meals than those who remain at their meals longer
(E) with enough tall tables to accommodate all the Hollywood's customers interested in such seating, there would be no view except of other tall tables作者: wang927 时间: 2010-12-3 16:27
