10 GWD原题1
Which of the following most logically completes the editorial below? By venus2elva
Editorial in Golbindian Newspaper:
For almost three months, opposition parties have been mounting daily street demonstrations in the capital in an effort to pressure the ruling party into calling an election. Though the demonstrations were well attended at first, attendance has declined steadily in recent weeks. However, the decline in attendance does not indicate that popular support for the opposition’s demands is dropping, since
A.the opposition’s demands have not changed during the period when the street demonstrations have been mounted.
B.No foreign governments have expressed any support for the opposition’sdemands.
C.The state-controlled media have ceased any mention of the demonstrations, leaving many citizens outside the capital with no way of knowing that demonstrations continue.
媒体停止报道导致外部公民不知道所以参加数就下降了， 想要游行的人们都进不到首都来
D.There have not recently been any antigovernment demonstrations in cities other than the capital.
E.A recent sharp decrease in unemployment has led to increased popular support for the government.作者: s 时间: 2010-9-14 22:54
11 卡通艺术
Cartoon很受欢迎，但是评论家却不认为它是艺术。Jazz也很受欢迎，开始和cartoon处境差不多，但是很profound（深刻的），所以cartoon will soon be viewed as art since_______
选cartoon is also profound.
cartoon and Jazz 有相同的differences and similarities (it means that cartoon and Jazz have same characters
12 开车打手机
A说，公车司机开车的时候打手机会影响他们的注意力，导致路面情况危险的时候容易出事故。所以应该禁止公车司机开车的时候打手机。
B说，车上的乘客也经常和司机说话的，一样分散他们的注意力，如果禁止打手机，就等于禁止乘客。
问A该怎么反驳。选乘客也关注路面的情况，当危险的时候，他们通常都会keep silence.
13 犯罪率
两个地方的犯罪率4年前犯罪率和四年后的比较。gwd原题没变体。削弱。没有给出4年前的crime rate吧。。。
GWD原题：
The violent crime rate (number of violent crimes per 1,000 residents) in Meadowbrook is 60 percent higher now than it was four years ago. The corresponding increase for Parkdale is only 10 percent. These figures support the conclusion that residents of Meadowbrook are more likely to become victims of violent crime than are residents of Parkdale.
The argument above is flawed because it fails to take into account
A. Changes in the population density of both Meadowbrook and Parkdale over the past four years.
B. How the rate of population growth in Meadowbrook over the past four years compares to the corresponding rate for Parkdale
C. The ratio of violent to nonviolent crimes committed during the past four years in Meadowbrook and Parkdale
D. The violent crime rates in Meadowbrook and Parkdale four years ago
E. How Meadowbrooks’ expenditures for crime prevention over the past four years compare to Parkdale’s expenditures.
14 秋天积雪
说秋天比冬天积雪少，但是有个report说秋天什么的(有trim修建 削减这词) 破坏car and building 比 冬天多 ，问解释
22 GWD原题2
GWD-8-Q3:
In the late 1980’s, the population of sea otters in the North Pacific Ocean began to decline. Of the two plausible explanations for the decline—increased predation by killer whales or disease—disease is the more likely. After all, a concurrent sharp decline in the populations of seals and sea lions was almost certainly caused by a pollution-related disease, which could have spread to sea otters, whereas the population of killer whales did not change noticeably.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the reasoning? Q50 V34 690 sasazan
V2:摩托车的alternatives(感觉说的引擎样的类似物，就是车子要用的东西) provided by traditional fuel produced by established oil producer. However, the price of alternative becomes more expensive. Established oil producer为了能让traditional fuel 变得越来越popular应该采用哪个手段？ by queenie924
排除后剩下2个：
1） 要convince买更便宜能够affordable的车
2） 还有个最后是alternative resource什么
GWD-7-Q37
Escalating worldwide demand for corn has led to a sharp increase in the market price of corn, and corn prices are likely to remain high. Corn is extensive used as feed for livestock, and because profit margins are tight in the livestock business, many farmers are expected to leave the business. With fewer suppliers, meat prices will surely rise. Nonetheless, observers expect an immediate short-term decrease in meat prices.
Which of the following, if true, most helps to justify the observers’ expectation?
A. The increase in corn prices is due more to a decline in the supply of corn than to a growth in demand for it.
B. Generally, farmers who are squeezed out of the livestock business send their livestock to market much earlier than they otherwise would.
C. Some people who ate meat regularly in the past are converting to diets that include little or no meat.
D. As meat prices rise, the number of livestock producers is likely to rise again.
E. Livestock producers who stay in the business will start using feed other than corn more extensively than they did in the past.
45 森林消失
有一个说是气候变的越来越干燥，会使森林什么的消失（变成grassland）。虽然森林在很干燥的条件下。但是如果在短时间内的连续森林大火会使森林无法recover，从而消失。
问 support 我选的是气候越干燥，森林大火就会发生的越频繁。
题目差不多。结论是：如果森林没有时间（have no time to）恢复就会使森无法Recover，从而消失。
问Assumption
答：选的是森林有时间是可以恢复的
V3: 在过去，即使偶尔出现drought，热带雨林也不至死亡。但由于global warming，drought变得更频繁了，再加上由于气温上升而带来的更频繁的fire，大片热带雨林将要灭绝。问assumption？
我选连年的drought将使雨林死亡（感觉不对诶~~） 740作者: s 时间: 2010-9-14 22:56
46 GWD原题3
GWD-6-Q21: by a2000anson by daibing126
An overwhelming proportion of the most productive employees at SaleCo’s regional offices work not eight hours a day, five days a week, as do other SaleCo employees, but rather ten hours a day, four days a week, with Friday off.Noting this phenomenon, SaleCo’s president plans to increase overall productivity by keeping the offices closed on Fridays and having all employees work the same schedule—ten hours a day, four days a week.
Which of the following, if true, provides the most reason to doubt that the president’s plan, if implemented, will achieve its stated purpose?
A.Typically, a SaleCo employee’s least productive hours in the workplace are the early afternoon hours.
B.None of the employees who work four days a week had volunteered to work that schedule, but all were assigned to it by their supervisors.
C.Working ten hours a day has allowed the most productive employees to work two hours alone each day in their respective offices relatively undisturbed by fellow employees.
D.Employees at SaleCo are compensated not on the basis of how many hours a week they work but on the basis of how productive they are during the hours they are at work.
E.Those SaleCo employees who have a four-day workweek do not take any of their office work to do at home on Fridays.
A说B的观点it is not an unreasonable assumption，但是因为B忽略了某些因素，导致B的观点是错误的。
正确应该是1是concede （concession）to some parts of B’s points,
2是evidence to support A的conclusion（即B的观点不正确）。
只要明白了concede是什么意思就好办，因为只有一个选项有concede的。by neverletgo (760)
V2: 考古学家说了一堆废话，反正是一个论述。然后作者让步说虽然the assumption is not unreasoned (粗体)because XX 但是这个东西还有很多很多的问题，最后一句话粗体。有迷惑性的是A 貌似里面有个concession的单词，就是让步嘛，但是后面说的是serve to undermine the rejection of 考古学家的观点。负的和负的想加应该是作者支持这个考点，所以说不对，选项貌似是最后一个，第一句话反对了对考古学家的批评，而第二句话说考古学家的假设不对，同时间接支持了作者的观点 V39
67 研究饮食习惯
题：研究P从而发现饮食习惯。在上面发现了A,B,等物品。 特别的是B，它是以前他们 没有encounter的东西，edible until it is rotten。
结论：所以，研究P可以知道how to eat inedible food （就是好像说的是那些以前没遇到的东西）
问 削弱
选项：
有没有选项说: 以前在P地能吃的现在不能吃
Diagnosis of drivers who incurred fatal car accidents reveals that among those drivers under 50 with fatal accidents, 5% are diganosed to have P**(一种眼部疾病). This disease affects peripheral vision. However among entire population under 50, only 3% are diagnosed to be infected with P**. Therefore it is the P** disease that has led to drivers' fatal accidents.
结论：所以说有这种病会加大出车祸的可能性，
问削弱
A. Many patients with P** in later stage cannot drive because their sights are seriously hurt.
B. Diagnosis of P** requires use of a kind of test. However it's unlikely that people under 50 will take this test. 50岁以下的人得这个病一般情况下没什么人会有感觉所以就不去医院看，也就没办法确诊。
C. Although P** is considered to happen more often among ppl over 50, some younger ppl, who are in their 30s and 40s, are also infected with it.
D. Except from impact on peripheral vision, P** does not have impacts on other vision abilities.
如果问题是Weaken，群众意见为B选项，但我觉得50岁以下的人没感觉所以不去检查也说得通。作者: s 时间: 2010-9-14 22:58
83 判定青铜器 削弱
青铜statue的年代。专家墓地里发现青铜器，根据该地区其它相关物品的年代判定该铜器制作年代在1000BC。但是根据trading pattern判定其年代应为1400BC;根据对墓地附近的soil 碳14判定其年代为2000BC。根据以上这两个证据，该青铜器年代应早于1000CB 问削弱by ivysf 730
排除三个后剩两个。A墓地附近有不同年代物质 C trading pattern是base on pottery的。A削弱第一个证据C削弱第二个证据。我纠结后选了A，不知对不对。
84 GWD原题： GWD21-Q40:
Manufacturer of workstations for computer-aided design seeks to increase sales to its most important corporate customers. Its strategy is to publish very low list prices for workstations in order to generate interest among the buyers for those corporations.
Which of the following, if characteristic of the marketplace, would tend to cause the manufacturer’s strategy to fail?
A. The proposed list prices would seem low to a typical buyer for the manufacturer’s most important corporate customers.
B. The capabilities of workstations suitable for given jobs are not significantly different among various manufacturers.
C. The manufacturer’s most important corporate customers employ as buyers persons who are very knowledgeable about prices for workstations for customer-aided design.
D. Customers differ significantly in the percentage of resources they can devote to computer workstations.
E. Buyers for corporations that purchase workstations for computer-aided design receive bonuses for negotiating large discounts from the list price. by ivysf 730
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85 句子作用题----医院.....
还有一个句子作用题，很简单。两个中间就有一个However。
高亮第一个说某医院得出了结论，第二个说这个结论是错的。V41作者: s 时间: 2010-9-14 23:00
V3 我选 exercise caution when the price is rising because of the increasing demand 740
89 太阳能电池
当时都没太看懂那逻辑。说某国政府为了鼓励个人和企业安装太阳能，给他们提供了巨额补贴。但是某组织认为这个方法不利于提高全球的the capability of solar resource。
问解释：
V1. 因为需求的增加会推高全球的太阳能价格。V41
V2. 因为increasing demand 将increase the price，以致一些国家不能承担 740
V3. 国家补贴导致世界范围内能源价格提升，有些国家用不起，被高价挤出市场 V45
V4. 随着demand上升，价格就会涨，然后就会把一些国家price out了。 V39
90 valley的粮食生产
valley的粮食都是靠夏天的融雪来灌溉，因为全球变暖，融雪的时间和夏天灌溉的时间越来越不吻合了，所以专家估计全球靠融雪灌溉的valley的粮食的产量会下降，问evaluate。
V1. 选 to what degree global warming 使原来太冷的valley 变得可以耕种了 740
V2. 选提前融雪，会不会浇灌另一些valley，这些valley原本融雪的灌溉和作物生长是错开的。（大概就是，融雪的时间变化，使得本来产量高的下降了，但是可能造就一批新的产量高的地区）
V3. 我也选 to what degree global warming 使原来太冷的valley 变得可以耕种了。V39作者: s 时间: 2010-9-14 23:00
91 GWD变体
Radio stations with radio data system (RDS) technology broadcast special program information that only radios with an RDS feature can receive. Between 1994 and 1996, the number of RDS radio stations in Verdland increased from 250 to 600. However, since the number of RDS-equipped radios in Verdland was about the same in 1996 as in 1994, the number of Verlanders receiving the special program information probably did not increase significantly.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
A. few if any of the RDS radio stations that began broadcasting in Verdland after 1994 broadcast to people with RDS-equipped radios living in areas not previously reached by RDS stations.
B. In 1996 most Verdlanders who lived within the listening area of an RDS station already had a radio equipped to receive RDS.
C. Equipping a radio station with RDS technology does not decrease the stationâ作者: s 时间: 2010-9-14 23:00
96 富人和穷人
A说富人应该捐款，B反驳说，富人如果不现在捐款的话，他们会投资，等10年以后这些钱翻倍了，再捐出来岂不是很爽。穷人应该更开心。
问说那个选项反对了B反驳A的那些话。
正确答案是，那些社会问题如果不现在解决的话，拖到以后更加恶劣甚至会花费比捐款的两倍多的多 V39
97 两种开采方式
好像是一道prep题，原题如下，现在的应该是变体。。。
Most of the world's supply of uranium currently comes from mines. It is possible to extract uranium from seawater, but the cost of doing so is greater than the price that uranium fetches on the world market. Therefore, until the cost of extracting uranium from seawater can somehow be reduced, this method of obtaining uranium is unlikely to be commercially viable.
Which of the following would it be most useful to determine in evaluating the argument?
(A) Whether the uranium in deposits on land is rapidly being depleted
(B)Whether most uranium is used near where it is mined
(C)Whether there are any technological advances that show promise of reducing the cost of extracting uranium from seawater
(D)Whether the total amount of uranium in seawater is significantly greater than the total amount of uranium on land
(E)Whether uranium can be extracted from freshwater at a cost similar to the cost of extracting it from seawater
答案A
98 道路系统改革
还有一道问两个加粗的部份在文中起到什么作用的题。大意是说科学家提出新的道路系统改革计划，第一个粗体句子说这也不是完全unreasonable，接着又提出有一种反对的观点，第二句加粗句说还需要更多证据。【这题比较纠结，希望NN们更正】
99 电台点歌
我们电台在每个break会放8首歌，但广告商一定要我们放10首歌。电台不能从广告商那里获得更多的钱，break的时间也不能变好像（这里有点疑惑，反正是另外一个限制条件）；问电台要如何做才能保证不损失XXXX。我选的是，缩短每首歌播放的时间。
114 卖一个东西，两种情况
卖一个东西，有两种情况，replacement older占销售的40%，第一次买（first time）是占60%，前者占利润20%，后者是80%。选的是per capita花在first time buying上面钱比replacement older多
115 广告宣传影响stock
是说（大概意思是这样）做广告宣传，可能不会使得销售额增加，但是能使得销售商增加库存（？），记得是stock这个词，增加stock就可以使得该商品卖得好。问以上如果是对的，能得到以下什么结论：我选的是如果stock不能使商品怎么样，那么广告就不会怎么样 720作者: s 时间: 2010-9-14 23:02
116 BF：GWD原题
GWD-24-Q 24:
Many winemakers use cork stoppers; but cork stoppers can leak, crumble, or become moldy, so that those winemakers must often discard a significant proportion of their inventory of bottled wine. Bottlemaster plastic stoppers, which cannot leak, crumble, or mold, have long been available to winemakers, at a price slightly higher than that of traditional cork stoppers. Cork prices, however, are expected to rise dramatically in the near future. Clearly, therefore, winemakers who still use cork but wish to keep production costs from rising will be forced to reconsider plastic stoppers. And since the wine-buying public’s association of plastic stoppers with poor-quality wine is weakening, there is an excellent chance that the Bottlemaster plastic stopper will gain an increased share of the marked for wine-bottle stoppers.
In the argument given, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?
A.The first is a judgment that has been advanced in support of a position that the argument opposes; the second is the main conclusion of the argument.
B.The first is a judgment that has been advanced in support of a position that the argument opposes; the second is a conclusion drawn in order to support the main conclusion of the argument.
C.The first is the main conclusion of the argument; the second provides evidence in support of that main conclusion.
D.The first is the main conclusion of the argument; the second is a restatement of that main conclusion.
E.The first is a conclusion drawn in order to support the main conclusion of the argument; the second is that main conclusion.
考试的时候选项变短了，意思一样。 710(Q50,V35)
