Shipping Clerk: The five specially ordered shipments sent out last week were sent out on Thursday. Last week, all of the shipments that were sent out on Friday consisted entirely of building supplies, and the shipping department then closed for the weekend. Four shipments were sent to Truax Construction last week, only three of which consisted of building supplies.
If the shipping clerk's statements are true, which of the following must also be true?
127. Anthropologists assert that cultures advance only when independence replaces dependence---that is, only when imposition by outsiders is replaced by initiative from within. In other words, the natives of a culture are the only ones who can move that culture forward. Non-natives may provide valuable advice, but any imposition of their views threatens independence and thus progress. If one looks at individual schools as separate cultures, therefore, the key to educational progress is obvious:
which one of the following best completes the passage?
A. individual schools must be independent of outside imposition B. some schools require more independence than others, depending on the initiative of their staffs and students C. school systems officials must tailor their initiatives for change to each individual school in the system D. outsiders must be prevented from participation in schools’ efforts to advance E. the more independent a school is, the more educational progress it will make
Shipping Clerk:The five specially ordered shipments sent out last week were sent out on Thursday.Last week, all of the shipments that were sent out on Friday consisted entirely of building supplies, and the shipping department then closed for the weekend.Four shipments were sent to Truax Construction last week, only three of which consisted of building supplies.
If the shipping clerk’s statements are true, which of the following must also be true?
A.At least one of the shipments sent to Truax Construction last week was specially ordered.
B.At least one of last week’s specially ordered shipments did not consist of building supplies.
C.At least one of the shipments sent to Truax Construction was not sent out on Thursday of last week.
D.At least one of the shipments that were sent out on Friday of last week was sent to Truax Construction.
E.At least one of the shipments sent to Truax Construction last week was sent out before Friday.