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Test 2

Q22  (Why B is the correct? can someone translate the question?

In 1992, a major newspaper circulated throughout North American paid its reporters an average salary paid by its principle competitors to their reporters, An executive of the newspaper argued that this practice was justified, since any shortfall that might exist in the reporters' salaries is fully compensated by the valuable training they receive through their assignments.

Which one of the following, if true about the newspaper in 1992, most seriously undermine the justification offered by the executive?

A. Senior reporters at the newspaper earned as much as reporters of similar stature who worked for the newspaper's principle competitors.

B. Most of the newspaper's reporters had worked there for more than ten years. (key)

C. The circulation of the newspaper had recently reached a plateau, after it had increased steadily represented reporters at the newspaper's competitors.

D. The union that represented reporters at the newspaper was different from the union that represented reporters at the newspaper's comeptitors.

E. The newspaper was widely read through continental Europe and Great Britain as well as North America.

Q36  (Why B is correct? What does the question mean?)

Sometimes when their trainer gives the hand signal for "Do something creative together"two dolphins circle a pool in tandem and then leap through the air simulataneously. On the other occasions, the same signal elicits synchronized backward swims or tail-waving. These behaviors are not simply learned responses to a given stimulus. Rather, dolphins are capable of higher cognitive functions that may include the use of language and forethought.

Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the arguement?

A. Mammals have some resemblance to one another with respect to bodily function and brain structure.

B. The dolphins often exhibit complex new responses to the hand signal.

C. The dolphins are given food incentives as part of their training

D. Some of the behaviors mentioned are exhibited by dolphins in their natural habitat

Q44 (我的答案猜对了，但题干还没有搞懂，是什么意思呢)

Legal theories: It is unreasonable to incarcerate anyone for any other reason than that he or she is a serious threat to the property or lives of other people. The breaking of a law does not justify incarceration, for lawbreaking proceeds either from ignorance of the law or of the effects of one's actions, or from the free choice of the lawbreaker. Obviously mere ignorance cannot justify incarcerating a lawbreaker, and even free choice on the part of the lawbreaker fails to justify incarceration, for free choice proceeds from the desires of an agent, and the desires of an agent are products of genetics and environmental conditioning, neither of which is controlled by the agent. The claim in the first sentence of the passage plays which one of the following roles in the arguement

A. it is offered as a premise that helps to show that no actions are under the control of the agent

B. it is offered as background information necessary to understand the argument

C it is offered as the main conclusion that the argument is designed to establish

D. It is offered as evidence for the stated claim that protection of life and property is more important than retribution for past illegal acts

E. it is offered as evidence for the stated claim that lawbreaking proceeds from either ignorance of the law, or ignorance of the effects of one's actions, or free choice

Q52 ( I chose E, why C is the correct key?)

Birds need so much food energy to maintain their body temperatures that some of them spend most of their time eating. But a comparison of a bird of a seed-eating species to a bird of a nectar-eating species that has the same overall energy requirement would surely show that the seed-eating bird spends more time eating that does the nectar-eating bird, since a given amount of nectar provideds more energy than does the same amount of seeds

The arguement relies on which one of the following questionable assumptions

A. Birds of different species do not generally have the same overall energy requirements as each other

B. The nectar-eating bird does not somethings also eat seeds

C. The time it takes for the nectar-eating bird to eat a given amount of nectar is not longer than the time it takes the seed-eating bird to eat the same amount of seeds

D. The seed-eating bird does not have a lower body temperature than that of the nectar-eating bird

E. The overall energy requirements of a given bird do not depends on factors such as the size of the bird, its nest-building habits and the climate of the region in which it lives

Q22我之前也不明白，后来觉得这样解释可能说得通，不对的请nn们解答：

Q22 ：1992年，一家全美发行的报社支付给自己reporter的工资是其他主要竞争对手的平均工资，这家报社的高层认为这一政策是合理di，原因是工资不足的部分可以由工作中获得的经验弥补。选项B削弱了高层的解释，reporter已经在报社工作十几年了，即使有经验积累，也不足以弥补工资了。