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12        EVALUATION THE ARGUMENT        A certain automaker aims to increase its market share by depply discounting its vehicles'prices for the next several months        The dicounts will cut into profits, but because they will be heavily advertised the manufacturer hopes that they will attract buyers away from rival manufactures' cars.In the longer term, the automaker envisions that customers initially attracted by the discounts may become loyal customers.        对答案的相反的回答能对原文结论起WEAKEN和SUPPORT作用(A) wheter the automaker's competitors are likely to respond by offering deep discounts on their own products

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14        METHOD OF REASONING        Movie attendance in WC is large enough to allow the cinemas to make a modiest profit.The county's population is expected to remain approximately the same.        investors wish to double the number of movie screens in the county.They expect both that the new screens will be profitable an dthat the extablished cinema p\operators will continue to maintain their profit        排除出现原文没说过的东西的选项，包括新元素，极端化或夸张的元素，相反的元素，颠倒的元素(A)This statement tells us that over the next ten years,a larger proportion of the population will probably be moviegoers and this could significantly increase movie attendancein WC

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15        WEAKEN         bats are feared and persecuted solely;bats are shy animals that are active only at night.         bats are not frightening creatures        原文前提和结论关系不密切：正确选项直接WEAKEN结论(D)Raccoons and owls are shy and active only at night, yet they are not generally feared and persecuted

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16        FILL                        举出一个例子，可以证明前面的剃刀的结论，类似于支持题（B)continued sales depend directly on the maintenance ofan aura of exclusivity        prestige:widespread respect and admiration felt for someone or something on the basis of a perception of their achievements or quality  premium:above the usual or nominal price  strategie:战略 aura：the distinctive atmosphere or quality that seems to surround and be generated by a person, thing, or place  exclusive：catering for or available to only a few, select customers; high class and expensive

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18        METHOD OF REASONING        weevils known to be dfficient pollinators of palm flwers were in troduced into Asia in 1980        palm fruit productivity increased        排除出现原文没说过的东西的选项，包括新元素，极端化或夸张的元素，相反的元素，颠倒的元素。(C)The Rapid increases in productivity tend to deplete trees of nutrients neededfor the development of the fruit-producing female flowers         palm:棕榈

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19        FLAW IN THE REASONING        Physician position is inconsistent with his usual practice. He prescribe many medications that he knows have serious side dffects        concern about side dffects cannot be the real reson he will not prescribe melationin        描述原文的推理错误，每个元素都必须在原文出现过。(E)known risks can be weighed against known benefits. But unknown risks cannot        melatonin生化)褪黑激素 synthesize:合成（尤指化合）

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20        SUPPORT        furniture must be useful, cabinetmakers must exercise their craft with an dyd to the practical utility of their product         cabinetmaking is not art        选项是否在某方面帮助了作者(D)An object is not an art object if its maker pays attention to the object's practical utility

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21        SUPPORT        Basing their judgment on the fact that different local populations of bowerbirds of the same species buid bowers that exhibit different building and dicorative syles        the bowerbirds'building styles are a culturally acquired rather than a genetically transmitted,trait        选项是否在某方面帮助了作者(B)Young mald bowerbirds are inept at bower-building and apparently spend years watching their elders before becoming accomplished in the local bower style        elaborate:involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person

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22        METHOD OF REASONING        Many Runagian senior citizens are no better off financially now than they were before the increase. The annual rate of inflation since the pension increase has been below 5 percent        increase by 20 percent the government-provided pension         排除出现原文没说过的东西的选项（C)The prices of goods and services that meet the special needs of many senior citizens have increased ata fate much higher than the rate of inflation        pension:养老金，退休金；抚恤金

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24        SUPPORT        Plexis' market research has shown that initial sales of the new chip would be maximized by starting to advertise it now        the company has decided to wait another six months before doing so         假设类支持：将原文的推理中的GAP填补。消除原文的推理缺陷。©Advertising the new chip now will significantly decrease sales of Plexis' current line of computer chips.