Fearing that theuse of titles indicating position in the corporation tends to make thecorporate hierarchy rigid by inhibiting communication, some corporations shunthe use of executive titles. A title,however, can facilitate an executive's dealings with external businesses sinceit encourages outsiders to treat the executive with respect. The obvious compromise is for these executivesto use their titles externally but not within their corporations. Which of thefollowing, if true, provides the most support for the compromise suggestedabove? A. Only smallcorporations can preserve an atmosphere of mutual respect and high regard withouthaving a rigid corporate hierarchy. B. Referring toan executive by using a title can encourage both those outside the organizationand inside the organization to treat the executive with respect. C. Even if it iswidely known within a corporation that the corporation's executives useexecutive titles outside their organizations, this knowledge does not by itselfinhibit communication within the corporation. D. A rigidcorporate hierarchy can promote efficiency within an organization as well asprovide access to the corporation for those outside the organization. E. Although manycorporate executives disapprove of rigid hierarchies on the grounds that theyinhibit communication, the vast majority of executives have no qualms aboutusing titles both internally and externally. 选C 这题明明只问找不着南啊。又没有说找不着北！！！
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When a newrestaurant, Martin's Cafe, opened in Riverville last year, many peoplepredicted that business at the Wildflower Inn, Riverville's only otherrestaurant, would suffer from the competition. Surprisingly, however, in the year since Martin's Cafe opened, theaverage number of meals per night served at the Wildflower Inn has increasedsignificantly. Which of thefollowing, if true, most helps to explain the increase? A. Unlike theWildflower Inn, Martin's Cafe serves considerably more meals on weekends thanit does on weekdays. B. Most of thecustomers of Martin's Cafe had never dined in Riverville before this restaurantopened, and on most days Martin's Cafe attracts more customers than it canseat. C. The profitper meal is higher, on average, for meals served at Martin's Cafe than forthose served at the Wildflower Inn. D. TheWildflower Inn is not open on Sundays, and therefore Riverville residents whochoose to dine out on that day must either eat at Martin's Cafe or go toneighboring towns to eat. E. A significantproportion of the staff at Martin's Cafe are people who formerly worked at theWildflower Inn and were hired away by the owner of Martin's Cafe. 选E，不明白看不懂啦
100. (31888-!-item-!-188;#058&006228) (GWD 3-Q17)
Brochure: Help conserve our city’s water supply. By converting the landscaping in your yard toa water-conserving landscape, you can greatly reduce your outdoor wateruse. A water-conserving landscape isnatural and attractive, and it also saves you money. Criticism: For most people with yards, the savings fromconverting to a water-conserving landscape cannot justify the expense of newlandscaping, since typically the conversion would save less than twenty dollarson a homeowner’s yearly water bills. Which of thefollowing, if true, provides the best basis for a rebuttal of the criticism? A. Evenhomeowners whose yards do not have water-conserving landscapes can conservewater by installing water-saving devices in their homes. B. Aconventional landscape generally requires a much greater expenditure onfertilizer and herbicide than does a water-conserving landscape. C. A significantproportion of the residents of the city live in buildings that do not haveyards. D. It costs nomore to put in water-conserving landscaping than it does to put in conventionallandscaping. E. Somehomeowners use more water to maintain their yards than they use for all otherpurposes combined. 选B，不明白啊!!
103. (31044-!-item-!-188;#058&005684) (GWD 6-Q28)
Which of thefollowing most logically completes the argument below? According topromotional material published by the city of Springfield, more tourists stayin hotels in Springfield than stay in the neighboring city of Harristown. A brochure from the largest hotel inHarristown claims that more tourists stay in that hotel than stay in the RoyalArms Hotel in Springfield. If both ofthese sources are accurate, however, the “Report on Tourism” for the regionmust be in error in stating that __________. A. the averagelength of stay is longer at the largest hotel in Harristown than it is at theRoyal Arms Hotel B. there is onlyone hotel in Harristown that is larger than the Royal Arms Hotel C. more touristsstay in hotels in Harristown than stay in the Royal Arms Hotel D. the RoyalArms Hotel is the largest hotel in Springfield E. the RoyalArms Hotel is the only hotel in Springfield 选E，不明白啊！！
Outbreaks ofRift Valley fever occur irregularly in East Africa, several years apart. When outbreaks do occur, they kill thousandsof cattle. A livestock vaccine againstthe disease exists but is rarely used. It is too expensive for farmers to use routinely, and since it is noteffective until a month after vaccination, administering it after an outbreakbegins helps very little. Nevertheless,experts predict that use of the vaccine will increase significantly within thenext few years. Which of thefollowing, if true, provides the strongest justification for the experts’prediction? A. Rift Valleyfever is spread by mosquitoes, but each outbreak is so widespread that it isimpractical to control it by using insecticides. B. When anoutbreak of Rift Valley fever occurs, unaffected countries often refuse toimport livestock from the countries affected by the outbreak. C. It would takeless than a month for producers of the vaccine to adjust their productionoperations to cope with a large increase in demand. D. Many cattlefarmers in East Africa are nomadic or live in remote villages, and suchfarmers, who have little access to modern veterinary medicine, are particularlyhard hit by outbreaks of Rift Valley fever. E. Recentlypublished research has shown that certain identifiable climatic conditions arealmost invariably followed, within two to five months, by an outbreak of RiftValley fever. 选E，不明白啊啊啊！！
116. (30096-!-item-!-188;#058&005070) (T-9-Q18 different type)
The growingpopularity of computer-based activities was widely expected to result in adecline in television viewing, since it had been assumed that people lacksufficient free time to maintain current television-viewing levels whilespending increasing amounts of free time on the computer. That assumption, however, is evidently false:in a recent mail survey concerning media use, a very large majority ofrespondents who report increasing time spent per week using computers report nochange in time spent watching television. In order toevaluate the argument, it would be most useful to determine which of thefollowing? A. Whether thesurvey collected information about the amount of money respondents spent onfree-time media use B. Whether theamount of time spent watching television is declining among people who reportthat they rarely or never use computers C. Whether thetype of television programs a person watches tends to change as the amount oftime spent per week using computers increases D. Whether alarge majority of the computer owners in the survey reported spendingincreasing amounts of time per week using computers E. Whether thesurvey respondents’ reports of time spent using computers included time spentusing computers at work
选C，还是不懂！！
120. (32170-!-item-!-188;#058&006359) (GWD 8-Q40) From 1973 to1976, total United States consumption of cigarettes increased 3.4 percent, andtotal sales of chewing tobacco rose 18.0 percent. During the same period, total United Statespopulation increased 5.0 percent. If thestatements above are true, which of the following conclusions can be properlydrawn?
A. United Statesmanufacturers of tobacco products had higher profits in 1976 than in 1973. B. Per capitaconsumption of cigarettes in the United States was lower in 1976 than in 1973. C. Theproportion of nonsmokers in the United States population dropped slightlybetween 1973 and 1976. D. United Statesmanufacturers of tobacco products realize a lower profit on cigarettes than onchewing tobacco. E. A largepercentage of United States smokers switched from cigarettes to chewing tobaccobetween 1973 and 1976. 选C，打死不懂啊！！