建一个自用没看懂or花了很长时间才看懂的CR题合集

T7willG700

AdadisCo needs to increase its annual production of sweatshirts. To do so, it must either hire new employees or else ask its currents workforce to work more overtime. When working overtime, employees are paid one and one-half times their normal hourly wage. On the other hand, newly hired workers, although they would not be paid quite as much per hour as AdadisCo’s experienced employees, would produce far less per hour than its current workers do.

Which of the following is most strongly supported by information given?

B AdadisCo cannot increase its production without experiencing at least a short-term increase in the average cost of labor per sweetshirt produced.

E Unless AdadisCo asks its current workforce to work more overtime, its annual production will fall.

题型：
must be true

逻辑链
*Premise

盗版阿迪达斯 needs to increase its annual production of sweatshirts；

两种either or方法 and their pros & cons

Plan	S	W
1. hire new employees	工资少	产量far less per hour
2. currents workforce to work more overtime	产量	1.5倍工资

可以推出以下哪点

OA V.S. OE

OA：AdadisCo cannot increase its production without experiencing at least a short-term increase in the average cost of labor per sweetshirt produced.

要想提高产量，且有这两种方法

- hire new employees：要想提高产量，得多招人

总产量=每人产量*人数

已经给出fact每人产量下降 想提高总产量人数就得上去

- currents workforce to work more overtime：产量上去，工资高了

据以上，都能推出cost of labor上升 ✔

short term理解的是hire new employees需要时间给他们变成熟手，increase产量

Tempting OE

Unless AdadisCo asks its current workforce to work more overtime, its annual production will fall.

错 除了让current workforce work more overtime，还可以多招人

长难句

AdadisCo cannot increase its production without experiencing at least a short-term increase in the average cost of labor per sweetshirt produced.

也没啥难的啊 为啥就要反反复复读三遍呢 TAT

T7willG700

The value of the United States dollar relative to major foreign currencies decreased between 1980 and 1986. Since the decrease made American goods cheaper to buy with these currencies, economists reasonably predicted that the United States exports would increase significantly. However, the total volume of United States exports during this period increased by a smaller amount than predicted.

Which of the following, if true, contributes most to an explanation of why the increase in United States exports was less than predicted?

D Between 1980 and 1986, the quality of manufactured goods exported by the United States was comparable to similar goods manufactured in countries to which these exports were marketed.
E Since the early 1980s, newly industrialized nations producing high-quality goods at low cost have emerged as competitors in the United States export market.

题目EZ 读两个选项句子花了很久 做对了

the quality of manufactured goods exported by the United States was comparable to similar goods manufactured in countries to which these exports were marketed.
the quality of 【manufactured goods exported by the United States】was comparable to 【similar goods manufactured in countries which these exports were marketed to】


US 出口产品quality和本地生产产品一样，那美元贬值出口应该增加才对 为什么增加的不如预期呢 不能解释

Since the early 1980s, newly industrialized nations 【producing high-quality goods at low cost】 have emerged as competitors in the United States export market.
✔

T7willG700

传图片真难 是时候更新优化一下网站了

：）

很难操作

T7willG700

Last year, for the fourth year in a row, Sudeki's Bike Shop in Portland, Oregon, sold more TrackMaker bicycles than did any other single-location store in the state of Oregon. Sudeki's Bike Shop was also ranked third in the United States last year among single-location stores in terms of the number of TrackMaker bicycles sold, a rank it had never before attained.
If the statements above are true, which of the following CANNOT be true?

(A) Sudeki's Bike Shop sold fewer TrackMaker bicycles last year than the year before.
(B) More TrackMaker bicycles were sold in the state of Oregon than in any other state in the United States.
(C) Last year Sudeki's Bike Shop did not sell as many bicycles of the TrackMaker brand as it did of each of the other brands it sells.
(D) A bicycle store operating in more than one location in the state of Oregon sold more TrackMaker bicycles last year than did Sudeki's Bike Shop.
(E) The single-location store that was ranked second in the United States last year in terms of the number of TrackMaker bicycles sold was also located in the state of Oregon.

题型：
must be true (except)
逻辑链: must be true 就不能列P&C了，因为它妹有conclusion
Given
1. Last year, Sudeki's Bike Shop in Portland, Oregon, sold more TrackMaker bicycles than did any other single-location store in the state of Oregon.
2. Sudeki's Bike Shop was also ranked third in the United States last year among single-location stores in terms of the number of TrackMaker bicycles sold, a rank it had never before attained.
1. Portland的S店比其他任何一家在O州的S店卖的都多
2. Portland的S店在美国排第三，这个成绩之前从未有过

Portland不是一个国家吗，这意思是Porland是US的一个子集？what? 直接决定了我能不能选到这个E选项头上啊
OA V.S. OE
OE: Sudeki's Bike Shop sold fewer TrackMaker bicycles last year than the year before.
why选: 第二点说
Sudeki's Bike Shop was also ranked third in the United States last year among single-location stores in terms of the number of TrackMaker bicycles sold, a rank it had never before attained.
单店销量排第三，之前从未达到过

Sudeki's Bike Shop sold fewer TrackMaker bicycles last year than the year before 怎么能对呢，
类比我今年期末考了一伯分，a score that I had never before acheived
这个选项说我的分数比之前的低？how？
我不理解，先看OA为什么对吧

OA：
The single-location store that was ranked second in the United States last year in terms of the number of TrackMaker bicycles sold was also located in the state of Oregon.
绕啊
在US排第二的店also located in O州
1. Portland的S店比其他任何一家在O州的S店卖的都多
2. Portland的S店在美国排第三

懂了，but花了好久！这题多看几遍吧多消化

再来看A为什么错，How can it be true
Sudeki's Bike Shop was also ranked third in the United States last year among single-location stores in terms of the number of TrackMaker bicycles sold, a rank it had never before attained.
我懂了!
错因：类比是错误类比
正确类比：哥们今年期末考了第一名，之前从没拿到过第一名
选项为哥们考的比之前都低，can be true？
YES
我去年考了99分，但是100分有三个，我排第四名
我今年考了90分，但是全班没有人比我高
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Takeaway：DO NOT confuse rank with 实际的销量，they are two DIFFERENT things
比如某些trash noob机构市场上排名第一能证明他们的能力强吗？no，也有可能是市场的现存players都很菜

句子 impedient to my understanding of the passage
不是特定句子，背整个passage+某些选项
难的是识别到老头在玩shell game在偷偷切换概念
考点类似actual number & percentage


这题本身就是很好的takeaway，背吧宝
Last year, for the fourth year in a row (连续四年), Sudeki's Bike Shop in Portland, Oregon, sold more TrackMaker bicycles than did any other single-location store in the state of Oregon. Sudeki's Bike Shop was also ranked third in the United States last year among single-location stores in terms of the number of TrackMaker bicycles sold, a rank it had never before attained.
CANNOT be true
(A) Sudeki's Bike Shop sold fewer TrackMaker bicycles last year than the year before.
(E) The single-location store that was ranked second in the United States last year in terms of the number of TrackMaker bicycles sold was also located in the state of Oregon.

T7willG700

我是真滴棒啊 caffeine & enzyme 题

Takeaway：CR读题真的很重要shut down的是 production of enzyme not just enzyme

T7willG700

There are several known versions of the thirteenth-century book describing a journey Marco Polo of Venice supposedly made to China, yet none contains any description of the Great Wall of China. Since Marco Polo would have had to cross the Great Wall to travel the route described and since the book reports in detail on other, less notable, structures, the omission of the Great Wall strongly suggests that Marco Polo never did actually travel to China.

Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
(B) In his travels, Marco Polo certainly visited his family's trading posts on the Black Sea, where he would have had contact with people who had traveled to the various parts of China that the book describes.
(E) Certain pieces of accurate information about thirteenth-century China are contained in some of the known versions of the book but not in all known versions.

看懂了passage，但没看懂选项
题型：
加强
逻辑链

*Premise
1/none of the several known versions of the thirteenth-century book describing a journey Marco Polo of Venice supposedly made to China contains any description of the Great Wall of China.
2/ Since Marco Polo would have had to cross the Great Wall to travel the route described
3/ since the book reports in detail on other, less notable, structures,
*Conclusion
the omission of the Great Wall strongly suggests that Marco Polo never did actually travel to China.

OA V.S. OE-句子 impedient to my understanding of the passage
OA. In his travels, Marco Polo certainly visited his family's trading posts on the Black Sea, where he would have had contact with people who had traveled to the various parts of China that the book describes.
小马没真正去过中国，but这些人跟他说中国啥样
他对中国的描述是道听途说而不是亲身经历
OE. Certain pieces of accurate information about thirteenth-century China are contained in some of the known versions of the book but not in all known versions.
题干中提到了There are several known versions，选项E的意思是一些关于13th世纪中国的正确信息在有些版本中存在但是在其他版本中不存在
方向反了，our goal is to support conclusion that  Marco Polo never did actually travel to China by evidence none of the several known versions of the thirteenth-century book describing a journey Marco Polo of Venice supposedly made to China contains any description of the Great Wall of China.
我的疑问：不是说了这些version中没有任何一个包含长城相关？
答：是的，所以这个选项都不能算一个valid的weaken选项，ie不能建议马可波罗去过中国，因为题干中告诉了你所有的version中长城都不存在，不存在有的version没有但在有的version存在的情况 ><

有人分析了《马可‧波罗行纪》的作者与传抄者，比较了巴黎版、托斯卡纳版、等各个版本，说明《马可‧波罗行纪》并非出自马可‧波罗本人之手，而是透过其牢友鲁斯蒂谦（Rusticello）的记载而反映出来的马可‧波罗游历。因此我们不能对其叙述多加着墨。
而马可‧波罗书中未提及的事物，也不无可能存在于其他已失传的版本中。

T7willG700

Sales manager: My salespeople are required to attend classes to keep their sales skills current. We use a lot of company time organizing this training—renting meeting rooms, hiring trainers, and holding sessions during business hours. We can decrease the amount of company time devoted to salespeople's training by requiring the sales staff to use online tutorials and videos instead.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the idea that the sales manager's proposal will have the predicted effect?

(A) Studies have shown that supplementing classroom activities with online materials can greatly increase peoples' ability to learn the subject matter.

(B) The online tutorials and videos can be tailored to address issues specific to the sale manager's industry.

(C) Employees will be more willing to take the sales classes if they can do so at their own pace.

(D) The sales staff are likely to access the online classes and videos during business hours.

(E) Online tutorials and videos once created require almost no work to maintain.

题型：
support

逻辑链

*背景

Sales manager: My salespeople are required to attend classes to keep their sales skills current.

We use a lot of company time organizing this training—renting meeting rooms, hiring trainers, and holding sessions during business hours.

*GOAL & PLAN
We can decrease the amount of company time devoted to salespeople's training [GOAL]by requiring the sales staff to use online tutorials and videos instead [PLAN].

My task:supports the idea that the sales manager's proposal will have the predicted effect —> acheive goal

难点：几个选项都和文章方向一致，这种题目一定要知道（并牢记于心）GOAL是什么，predicted effect是什么

(A) Studies have shown that supplementing classroom activities with online materials can greatly increase peoples' ability to learn the subject matter. 确实是这个plan的好处，但是我们的goal (predicted effect)是decrease the amount of company time devoted to salespeople's training ❌cannot support

(B) The online tutorials and videos can be tailored to address issues specific to the sale manager's industry. ❌NOTHING TO DO with decreasing time.

(C) Employees will be more willing to take the sales classes if they can do so at their own pace.❌ NOT RELATED TO OUR GOAL!!

(D) The sales staff are likely to access the online classes and videos during business hours.❌方向反了

(E) Online tutorials and videos once created require almost no work to maintain. ✔YES!

Takeaway:

跟传统加强削弱一定要关注CONCLUSION一样

这种PLAN&GOAL类型题目的加强削弱，眼睛盯死OUR GOAL!!!

T7willG700

Last year Cidney Co, a manufacturer of carousel horses, sold 1000 horses, while Horsan-Works, the only other manufacturer, sold 2000. However, in January this year, Cidney Co launched a new model, and by the end of March, it had already received orders for 1000 horses of the new type alone. Given that the total demand for carousel horses is unlikely to increase, Carousel-Work is bound to sell fewer horses this year than it did last year.

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

A The prices of carousel horses are likely to rise this year.

B In order to recover the costs of developing the new model, Cidney Co needs to sell 2000 horses of that type.

C The average size of carousels has been steadily increasing.

D In the past decade as a whole, Cidney Co sold more horses than Horsan-Works.

E Cidney Co’s production capacity is limited to 1000 horses annually and cannot be increased before the end of this year.

题型：weaken
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难懂的地方
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Premise：两个卖?的公司

	Last year
Cidney Co	1000
Horsan-Works	2000
Total	3000

而今年三月底Cidney Co就已经卖了1000，Given市场总需求不变
Conclusion：Carousel-Work is bound to sell fewer horses this year than it did last year.
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Carousel-Work？你寄吧谁呀，你不是叫Horsan-Works吗？
根据OA判断，这个C-W 就是题干中的 H-W
只能是打错了吧 这是官方题吗


放心哦不害怕哦考试才不会碰到这种笨比卡我壳的地方
读懂选E不是右手就行

T7willG700

The Acme Corporation plans to improve productivity by giving staff more-powerful computers with faster Internet connections. But some of the corporation's managers claim that many employees play games over the Internet at work, and conclude from this claim that the plan will be counterproductive.
Assuming that the managers' claim is correct, which of the following would, if true, most strongly support the prediction that the Acme Corporation's plan will succeed?

(A) The Acme Corporation has a written policy forbidding staff from playing computer games at work.
(B) None of the managers at Acme Corporation play games over, the Internet at work.
(C) At most corporations, there is no correlation between the amount of time employees spend playing computer games and the power of their computers or speed of their Internet connections.
(D) Few if any employees at Acme Corporation have duties that could be performed more efficiently with more-powerful computers or faster Internet connections.
(E) Managers at Acme Corporation have observed that those employees with the more-powerful computers arid fast Internet connections spend a significant amount of time playing computer games.

题型：support
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逻辑链
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Plan
giving staff more-powerful computers with faster Internet connections.
Goal
improve productivity
Our task
在不反驳“many employees play games over the Internet at work“ 的前提下
support the prediction that the Acme Corporation's plan will succeed instead be counterproductive.
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OA
At most corporations, there is no correlation between the amount of time employees spend playing computer games and the power of their computers or speed of their Internet connections.

当时为什么没选
已经说了our task is to assuming that the managers' claim that many employees play games over the Internet at work is correct
这选项不是反前提吗

错因/难点：shell game
不是同一个东西！！

解析
我们的plan是giving staff more-powerful computers with faster Internet connections to improve productivity
Managers说的是many employees play games over the Internet at work, and conclude from this claim that the plan will be counterproductive.
这两个不是一个东西，也不一定存在因果关系
电脑好≠上班时间玩游戏

如果想加强Managers的观点，可以说调查发现电脑越好网越好 ——>大家越会上班时间玩游戏
这里让我们增强plan会成功
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Takeaway：need to read VERY VERY VERY LITERALLY & CAREFULLY

T7willG700

Moto Company plans to publish some of its advertisements for its new, lightweight motorcycle in children's magazines. Yet virtually no child could manage to purchase a motorcycle, and even if a child could convince his or her parents to buy one, it would be illegal for that child to ride it.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly suggests that it will be to Moto's advantage to advertise its new motorcycle in children's magazines?

(A) Moto’s advertising practice is to advertise its new motorcycle only in magazines that currently carry no motorcycle advertising.

(B) The advertising firm hired to manage Moto's campaign for its new motorcycle receives a discount for placing advertisements in certain children's magazines with which the advertising firm does a great deal of business.

(C) Moto's advertisement for its new motorcycle is being run with a message stating that all motorcyclists are required by law to wear protective headgear.

(D) Moto's advertisements are likely to predispose children to purchase the nonmotorized bicycle that it is about to market.

题型：support
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逻辑链
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Plan
publish some of its advertisements for its new, lightweight motorcycle in children's magazines
Goal
没有具体的goal
Our task
To support that it will be to Moto's advantage to advertise its new motorcycle in children's magazines

抽象 抽你 抽你 抽你

选项分析
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OA
Moto's advertisements are likely to predispose children to purchase the nonmotorized bicycle that it is about to market.
当时为什么没选
没读懂

predispose	释义：to influence someone to behave or think in a particular way or to have a particular condition 例句： 1. Individualism predisposes many people to look for individual solutions to social problems. 2. Your family history can help a doctor determine if you are predisposed to developing heart disease.
about to market	可以理解为还未上市，but将要上市的产品，未来也要去做广告营销的

达成目标：suggests that it will be to Moto's advantage to advertise its new motorcycle in children's magazines

by increase 未来销量

OE

1. Moto’s advertising practice is to advertise its new motorcycle only in magazines that currently carry no motorcycle advertising.

Why OE is tempting

why选：可以解释为什么要在儿童杂志投放广告，虽然人家不是target customers —— 因为只在没有摩托车广告的杂志上投放

why错：Our task is to support that it will be to Moto's advantage to advertise its new motorcycle in children's magazines

该选项不能support在儿童杂志上投放广告有利

The advertising firm 【hired to manage Moto's campaign for its new motorcycle】 receives a discount for placing advertisements in certain children's magazines with which the advertising firm does a great deal of business.

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for placing advertisements in certain children's magazines with which the advertising firm does a great deal of business.

for placing advertisements in certain children's magazines which the advertising firm does a great deal of business with .

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”帮M公司打理广告的公司与儿童杂志有合作，投放广告有折扣。折扣再大也要花钱，没有好处也没用。“

理解错了的选项
Moto's advertisement for its new motorcycle is being run with a message stating that all motorcyclists are required by law to wear protective headgear.

我理解的：戴头盔就可以让小孩子合法骑了，违背了premise 【纯纯脑补啊hxd】

正确的：广告传递了要戴头盔的规定
理解错了所以成功排除，我可真是个小天才
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