1.Last year ,support for the social and behavioral sciences represented only about three percent of the government’s total budget for research funds in the United States .Thus ,the particularly sharp reductions imposed on such programs this year seem dictated not by financial constraints but by social philosophy. Which of the following is an assumption on which the conclusion of the passage above is based? A The government funds allocated for research in the social and behavioral sciences are not sufficient for the work that needs to be done. B The social and behavioral sciences are as valuable as the physical and biological sciences. C The current reductions will stop research in the social and behavioral sciences. D Government funding is the primary source of research money in the United States. E Three percent is an insignificant portion of the government’s total budget for research funds.
1.23Although many brands of gasoline are sold on Haibei island, gasoline companies there get all of the refined gasoline they sell from Haibei seaport’s only storage tank,which is always refilled with the same quality of gasoline. Therefore, the brands of gasoline for sale on Haibei may be different in name and price, bat they are identical in quality. The conclusion drawn above depends on which of the following assumptions? A Consumers are usually unaware of variations in the quality of the gasoline they buy unless those variations are announced by the gasoline companies. B When tankers make gasoline delivery at Haibei’s seaport, the storage tank an Hailed always receives the same quantity of gasoline as that in the preceding delivery . C There is a wide variation in the price at which the different brands of gasoline on Haibei are sold. D If any gasoline company on Haibei alters the quality of its gasoline before sale, the other gasoline companies also use methods before sale that result in the same change in the quality of their gasoline. E The gasoline storage tank on Haibei’s large enough to meet the needs of all of Haibei’s different gasoline companies. 1.28Spingtown’s fire department wants the town council to buy it another ladder truck. These trucks are useful in fighting fires in high-rise buildings. The town council argues, however, that Springtown has only two high-rise buildings, and it already owns enough ladder trucks to fight any fires there.. So, they say, Springtown does not need another ladder truck . The town council’s argument assumes that A Springtown cannot afford to buy another ladder truck. B Springtown’s high-rise buildings all meet or exceed current fire safety standards. C the number of high-rise buildings in Springtown is likely to grow D at least one of Springtown’s ladder trucks is not due to be permanently removed from service in the immediate future. E it is possible to fight fires successfully in high-rise buildings without using ladder trucks.
1.30 Although the ratio of physicians to total population is about the same in the United States and Canada, the United States has 33 percent more surgeons per capita. Clearly ,this is the reason people in the United States undergo 40 percent more operations per capita than do Canadians. The explanation given above rests on an assumption that A patients in the United States do not have a greater need for surgery than do patients in Candia. B the population of the United States is not larger than that of Canada . C United States patients sometimes travel to Canada for certain kinds of surgery. D general practitioners in the United States do not as a rule examine a patient who is a candidate for surgery before sending the patient to a surgeon E there are no unnecessary surgical operations performed in Canada 谢谢各位大虾了 |