SOME CR questions from Taiwan[求助]

fernandochang · 发表于 2003-5-10 01:30:00

Because of SARS, we can only stay at home...........So pls help me !

10. The cost of flood damage since 1980 has been greater in areas that have adopted flood-control measures than in those that have not. Thus, flood-control projects are expensive engineering mistakes and a substantial waste of resources.

Which of the following, if true, would be most damaging to the argument above?
(A)Those areas that had not suffered flood damage before 1980 are the only ones that have not adopted flood-control measures
(B)Since 1980, those areas that have taken flood-control measures have suffered greater flood damage than they did in the previous decade
(C)The cost of flood damage has increased every year since 1980
(D)Faulty engineering has not been the only cause of the failure of flood-control projects
(E)The amount of rainfall since 1980 has been substantially greater than normal
A:A)

11. Studies show that treatment of stress-related disorders with psychotherapy can dramatically cut a person’s need for medical treatment for those disorders. Insurance companies could, therefore, lower their costs by subsidizing psychotherapy and thereby encouraging people who have stress-related disorders and are not now using psychotherapy to do so.

The plan above depends on the assumption that

(A)people who have stress-related disorders tend to have little faith in psychotherapy
(B)any person with a stress-related disorder can be effectively treated with psychotherapy
(C)the projected cost to insurance companies of medical treatment for stress-related disorders exceeds the cost of the proposed subsidies for psychotherapy for those disorders
(D)any stress-related disorder that cannot be treated effectively with conventional medical treatment can be treated effectively with psychotherapy
(E)few people who have medical insurance are treated for stress-related disorders

11. In order to reverse a downward trend in occupancy rates, many hospitals are now turning to advertising and are also offering, for an extra fee, new amenities such as gourmet meals, luxury rooms, and valet parking.

Which of the following, if it were the reason that the beds in the hospitals involved were being left empty, would increase the likelihood that the marketing technique mentioned above would be effective?
(A)The population of the areas around the hospitals is generally healthier than in the past.
(B)Hospital costs are prohibitively high for many people.
(C)Patients have been choosing other hospitals offering better amenities than those previously available in the hospitals involved.
(D)Many medical procedures that once required hospitalization are now done in doctors offices or in clinics with limited facilities.
(E)The hospitals involved do not offer important medical services that are available elsewhere.

12.For large farms to be as productive as they can be, their owners need to invest heavily in expensive machinery. This typically requires them to go into considerable debt, and interest on this debt is then a significant fixed cost. This high fixed cost makes those farmers vulnerable to operating losses if the prices of their products drop.

The information above best supports which of the following inferences about large farms?
(A)They can be highly productive without being profitable.
(B)The tend to be so highly productive that they drive down market prices.
(C)They tend to be consistently profitable if their owners borrow at low interest rates.
(D)They respond to operating losses by increasing their productivity.
(E)They cannot be profitable if their owners depend on credit.

13.The fact that several of the largest senior citizens’ organizations are constituted almost exclusively of middle-class elderly people has led critics to question the seriousness of those organization’s commitment to speaking out on behalf of the needs of economically disadvantaged elderly people.

Which of the following generalizations, if true, would help to substantiate the criticism implicit in the statement above?
(A)The ideology of an organization tends to reflect the traditional political climate of its locate.
(B)The needs of disadvantaged elderly people differ in some ways from those of other disadvantaged groups within contemporary society.
(C)Organized groups are better able to publicize their problems and seek redress than individuals acting alone.
(D)Middle-class elderly people are more likely to join organizations than are economically disadvantaged elderly people.
(E)People usually join organizations whose purpose is to further the economic, political or social interests of their members.

oldersea · 发表于 2003-5-10 04:19:00

ACCAE? Pls discuss.

mindfree · 发表于 2003-5-10 05:29:00

同意.

以下是引用oldersea在2003-5-10 4:19:00的发言：
ACCAE? Pls discuss.

fernandochang · 发表于 2003-5-12 00:02:00

Here are the correct answers
ACCCE
Could anybody offer the explanation?

SOME CR questions from Taiwan[求助]

SOME CR questions from Taiwan[求助]

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