[代帖]4-18-08 North America 690 Q50V33

Apologize
that I can't type in Chinese ahead of time, much thx to CDers (especially Gavin,
Hippo, and Zack)

AWA:

The
following appeared as part of an article in the education section of a Waymarsh
                City newspaper.

“Throughout
the last two decades, those who earned graduate degrees found it very difficult
to get jobs teaching their academic specialties at the college level. Those
with graduate degrees from Waymarsh
                University had an
especially hard time finding such jobs. But better times are coming in the next
decade for all academic job seekers, including those from Waymarsh. Demographic
trends indicate that an increasing number of people will be reaching college
age over the next ten years; consequently, we can expect that the job market
will improve dramatically for people seeking college-level teaching positions
in their fields.”

“Location
has traditionally been one of the most important determinants of a business’s
success. The importance of location is not likely to change,
no matter how advanced the development of computer communications and others
kinds of technology becomes.”

Discuss
the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above.
Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experience,
observations, or reading.

Math: (14 JJs)

Hippo ID: 2,
5, 11, 16, 23 (similar but in x y format, should
yield= y/x), 52 (solve for A6), 86 (see below), 88, 109, 124 (but solve for
cm^3), 145, 176 (slightly changed
but answer still 'D'), 182, 205.

86 (slightly changed)

DS题，有一个慈善捐赠有七篮的衣服，平均重量是A，问median那一篮的重量是多少?

(1)   最轻的4篮的总重量是XX

(2)   最重的四篮的总重量是XXX

answer is D

Verbal:

RC:

1. Steam Engine (Same
as JJ)

Q1. Main Purpose

Q2. Purpose of why
author mentioned "current oil situation" in the first paragraph

Q3. Application
question: List out an example that has an inverse effect between efficiency and
consumption

2. Canadian Female
Reporter (Same as JJ)

Q1. Main Purpose

Q2. Infer: Before
involving women reporters, news paper companies were ______ (A: mostly
dependant on stipend from political parties)

Q3: Forgot but easy

Q4: Forgot but easy

3. Self-Disclosure
(Incomplete JJ, this is my downfall)

Q1~Q3: don't remember,
I spent way too much time on this

4. Supermarket (same
as JJ)

Q1. Main purpose

Q2. Which finding should benefit author's claim in last paragraph (A:
A study indicating an increased sales in periodic discounted items)

Q3. What would
be beneficial to EDLP (every day low price) based customers? (A: A
predictable trend for discounted items)

CR:

Bear eat bees
(Boldface, not sure), Egypt
scroll dating (Boldface), hones on airplane (ask for weaken), Average age of US citizen (same), Fish in
recreation lake (ask for assumption), and
Salty chips (same).

 SC:

Same as Prep.
Don’t have much to share here.

Best of luck
everyone.

如果"工作經驗滿不錯", 不是不可以试: 曾经听说过一例中国学生GMAT 680 被Harvard BS录取; 也听说过满分被拒.

不论怎样, 别人的经历都只是个参考.