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thinkatsea

guagua621

1.12

作业情况：

sc 7/10 70%   cr18/20 90%   rc 全对

疑问题：

122.
                More than 30 years ago Dr. Barbara McClintock, the Nobel Prize winner, reported that genes can “jump,” as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another.

(A) as pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another

(B) like pearls moving mysteriously from one necklace to another

(C) as pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others

(D) like pearls do that move mysteriously from one necklace to others

(E) as do pearls that move mysteriously from one necklace to some other one

这题其实比较简单，很直观就选出了b，不过我又动摇了，因为我总结的笔记里有这么一条，as引导clause，like引导phrase，所以我犹豫了。最后试探性的选择了A，结果错了，看过解释后我觉得这个答案和总结的东西不一致，125题的解释也有这个总结，再次强调了as和like的区别，这是怎么回事啊

rc和cr没什么难题，粗心错了2个，呵呵，就不拿出来见笑了！

ky0107

1/12

cr (5/21)正確率 76%

rc(1/5) 正確率 80%

sc...拼白勇語法中....!!!!

今天難題---謝謝 小組同學 我已了解 但還是po出

OG cr 74

Small-business groups are lobbying to defeat proposed federal legislation that would substantially raise

the federal minimum wages. This opposition is surprising since the legislation they oppose would, for the

first time, exempt all small bsuinesses from paying any minimum wages.

 

Which of the following, if true, would best explain the opposition of small-business groups to the proposed

legislation ?

(A)Under the current federal minimum-wage law, most small business are required to pay no less than the

minimum wage to their employees.

(B)In order to attract workers, small companies must match the wages offered by their larger competitors,

and these competitors would not be exempt under the proposed laws.

(C)The exact number of companies that are currently required to pay no less than the minimum wage

but that would be exempt under the proposed laws is unknown.

而答案選(B) 他說因為要吸引員工，所以小公司要付和大公司一樣的薪資來吸引員工。而大公司並沒有因為該"最低工資"的法規而受到免除。

我現在了解 因為 大公司受到此法案限制他必須有支付最低工資 而小公司因為要吸引人才也要支付和大公司一樣多的工資，對於大企業的限制就變向千至到他們，所以要反對此法案。

kited

01.11

        作业完成：
        

SC；正确率4/10 , 20 min (112, 115,116, 118,119,120)

CR 22/30, ~1 hr .

        个人增加：LZM chp 1

        必做作业：

最难题：SC120, OG11

120.  It has been estimated that the annual cost to the United States of illiteracy in lost industrial output and tax revenues is at least $20 billion a year.

(A) the annual cost to the United States of illiteracy in lost industrial output and tax revenues is at least $20 billion a year

(B) the annual cost of illiteracy to the United States is at least $20 billion a year because of lost industrial output and tax revenues

(C) illiteracy costs the United States at least $20 billion a year in lost industrial output and tax revenues

(D) $20 billion a year in lost industrial output and tax revenues is the annual cost to the United States of illiteracy

(E) lost industrial output and tax revenues cost the United States at least $20 billion a year because of illiteracy

Maybe thought this sentence is complicated, so don’t really know where to start elimination.

Had a feeling that "in lost " was wrong, so elimated all those answer at the beginning ...

             

疑问题: SC116, OG11

116.  Out of America’s fascination with all things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub.

(A) things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing

(B) things antique has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing

(C) things that are antiques has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring

(D) antique things have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing

(E) antique things has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring

 

Didn’t aware “all things antique” can be used as a noun like that …

kited

01.12

作业完成：

SC；正确率6/10 , ~20 min (121, 124,127,129)

CR 23/30, ~50 min

个人增加：LZM chp 1

必做作业：

最难题：SC121, OG11

             121.
                A firm that specializes in the analysis of handwriting claims from a one-page writing sample that it can assess more than 300 personality traits, including enthusiasm, imagination, and ambition.

(A) from a one-page writing sample that it can assess

(B) from a one-page writing sample it has the ability of assessing

(C) the ability, from a one-page writing sample, of assessing

(D) to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess

(E) being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample

Correct answer is D but I chose A.

Digesting the explanation on this …

kited

01.13

作业完成：

SC；正确率5/8 (134,135,136)

CR 9/20 – those questions seem quiet difficult than previous one

RC 4/5 (32)

 

最难题：CR 96, OG11

96.   Commentator: The theory of trade retaliation states that countries closed out of any of another country’s markets should close some of their own markets to the other country in order to pressure the other country to reopen its markets. If every country acted according to this theory, no country would trade with any other.

The commentator’s argument relies on which of the following assumptions?

(A) No country actually acts according to the theory of trade retaliation.

(B) No country should block any of its markets to foreign trade.

(C) Trade disputes should be settled by international tribunal.

(D) For any two countries, at least one has some market closed to the other.

(E) Countries close their markets to foreigners to protect domestic producers.

Correct answer is D but I chose E

(D), how can that going into a conclusion that no country would trade with any other … (D) only mention only some market are closed to the other..

thinkatsea

guagua621

1.13

完成情况：  sc 6/8 75%  rc  14/20  70%   rc 1/6 (丢死人了)

最难题：

91.   Businesses are suffering because of a lack of money available for development loans. To help businesses, the government plans to modify the income-tax structure in order to induce individual taxpayers to put a larger portion of their incomes into retirement savings accounts, because as more money is deposited in such accounts, more money becomes available to borrowers.

Which of the following, if true, raises the most serious doubt regarding the effectiveness of the government’s plan to increase the amount of money available for development loans for businesses?

(A) When levels of personal retirement savings increase, consumer borrowing always increases correspondingly.

(B) The increased tax revenue the government would receive as a result of business expansion would not offset the loss in revenue from personal income taxes during the first year of the plan.

(C) Even with tax incentives, some people will choose not to increase their levels of retirement savings.

(D) Bankers generally will not continue to lend money to businesses whose prospective earnings are insufficient to meet their loan repayment schedules.

(E) The modified tax structure would give all taxpayers, regardless of their incomes, the same tax savings for a given increase in their retirement savings.

从观点来说，我认为D答案如果没有continue的话，会比A更好，我就是忽略了这个重要的单词给选错了。因为存更多的月收入进养老金，每月可支配就会减少，所以还款能力就更小了。

101.
                    For a trade embargo against a particular country to succeed, a high degree of both international accord and ability to prevent goods from entering or leaving that country must be sustained. A total blockade of Patria’s ports is necessary to an embargo, but such an action would be likely to cause international discord over the embargo.

The claims above, if true, most strongly support which of the following conclusions?

(A) The balance of opinion is likely to favor Patria in the event of a blockade.

(B) As long as international opinion is unanimously against Patria, a trade embargo is likely to succeed.

(C) A naval blockade of Patria’s ports would ensure that no goods enter or leave Patria.

(D) Any trade embargo against Patria would be likely to fail at some time.

(E) For a blockade of Patria’s ports to be successful, international opinion must be unanimous.

这道题其实解释说的很清楚，我只是觉得这题很典型。B答案就很正确，不过和文章的思路没有D那么紧密，这就是逻辑题最烦人的地方，正确答案可能有几个，不过最正确的只有一个。

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4.22已报名，所在地：武汉，目标730+

大三，英语中上。

复习1月左右，OG已经看完。

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ky0107

1/13 homework

OG SC still working on 白勇先生

OG CR (5/20)5 正確率 75%

OG RC 全對

今天作 CR覺得普遍比較難ㄟ....> <

花的時間多些。

最難題 明日補上

maggiecookies

Jane 13.

           1.       SC 131~138 正确率75%

 

Most difficult:

132.        a lowering, here lowering is a noun.

B a lowering of interest rates and of fears about inflation, a rally in stocks and bonds, and a weakening in dollar. 平行结构

134. and
            用法: x, y, and Z:

    C. have reduced sickness, sleeping on the job, and fatigue among shift workers while raising

135. Muller’s career spanning

137. had –ed and that it + would +V.

138.spin should be plural to agree with the earth and the other solid planets.

 

2.       CR 91~110  65%

Most difficult:

92. 注意数量问题

95. Environmentalist: The commissioner of the Fish and Game Authority would have the public believe that increases in the number of marine fish caught demonstrate that this resource is no longer endangered. Thisis a specious argument, as unsound as it would be to assert that the ever-increasing rate at which rain forests are being cut down demonstrates a lack of danger to that resource. The real cause of the increased fish-catch is a greater efficiency in using technologies that deplete resources.

Best support: 加强, 实际上就是把原文的意思再强调一遍:

E. Marine fish continue to be an endangered rsource.

 97. Although parapsychology is often considered a pseudoscience, it is in fact a genuine scientific enterprise, for it uses scientific methods such as controlled experiments and statistical tests of clearly stated hypotheses to examine the questions it raises.      .

The conclusion above is properly drawn if which of the following is assumed?

A ---B, 推出
        非B则非A.

Parapsychology:              pseudoscience,:

98.阅读问题: 我怎么就没读出: hotco oil buner, 省油

99. 阅读问题: An experiment was done in which human subjects recognize a pattern within a matrix of abstract designs and then select another design that completes that pattern. The result of the experiment were surprising. The lowest expenditure of energy in neurons in the brain was found in those subjects who performed most successfully in the experiments.

100: 暂时不明白.

101前后关联得结论:

For a trade embargo against a particular country to succeed, a high degree of international accord and ability to prevent goods from entering or leaving that country must be sustained. A total blockade of Patria’s ports is necessary to an embargo, but such an action would be likely to cause international discord over the embargo.

The claim above, if true, most strongly support which of the following conclusions?

D Any trade embargo against Patria would be likely to fail at some time.

  3. RC 32~36: 60%

  这段时间上班不忙, 可是身体不太好. 所以一直没交过作业, 其实每天都按进度做了. SC,CR, RC 我的问题都比较多,明后两天好好总结.