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chenchanchan

10月5号

45.   (33087-!-item-!-188;#058&007558)

The recent decline in the value of the dollar was triggered by a prediction of slower economic growth in the coming year.  But that prediction would not have adversely affected the dollar had it not been for the government's huge budget deficit, which must therefore be decreased to prevent future currency declines.

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion about how to prevent future currency declines?

(A) The government has made little attempt to reduce the budget deficit.

(B) The budget deficit has not caused a slowdown in economic growth.

(C) The value of the dollar declined several times in the year prior to the recent prediction of slower economic growth.

(D) Before there was a large budget deficit, predictions of slower economic growth frequently caused declines in the dollar's value.

(E) When there is a large budget deficit, other events in addition to predictions of slower economic growth sometimes trigger declines in currency value.

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melodyflying

我选D 不知道对不对

根据题设

发生前后顺序是 government's huge budget deficit→ a prediction→ The recent decline in the value of the dollar

因此要weaken

就找出一个选项是把这逻辑发展顺序破坏的就可以

D很好地反驳了But that prediction would not have adversely affected the dollar had it not been for the government's huge budget deficit

GMAT_onjob

同意，

原文是说，如果不是因为有巨大的财政赤字，对未来经济增长放缓的预测也不会如此影响美元的币值

D应该算是断桥法吧

GMAT_onjob

几道语法：

222.
            (31727-!-item-!-188;#058&006584)     (GWD-12-Q14)

 

In 1914 a total of 469,000 cars and trucks were produced in the United States, but in 1929 almost twice the numbers of trucks alone came off the assembly lines.

A. the numbers of trucks alone

B. that number of trucks alone

C. the number of trucks by themselves

D. as many trucks themselves

E. as many trucks by themselves

A为什么错？

200.
                (25938-!-item-!-188;#058&001621)     (GWD-6-Q8)

 

Many financial experts believe that policy makers at the Federal Reserve, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are almost certain to leave interest rates unchanged for the foreseeable future.

A. Reserve, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are

B. Reserve, now viewing the economy to be balanced between that of moderate growth and low inflation and are

C. Reserve who, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are

D. Reserve, who now view the economy to be balanced between that of moderate growth and low inflation, will be

E. Reserve, which now views the economy to be balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, is

D为什么不行呢，题目不是 有for the foreseeable future吗

187.
                    (32525-!-item-!-188;#058&007080)     (GWD-1-Q32)

 

To develop more accurate population forecasts, demographers have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economic determinants of fertility.

A. have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economic

B. have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economical

C. would have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economical

D. would have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economic

E. would have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economic

为什么不能省略，选E

185.
                    (26406-!-item-!-188;#058&001926)     (GWD-8-Q41)

 

When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950s, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many

A. there are less than one-quarter that many

B. there are fewer than one-quarter as many

C. there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount

D. the number is less than one-quarter the amount

E. it is less than one-quarter of that amount

这是不是个大省略，一个there be没有写出来

GMAT_onjob

一个逻辑的

Q5. p1-cr       45.   (33847-!-item-!-188;#058&007123)

 

A major impediment to wide acceptance of electric vehicles even on the part of people who use their cars almost exclusively for commuting is the inability to use electric vehicles for occasional extended trips.  In an attempt to make purchasing electric vehicles more attractive to commuters, one electric vehicle producer is planning to offer customers three days free rental of a conventional car for every 1,000 miles that they drive their electric vehicle.

 

Which of the following, if true, most threatens the plan's prospects for success?

 

(A) Many electric vehicles that are used for commercial purposes are not needed for extended trips.

(B) Because a majority of commuters drive at least 100 miles a week, the cost to the producer of making good the offer would add considerably to the already high price of electric vehicles.

(C) The relatively long time it takes to recharge the battery of an electric vehicle can easily be fitted into the regular patterns of car use characteristic of commuters.

(D) Although electric vehicles are essentially emission-free in actual use, generating the electricity necessary for charging an electric vehicle's battery can burden the environment.

(E) Some family vehicles are used primarily not for commuting but for making short local trips, such as to do errands.

 

GMAT_onjob

来个数学的

2.A school administrator will assign each student in a group of n students to one of m classrooms. If 3 < m < 13 < n, is it possible to assign each of the n students to one of the m classrooms so that each classroom has the same number of students assigned to it?
(1) It is possible to assign each of 3n students to one of m classrooms so that each classroom has the same number of students assigned to it.
(2) It is possible to assign each of 13n students to one of m classrooms so that each classroom has the same number of students assigned to it

chenchanchan

语法争议题 几道  晕菜

T-9-Q27.
        大全987-606

Research during the past several decades on the nature of language and the processes that produce and make it understandable has revealed great complexity instead of underlying simplicity.

 

1. that produce and make it understandable has revealed great complexity instead of underlying simplicity

2. of producing and understanding it have revealed not underlying simplicity but great complexity

3. by which it is produced and understood has revealed not underlying simplicity but great complexity

4. by which it is produced and understood have revealed great complexity rather than underlying simplicity

5. by which one produces and understands it have revealed great complexity instead of underlying simplicity

15. GWD31-Q15

Reptiles, by drawing their body heat directly from the Sun rather than burning calories to generate it, can survive on ten percent of the nourishment that a mammal of similar size would normally require

 

1. rather than burning calories to generate it

2. rather than the generation of body heat by burning calories

3. and not from generating it by burning calories

4. instead of by burning calories for generating it

5. instead of body heat generated by burning calories

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chenchanchan

 

GWD7-Q40:

Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest rate target five times, and because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will be raised again in November.

1. because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will

2. with the economy’s strength continuing, analysts predicted for weeks that the target

3. because the economy continues strong, analysts predicted for weeks that the target would

4. due to the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target

5. due to the fact of the economy’s continued strength, analysts predicted for weeks that the target will

chenchanchan

174.
            (28920-!-item-!-188;#058&003515)

 

Often major economic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable at first from ordinary fluctuations in the financial markets.

A. so gradual as to be indistinguishable

B. so gradual so that they can be indistinguishable

C. so gradual that they are unable to be distinguished

D. gradual enough not to be distinguishable

E. gradual enough so that one cannot distinguish them