Math:
PS:
1. PS: 3 credits is given for each course completed and a total of 120 credits is needed for graduation. A student has completed x courses every semester for y semesters. How many more credits does he need to graduate in terms of x and y?
Answer: 120-3xy
2. PS: there are 12 balls in a bag: 5 blue, 3 red and 4 green. If each time only 1 ball is taken out of the bag and not to be replaced, what is the probability that the first 5 balls taken our are all blue?
Answer: (5/12)*(4/11)*(3/10)*(2/9)*(1/8)= 1/792
3. PS: The number of children vaccinated for R is twice the number given F; the number of children given both vaccines R and F is twice that given only F. If 5,000 children are given both vaccines, what is the number of children vaccinated with R?
Answer: 15,000
Only F: 5000/2=2500; Total F=2500+5000=7500; Total R=2*7500=15,000
4. PS: 1/2的人管背景,1/4的人演配角,1/6的人管音乐,剩下2个人演主角,每个人只能执行一个任务(不重复),问总共有多少人?
Answer: 24. 设总人数为x,(1-1/2-1/4-1/6)x=2, x=24
5. PS: (1.00001)(0.99999)- (1.00002)(0.99998) =? Answer: 3*10^(-5)
6. PS: 1800件商品,以30元/件成本买进,第一年以40元的单价买出1000件,第二年以50元单价买出剩余的800件,问第二年的gross profit比第一年的多多少?
Answer: $6000. (50-30)*800 – (40-30)*1000 = 16000-10000 = 6000
7. PS: X is the common multiple of 75, 98, and 1400, which one or ones of the following are true of X? (然后是从三个性质中选出正确的一个或多个,应该是II和III对)
I. X is divisible by 9;
II. X is the multiple of 35; (这个条件不确定是不是这样的,但应该是一个正确的选项)
III. X is greater than 1400.
思路:75=3*5^2; 98= 2*7^2; 140 = 5*7*2^2, X应该为三个数的不同因子中不重复的因子与重复因子中幂次较大的因子的乘积,即X为2^2、3、5^2、7^2的乘积,等于1470。由此可见,X不是9的倍数,但却是35的倍数,同时大于1400。
8. PS:问某个数(给出了具体数字)的(10^12-10^11)/10^13倍的个位数是多少。
(10^12-10^11)/10^13化简为9*10^11/10^13 = 0.09, 用给出的数字乘以0.09, 取其个位数。
9. PS: The area of a circle is 36pai, what is the circumference of the circle? Answer: 12pai.
10. PS: A series of numbers with A1=0, A2=1, A3=2. An (n>=4) is the average of 3*An-1, 2*An-2, and An-3, what is the value of A5? Answer: A5=13/3
11. PS: X is an odd number that is not the divisible by 5(or multiple of 5? Not sure. But doesn’t matter.), what is the unit digit of (X^2)^100?
Answer: 1
(X^2) ^100 = (X^4) ^50. The unit digits of X can be 1, 3, 7, 9, and the unit digits of X^4 is constantly 1. Thus the unit digit of (X^4) ^50 should also constantly be 1.
12. PS:一个坐标,直线L过点(0, 1)和(2, 0), 求斜率(slope)? Answer: -1/2
13. PS: The revenue increase 20 percent from Jan. to Feb and decrease 40 percent (? Not sure of the exact figure) from Feb. to March. If the revenue for March is 1.2 million dollars, what is the revenue for January?
设Jan.的revenue为X, 则 1.2X*0.6=1.2million, 得X=1.25 million.
14. PS: If r+s=1, r不等于0,s不等于0,问1/r + 1/s = ? Answer: 1/rs
15. PS:公司里50%的男员工至少35岁,40%的女员工至少35岁,共有42%的员工至少35岁,问女员工总数占公司员工总数的fraction是多少?Answer: 4/5
设男员工占X,女员工占Y,则:
1) X+Y=1 è X= 1-Y
2) X/2 + 0.4Y= 0.42
把X= 1-Y代入2)得Y=4/5
16. A planet reflects 80% of the light that reaches it. The clouds around the planet absorb 40% of the reflected light. 问最终有多少light escape掉了?Answer: 48%
17. 某人的公司提供三种保险给员工,规定员工至少要买一种保险,问有多少种组合可能性?Answer: 7
思路:设共有n种保险,每种保险都有买或不买两种情况,所以所有的可能的组合为(2^n)种,再减去全部都不买的情况(1),得(2^n)-1。所以本题为2^3-1=8-1=7。此公式尤其适用于各种类似题型,且数字较大的情况。
18. 一个边长为4的正方形的对边上分别有P、Q两点,PQ不垂直(于边),问以下哪个为可能的PQ长度?Answer: 4<Q<4根号2,即4<Q<5.6 (谨记根号2的近似值为1.414,不要像偶,回来才发现竟然记错了,导致这道绝对会做的题竟然选错答案。惨痛啊!!!真不值啊!!!我要尖叫,偶数学连50都没上啊!!!!! 欲哭无泪……)
DS:
19. DS: what is the value of y?
1) x=5
2) (x-5)(y-7)=0
Answer: E. 1) y can’t be decided. 2) y can be any number when x=5. 1+2) y still can’t be decided. Be careful not to be tricked by 2).
20. DS: Is x 40% of y?
1) Twice as much x is 80% of y;
2) x is 20% of twice y
Answer: D
21. DS: r/t=2, what is the value of (r/t)(r-t)?
1) r-t=3
2) 2r-t=15
Answer: D. 1) sufficient; 2) r/t=2 è r=2t, so that 2r-t=5t=15 è t=3, r=6, sufficient.
22. DS: What is the greatest value of the radius of a full circle that can be cut out of a rectangular piece of paper?
1) the length of the paper is 8 centimeters;
2) the width of the paper is 3 centimeters.
Answer: D
23. DS: The legislature is divided into 5 parties, A, B, C, D, and E. Each member of the legislature can take part in only one of the parties. The fractions of the members of the legislature in each part is listed as below: A: 1/3 B: 1/4 C: 1/5 D: 1/6 E: 1/30. Two parties can form coalition where more than 1/2 of the legislature is in the coalition. Can C be in one of the coalition?
1) A is not in the coalition;
2) D is not in the coalition.
Answer: A.
1) no matter which one of the other three parties C chooses to form coalition, the total fraction does not exceed 1/2 of the legislature. So it is definite that C is not in the coalition.
2) C can be in the coalition if it chooses A as the partner. However, C can not form a coalition with any one of the other three. The
24. DS:书店卖paperback和hardcover的书,what is the price for a hardcover book?
1) the total price of 3 paperback books and 5 hardcover books is 12.75 (or 12.25? not sure)
2) the total price of 9 paperback books and 15 hardcover books is 36.75 (or 36.25? not sure)
这题我可能做错了,不知道别人的JJ是不是有准确数字。
25. DS: the average height of a class of 25 students is?
1) the median height is 135 cm;
2) the range of height is 31 cm.
Answer: E
26. DS: Is x even?
1) ?(不好意思,这个条件忘了)
2) 3x +5y is odd.
27. DS: Is n a prime number?
1) The number of factors of n is n+1;
2) n+1 is not a prime number.
Answer: A
28. DS: If x(x+1)(x+2)=0, what is the value of x?
1) x^2 + x = 0;
2) x^2 + 2x = 0.
Answer: C
29. DS: What is the value of [5^(x+y)^2]/[5(x-y)^2]?
1) xy = a (a为一个具体数字)
2) x+y = b (b为一个具体数字)
Answer: A
[5^(x+y)^2]/[5(x-y)^2]可简化为5^4xy(即5的4xy次幂),1)知道xy,可得具体值。2)无法确定x与y的具体数字,无法得出具体值。
AWA:
Argument: # 13: The Cumpquat Café began advertising on our local radio station this year and was delighted to see its business increase by 10 percent over last year’s totals. Their success show you how you can use radio advertising to make your business more profitable.
Issue: # 33: People are likely to accept as a leader only someone who has demonstrated an ability to perform the dame tasks that he or she expects others to perform.
RC:
1、人的大脑怎样传递信息。
第一段:通常人的大脑传递信息的模式被define成电路的传递模式。就像电子信号在电路里从一个节点传到另一个节点一样,大脑中的信息从一个神经元synapse传到另一个synapse。在这个过程中,信息从不离开这个circutry(有题,问第7行到第几行的东东suppose了什么,我选“信息exclusively在此系统中传播”不知道对不对)。
第二段:大脑传输信息除此之外还有第二种传递方式, 叫mass transmission。这种方式是通过脑细胞中的fluid传播,但不是传给附近相邻的cells,而是传到other parts of the brain,就像hormones对身体机制的调节,不是调节所在的部位,而是调节身体的其它(离得较远的)部位一样(有题,问为什么提到荷尔蒙)。很重要的一点就是这两个理论不是conflicting的,而是complementary的(有题,问提出这个mass transmission目的是什么,好像是选“说明可能有不止一种传播方式”吧)。
2、对美国Mexico American的cultural的研究
第一段,讲和其它人研究的不一样,小D研究Mexico American的文化时,不仅研究什么什么东东,还研究其与什么的relationship. 小D在研究这个relationship的时候有2个notions(?)
第二段 讲notion之一。讲middle class 在MA的文化不是independent的,是随着美国社会的social, economical和political的发展变化而变化。(有题)
第三段,讲notion之二(有题,问第三段在文中的purpose,选)。在某b地方的MA,为了counteract 美国文化对其文化的排挤而采取的措施,好像是调整以适应变化吧(acculturation)(有题,问小b地方的反应)。这种措施让MA文化在与美国融合的同时也保留了其自身特色。
3、评估广告的effectiveness
好像有主题题。
第一段:一般评估广告的作用是看有没有影响最终销售,所以都是看广告支出和sales之间的关系。但有新的评估标准是看在各个stage是否达到预期目的。
第二段:这些评估都忽略了两点:XXX很长一句;和YYY又是很长的一堆。
第三段:传统的评估是把各位stage分成hierarchy. 某个人认为有三个时间上可以颠倒的阶段:1、2、3(有题,问此人提出这三个阶段想干啥)。然后说不同的消费人群的喜好不一样,购物习惯也不同,因此这三个阶段的先后顺序也不一样。Blablabla…(偶实在记不得了。)
4、疾病研究中data收集的范围应该缩小
第一段:某小M和小P(?)提出,医学病例数据的收集范围其实应该缩小。目前研究机构收集的data比医院里strictly required的还要多,增加了process、storage之类的负担。就算收集了再多的数据,也无法避免overlook某些(与治病相关的)东东的可能,与limit了 data的收集范围的后overlook这些东东的可能性相差不大。只有在new and exceptional (?) 的case中,大量的数据收集才可能reveal重要的信息(有题)。
第二段:小M和小P又建议,收集data的对象(也就是病人)的范围要扩大。通常研究机构的观察对象是除了待研究的ailment之外,没有其它任何病症的人。这种idealized的情况收集到的数据比较容易分析。但其实应该考虑更多种不同的情况。比如患有某病症的研究对象应该包括自在不同病症stage的人,因为不同的stage要求的治疗手段也会不一样。同时,研究对象也应该包括不同的age,因为有的病会随患者年龄的变化而有所不同(有题)。
反正每篇都会有一题organization或main idea of the passage或main purpose of the passage (or: of a specific paragraph的题),所以看文时要注意看文章结构、主要内容,这样每篇文的3到4个问题你看守就已经可以回答1/3或1/4了,多省事!考试时,做细节题时一定要告诫自己“定位!定位!!定位!!!”
SC:
1、 Like XX, ……,YY……
2、 George Bush suggest that……
3、 ……that……and that……
4、 名词及其同位语单复数一致的,好像是
In the past, amateurs dug clams by hand during the summer; now professionals dig clams by using all-weather tools, such as the xxx dredge or a 20-foot long implement called a... rake. (划线部分具体从哪儿开始忘了,但the xxx dredge及后面部分肯定被划了线,且选项中有implements call a rake和 dredge or 20-foot implements called yyy rakes,之类的。我觉得这个dredge, implement和rake的单复数应该保持一致,因为or在此解释为“或者可以说是……”的意思,其后面的部分是对dredge的补充说明。)
CR:
1、 记得一题complete the argument的:一个公司有不少department head要退休了,但公司前的employees qualified to be promoted to be department head的人数是退休dept. head人数的一半。公司规定每个head只能管一个department, 公司也不可能减少其department的数目,什么的,然后说,因此该公司的许多department head的vacancy will not be filled since ____________.
排除剩下两个选项:
1) 一个部门不能promote超过一个员工
2) 职位比department head 要高的员工不能兼任department head. (偶觉得应该选这个)
2、 某地无工作人数年底比年头多了1000人,而full-time and part-time jobs的数目却增加了1500个。因此,外地人到本地工作的人多了2500人。
问assumption: 我选的是“Only a small number of本地人在本职以外兼职”
3、 也是complete the argument:每个考古site只能excavate一遍。如果以前excavate archaeological sites的时候使用的是present technology的话(虚拟语气),应该能从这些sites中收集到的更多更valuable的信息。由于今后的技术会比现在的更先进,为了使收集到的信息更valuable, 我们应该把现有的site留到future去开发。因为the development (还是advance) of technology is not likely to cease, __________.
有一个选项说:potential sites 的数量会增加。另一个选项说:永远都不会收集到valuable的信息。(偶选了后者) |