Sailing to success(快乐备考,携手同行)

sigrid920

这是本月一个阅读JJ, 偶的GWD没有做完,也不知道是哪个上面滴, 只有发在这里大家确认一下哈.

晕~~把文章翻译完后又忘了自己想要问什么了~~汗~~

算了, 还是发上来给YAOMM参考.       哦~~想起来鸟, 就是问黄色部分怎样理解.谢谢~!!

Citing the fact that the real gross                 根据1997年美国的GDP per capital 比以往都高, 一些记

       domestic product (GDP) per capita was           者就说美国的经济在1997年是最理想的. 但是, GDP总

       higher in 1997 than ever before, some            是会比以往高, 只在经济萧条时才下滑.

Line
   journalists have argued that the United

  (5)      States economy performed ideally in

1997. //
   However, the real GDP is almost

always higher than ever before; it falls

only during recessions.  One point

these journalists overlooked is that in           这些记者忽视的一点是在1997年,和它之前的24年, GDP

 (10)      1997, as in the twenty-four years imme-    per capital每年增长1.5%,比1873-1973年的平均值慢

diately preceding it, the real GDP per             得多.

capita grew nearly one-half percent a

year more slowly than it had on aver-

age between 1873 and 1973.  Were the        如果1997年的经济真的像说得那么繁荣的话,1997年的

 (15)      1997 economy as robust as claimed,         GDP增长率就应该超过1873-1973的增长率.

the growth rate of real GDP per capita

the growth rate of real GDP per capita

the growth rate of real GDP per capita

the growth rate of real GDP per capita

in 1997 would have surpassed the

average growth rate of real GDP per

capita between 1873 and 1973 because        因为1997年有超过50%的人口在工作,而1873-1973只

 (20)      over fifty percent of the population           40%的人工作.

       worked for wages in 1997 whereas

       only forty percent worked for wages

between 1873 and 1973.  If the growth       如果1997年生产力的增长与1873-1973的相同,1997年

rate of labor productivity (output per           的GDP应该比现在的值大.

 (25)      hour of goods and services) in 1997

had equaled its average growth rate

between 1873 and 1973 of more than

two percent, then, given the proportion-

ately larger workforce that existed in

 (30)      1997, real GDP per capita in 1997 would

have been higher than it actually was,

since output is a major factor in GDP.

       However, because labor productivity                但是, 因为1997年的生产力只增长了1%, 所以1997年

grew by only one percent in 1997, real          GDP的增长比1873-1973慢.

(35)         GDP per capita grew more slowly in

1997 than it had on average between

1873 and 1973.

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Q35:

The passage is primarily concerned with

             

1. comparing various measures used to assess the performance of the United States economy in 1997

2. providing evidence that the performance of the United States economy in 1997 was similar to its performance between 1873 and 1973

3. evaluating an argument concerning the performance of the United States economy in1997

4. examining the consequences of a popular misconception about the performance of the United States economy in 1997

5. supporting an assertion made by journalists about the performance of the United States economy in 1997

Answer: C

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Q36:

According to the passage, which of the following is true of the average rate at which real GDP per capita grew in the twenty-four years immediately before 1997?

             

1. It was less than it had been between 1873 and 1973 because only forty percent of the population worked for wages between 1873 and 1973.

2. It was less than it had been between 1873 and 1973 because labor productivity grew less between 1973 and 1997 than it had between 1873 and 1973.

3. It was less than it had been between 1873 and 1973 as a result of an increase in the percentage of the population earning wages during these years.

4. It was less than the average rate at which real GDP per capita grew between 1873 and 1973.

5. It was less than the rate at which real GDP per capita grew in 1997.

Answer: D

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Q37:

It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following is the reason that the author faults the journalists referred to in line 4?

1. They believe that the real GDP per capita in 1997 was higher than the real GDP per capita had ever been before.

2. They argue that the rate at which real GDP per capita grew in 1997 was faster than the average rate at which it had grown between 1873 and 1973.

3. They overestimate the effect of labor productivity on the real GDP per capita in 1997.

4. They overestimate the amount by which real GDP per capita in 1997 surpassed real GDP per capita in earlier years.

5. They fail to consider the real GDP per capita in 1997 within an appropriate historical context.

Answer: E

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wei_wangyan

丽香啊，那个答案不是PREP改的啊，是什么GWD机房啊（这个机构是偷题的吗？）

还是不可靠，不管了，上帝保佑考试时不会遇到，如果遇到，就选D。这样有地方说理呀。

俺俺。。。。要不是那个先生，偶才不会考GMAT呢（偶很没出息的，没什么雄心大志），都是他要求的，累死了都快！现在电脑是LG（我俩整天对着看啊看的），他不是！！！ 

数学啊数学。。。看着那些考满分的，好眼馋啊！

sigrid920

Passage 37 (37/63)

(This passage was excerpted from material written in 1990.)

As the economic role of multinational, global corporations expands, the international economic environment will be shaped increasingly not by governments or international institutions, but by the interaction between governments and global corporations, especially in the United States, Europe, and Japan. A significant factor in this shifting world economy is the trend toward regional trading blocs of nations, which has a potentially large effect on the evolution of the world trading system. Two examples of this trend are the United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Europe 1992, the move by the European Community (EC) to dismantle impediments to the free flow of goods, services, capital, and labor among member states by the end of 1992. //However, although numerous political and economic factors were operative in launching the move to integrate the EC’s markets, concern about protectionism within the EC does not appear to have been a major consideration. This is in sharp contrast to the FTA; the overwhelming reason for that bilateral initiative was fear of increasing United States protectionism. Nonetheless, although markedly different in origin and nature, both regional developments are highly significant in that they will foster integration in the two largest and richest markets of the world, as well as provoke questions about the future direction of the world trading system.

1.     The primary purpose of the passage as a whole is to

(A) describe an initiative and propose its continuance

(B) chronicle a development and illustrate its inconsistencies

(C) identify a trend and suggest its importance

(D) summarize a process and question its significance（C）

(E) report a phenomenon and outline its probable future

这文章在第一个转折however之前都还挺好理解的, 就从这个转折开始,我就不太理解了, 以导致第一题做错, 答案选(C), 我选了(E).请问哪个however后面怎么理解啊?

sigrid920

以下是引用wei_wangyan在2006-12-27 10:42:00的发言：

丽香啊，那个答案不是PREP改的啊，是什么GWD机房啊（这个机构是偷题的吗？）

还是不可靠，不管了，上帝保佑考试时不会遇到，如果遇到，就选D。这样有地方说理呀。

俺俺。。。。要不是那个先生，偶才不会考GMAT呢（偶很没出息的，没什么雄心大志），都是他要求的，累死了都快！现在电脑是LG（我俩整天对着看啊看的），他不是！！！ 

数学啊数学。。。看着那些考满分的，好眼馋啊！

能有一个相互促进发展的LG,还支持你进步事业~~真是幸福啊~~~前几天还看到一个MM发贴说她BF要跟她分手, 就因为她要考GMAT~~晕~~这种BF不要也罢~~最讨厌那种见不得女人比自己强的男的啦.~~瞧我们闹闹多幸运啊~~

sigrid920

以下是引用wei_wangyan在2006-12-27 10:42:00的发言：

丽香啊，那个答案不是PREP改的啊，是什么GWD机房啊（这个机构是偷题的吗？）

还是不可靠，不管了，上帝保佑考试时不会遇到，如果遇到，就选D。这样有地方说理呀。

啊~~天~~好不容易告诉自己选(E),又变成(D)啦?  闹闹,能跟我解释一下为什么选(D)呢?

wei_wangyan

however后面是讲了一个对比：EC和FTA之间的。在EC integrate的过程中，尽管有很多因素起作用，但是protectionism（保护主义吧）不是个主要因素；相比之下，保护主义在FTA就特别明显，bilateral initiative就是用来防止保护主义增长的。
        

讲完这些对比，又nonetheless一下，再转回正题，尽管有这些不同（起源和性质上），regional developments 还是如何如何重要。。。

wei_wangyan

现在我只能自说自话了，说服自己就好了。从原句下手！

23. Unlike most severance packages, which require workers to stay until the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package even if they find a new job before they are terminated.

A. the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package 我认为这个scheduled是分词作last day的后置定语，就是公司给员工安排的最后一个工作日，意思是“终止日期”，packages要在这一天collect.

B. the last day they are scheduled to collect, workers are eligible for the automobile company's severance package

C. their last scheduled day to collect, the automobile company offers its severance package to workers

D. their last scheduled day in order to collect, the automobile company's severance package is available to workers 这里last scheduled day的意思是和原句一样的，只不过把scheduled当作形容词放在了day的前面。所以没有改变原意。有反对D的人说这里collect的发出者变成了packages，但我觉得这里发出者很明显是workers，因为：完整看这句话——require workers to stay （until their last scheduled day）（ in order） to collect括号里面是可以先省掉的修饰语。

E. the last day that they are scheduled to collect, the automobile company's severance package is available to workers 这里跟了一个that定语从句定这个last day，那么意思就成了他们“被安排（schedule）来collect”的最后一天了。我感觉意思不同了。

wei_wangyan

补充一点：
 

A. the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package 我认为这个scheduled是分词作last day的后置定语，就是公司给员工安排的最后一个工作日，意思是“终止日期”，packages要在这一天collect.

这里，可能有人会说scheduled to collect是来定last day的，那么意思就应该是和E相同了。但是从common sense 来看（那个熏衣紫草用common sense分析出E对，我也没仔细看），公司要求员工呆到合同的最后一天last scheduled day，然后才能领packages，这样很合情理。相反，公司要求员工呆到可以领packages的最后一天，这是怎么回事？讲不通吧？

所以，我觉得D和A的意思相通，是对的。

所以，我觉得D和A的意思相通，是对的。

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lxzjojo

以下是引用yaoshuming在2006-12-27 10:09:00的发言：
jojo能不能帮我翻译一下上面这道题的条件（1）内？这个不是slope吗？

条件1说：这条线的斜率是y轴截距滴3倍。（但偶们并不知道y轴截距系多少啊。。。）

条件2说：这条线的x轴截距是-1/3。（这也米有用啊，只知道一个点，无法求这条线的斜率呀!）

lxzjojo

yaoMM你居然还有心思做prep的数学呐~其实看JJ就足矣啦，那个prep的数学偏难的说，哈~

偶来一题一题给你说：

1。因为60个动物，有2/3不是猪就是牛，即猪＋牛＝40。

条件一，牛比猪的2倍要多，因为分别不知道有多少，无法求，不充分。

条件二，有多于12头猪，不知道是多少呐，也不知道有多少牛，也不充分。

合起来，就只一有一种可能，就是13个猪，27个牛。因为猪再多的话，牛就不可能大于它的2倍啦。

2。因为两个人是一个pair,选中一个等于另一个也定啦，所以分子就是C(60,1)啦！故用C(60,1)/1000*800就可以求啦。

3。条件1不成立啊，因为只能求出有400个学生又学F又学J，但题目说有多于100个学生学J啊，200是多于，1000也是多于啊，不充分呀！