1.         GWD-23-Q39

In Gandania, where the government has a monopoly on tobacco sales, the incidence of smoking-related health problems has risen steadily for the last twenty years.  The health secretary recently proposed a series of laws aimed at curtailing tobacco use in Gandania.  Profits from tobacco sales, however, account for ten percent of Gandania’s annual revenues.  Therefore, Gandania cannot afford to institute the proposed laws.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

1. All health care in Gandania is government-funded.

2. Implementing the proposed laws is not likely to cause a significant increase in the amount of tobacco Gandania exports.

3. The percentage of revenue Gandania receives from tobacco sales has remained steady in recent years.

4. Profits from tobacco sales far surpass any other single source of revenue for the Gandanian government.

5. No government official in Gandania has ever previously proposed laws aimed at curtailing tobacco use.

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2.         GWD-23-Q40

Political advocacy groups have begun to use information services to disseminate information that is then accessed by the public via personal computer.  Since many groups are thus able to bypass traditional news sources, whose reporting is selective, and to present their political views directly to the public, information services present a more balanced picture of the complexities of political issues than any traditional news source presents.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument above depends?

1. Information services are accessible to enough people to ensure that political advocacy groups can use these services to reach as large a percentage of the public as they could through traditional news sources.

2. People could get a thorough understanding of a particular political issue by sorting through information provided by several traditional news sources, each with differing editorial biases.

3. Information on political issues disseminated through information services does not come almost entirely from advocacy groups that share a single bias.

4. Traditional news sources seldom report the views of political advocacy groups accurately.

5. Most people who get information on political issues from newspapers and other traditional news sources can readily identify the editorial biases of those sources.

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8: GWD-23-Q40

Political advocacy groups have begun to use information services to disseminate information that is then accessed by the public via personal computer.  Since many groups are thus able to bypass traditional news sources, whose reporting is selective, and to present their political views directly to the public, information services present a more balanced picture of the complexities of political issues than any traditional news source presents.[h1] 

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument above depends?

1. Information services are accessible to enough people to ensure that political advocacy groups can use these services to reach as large a percentage of the public as they could through traditional news sources.[h2] 

2. People could get a thorough understanding of a particular political issue by sorting through information provided by several traditional news sources, each with differing editorial biases.

3. Information on political issues disseminated through information services does not come almost entirely from advocacy groups that share a single bias.[h3] 

4. Traditional news sources seldom report the views of political advocacy groups accurately.

5. Most people who get information on political issues from newspapers and other traditional news sources can readily identify the editorial biases of those sources.

40题:

没怎么看懂, 能否进一步解释?

Political advocacy groups 开始使用information services散布information，因为 many groups 因此可以超越传统资源直接发布政论，information services 因此展现了个比以往更和谐，更立体的画面 

假设： Information on political issues disseminated through information services does not come almost entirely from advocacy groups that share a single bias。争论来自不同群体，没有被某种偏见垄断。

GWD-23-39

In Gandania, where the government has a monopoly on tobacco sales, the incidence of smoking-related health problems has risen steadily for the last twenty years.  The health secretary recently proposed a series of laws aimed at curtailing tobacco use in Gandania.  Profits from tobacco sales, however, account for ten percent of Gandania’s annual revenues.  Therefore, Gandania cannot afford to institute the proposed laws.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

1. All health care in Gandania is government-funded.

2. Implementing the proposed laws is not likely to cause a significant increase in the amount of tobacco Gandania exports.

3. The percentage of revenue Gandania receives from tobacco sales has remained steady in recent years.

4. Profits from tobacco sales far surpass any other single source of revenue for the Gandanian government.

5. No government official in Gandania has ever previously proposed laws aimed at curtailing tobacco use.

答案怎么是A??? 明明应该是B么. 麻烦大家帮我核实一下.

23-39我认为是B, A我觉得信息不够,只有在Tobacoo给政府带来的收入减去Tobacoo导致的政府出的health费用这两者的差占annual revenue的比例小到可以接受的程度(就是不要这部分钱也没关系)的情况下,A才是对的.

顶楼上，39选A

health problem 是由 health care 机构来治疗，所以抽烟的人多了，政府会亏钱，但是如果执行法令的话，抽烟的人少，政府不用支出那么多，可以省钱，虽然少卖出烟草会让政府亏钱，但是毕竟可以节省一部分health care的支出，所以削弱

关键是看出health problem 和 health care的联系，我做到这题的时候完全一头雾水。。。