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7. Merco has been in business longer than Nolen. Inc, Olean Industries was founded years before the Potter Company, and the Potter Company was started years after the Quarles Corporation. Nolen, Inc., and the Quarles Corporation were founded in the same year. If the information above is true, which of the following must also be true? (A) Olean Industries has been in business for more years than Merco. (B) Olean Industries has been in business for more years than the Quarles Corporation. (C) Nolen, Inc., has not been in business for as many years as Olean Industries. (D) Merco has been in business for more years than the Potter Company.（D） (E) Nolen, Inc., has not been in business for as many years as the Potter Company.
The postal service is badly mismanaged. Forty years ago, first-class letter delivery cost only three cents. Since then, the price has increased nearly tenfold, with an actual decrease in the speed and reliability of service. Each of the following statements, if true, would tend to weaken the argument above EXCEPT: (A) The volume of mail handled by the postal service has increased dramatically over the last forty years. (B) Unprecedented increases in the cost of fuel for trucks and planes have put severe upward pressures on postal delivery costs. (C) Private delivery services usually charge more than does the postal service for comparable delivery charges. (D) The average delivery time for a first-class letter four decades ago was actually slightly longer than it is today.（E） (E) The average level of consumer prices overall has increased more than 300 percent over the last forty years.
When the government of a nation announced recently that a leader of the nation’s political opposition had died of a mysterious illness in prison, few seasoned observers of the regime were surprised. As the police captain in an old movie remarked when asked about the condition of a prisoner, “We’re trying to decide whether he committed suicide or died trying to escape.” The statements above invite which of the following conclusions? (A) The opposition leader was probably killed trying to escape from prison. (B) The opposition leader may not be dead at all. (C) It is unlikely that the head of the regime knows the true cause of the opposition leader’s death. (D) The opposition leader probably killed himself.（E） (E) The regime very likely was responsible for the death of the opposition leader.
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