2012年9-10月北美新GRE机经汇总（最后更新2012年10月12日14:12）

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I140. Some people believe that universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student's field of study. Others believe that universities should not force students to take any courses other than those that will help prepare them for jobs in their chosen fields.
Writea response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.
issue9：In any field of endeavor, it is impossible to make a significant
contribution without first being strongly influenced by past achievements  within that field. 
Issue16. Some people believe that in order to be effective, political leaders must yield to public opinion and abandon principle for the sake of compromise. Others believe that the most essential quality of an effective leader is the ability to remain consistently committed to particular principles and objectives.
Writea response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.

ARgu75：""The department of agriculture in Batavia reports that the number of dairy farms throughout the country is now 25 percent greater than it was 10 years ago. During this same time period, however, the price of milk at the local Excello Food Market has increased from $1.50 to over $3.00 per gallon. To prevent farmers from continuing to receive excessive profits on an apparently increased supply of milk, the Batavia government should begin to regulate retail milk prices. Such regulation is necessary to ensure fair prices for consumers."

The following appeared in a newsletter offering advice to investors.

"Over 80 percent of the respondents to a recent survey indicated a desire to reduce their intake of
foods  containing  fats  and  cholesterol,  and  today  low-fat  products  abound  in  many  food  stores. Since  many  of  the  food  products  currently  marketed  by  Old  Dairy  Industries  are  high  in  fat  and cholesterol,  the  company's  sales  are  likely  to  diminish  greatly  and  company  profits  will  no  doubt decrease. We therefore advise Old Dairy stockholders to sell their shares, and other investors not to purchase stock in this company."   
Write  a  response  in  which  you  discuss  what  questions  would  need  to  be  answered  in  order  to decide  whether  the  advice  and  the  argument  on  which  it  is  based  are  reasonable.  Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the advice.
Argu15.
The following memorandum is from the business manager of Happy Pancake House restaurants.

"Butter has now been replaced by margarine in Happy Pancake House restaurants throughout the southwestern United States. Only about 2 percent of customers have filed a formal complaint, indicating that an average of 98 people out of 100 is happy with the change. Furthermore, many servers have reported that a number of customers who ask for butter do not complain when they
are given margarine instead. Clearly, either these customers cannot distinguish butter from margarine or they use the term 'butter' to refer to either butter or margarine. Thus, to avoid the expense of purchasing butter, the Happy Pancake House should extend this cost-saving change to
its restaurants throughout the rest of the country."

   
Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument.
Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are
for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.

8月
Issue: 
As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more complex and mysterious.

Argument: 
The following appeared in the summary of a study on headaches suffered by the residents of Mentia.
"Salicylates are members of the same chemical family as aspirin, a medicine used to treat headaches. Although many foods are naturally rich in salicylates, for the past several decades, food-processing companies have also been adding salicylates to foods as preservatives. This rise in the commercial use of salicylates has been found to correlate with a steady decline in the average number of headaches reported by participants in our twenty-year study. Recently, food-processing companies have found that salicylates can also be used as flavor additives for foods. With this new use for salicylates, we can expect a continued steady decline in the number of headaches suffered by the average citizen of Mentia."
Issue：Society should make efforts to save endangered species only if the potential extinction of those species is the result of human activities.

Argument: The following is a recommendation from the personnel director to the president of Acme Publishing Company.
"Many other companies have recently stated that having their employees take the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course has greatly improved productivity. One graduate of the course was able to read a five-hundred-page report in only two hours; another graduate rose from an assistant manager to vice president of the company in under a year. Obviously, the faster you can read, the more information you can absorb in a single workday. Moreover, Easy Read costs only $500 per employee - a small price to pay when you consider the benefits to Acme. Included in this fee is a three-week seminar in Spruce City and a lifelong subscription to the Easy Read newsletter. Clearly, Acme would benefit greatly by requiring all of our employees to take the Easy Read course."

I31.Society should make efforts to save endangered species only if the potential extinction of those species is the result of human activities.
Writea response in which you discuss your views on the policy and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider the possible consequences of implementing the policy and explain how these consequences shape your position.

The following is a recommendation from the personnel director to the president of Acme Publishing
Company.

"Many  other  companies  have  recently  stated  that  having  their  employees  take  the  Easy  Read
Speed-Reading Course has greatly improved productivity. One graduate of the course was able to
read a 500-page report in only two hours; another graduate rose from an assistant manager to vice
president of the company in under a year. Obviously, the faster you can read, the more information
you can  absorb in a single workday. Moreover, Easy Read  would  cost  Acme  only  $500  per employee—a small price to pay when you consider the benefits. Included in this fee is a three-week seminar in Spruce City and a lifelong subscription to the Easy  Read  newsletter.  Clearly, Acme would benefit greatly by requiring all of our employees to take the Easy Read course."

   
Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument.
Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are
for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.

I:Society should identify those children who have special talents and provide training for them at an early age to develop their talents.
Writea response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, describe specific circumstances in which adopting the recommendation would or would not be advantageous and explain how these examples shape your position.
A The following appeared on the Mozart School of Music Web site.

"The Mozart School of Music should be the first choice for parents considering enrolling their child
in music lessons. First of all, the Mozart School welcomes youngsters at all ability and age levels;
there is no audition to attend the school. Second, the school offers instruction in nearly all musical
instruments  as  well  a  wide  range  of  styles  and  genres  from  classical  to  rock.  Third,  the  faculty
includes  some  of  the  most  distinguished  musicians  in  the  area.  Finally,  many  Mozart  graduates
have gone on to become well-known and highly paid professional musicians."
Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument.
Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are
for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.

Issue: Universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student's field of study.
Argument:
The following is a recommendation from the personnel director to the president of Acme Publishing Company.
"Many other companies have recently stated that having their employees take the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course has greatly improved productivity. One graduate of the course was able to read a 500-page report in only two hours; another graduate rose from an assistant manager to vice president of the company in under a year. Obviously, the faster you can read, the more information you can absorb in a single workday. Moreover, Easy Read would cost Acme only $500 per employee—a small price to pay when you consider the benefits. Included in this fee is a three-week seminar in Spruce City and a lifelong subscription to the Easy Read newsletter. Clearly, to improve productivity, Acme should require all of our employees to take the Easy Read course."


A76. The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a Batavia newspaper.
"The  department  of  agriculture  in  Batavia  reports  that  the  number  of  dairy  farms  throughout  the country is now 25 percent greater than it was 10 years ago. During this same time period, however, the price of milk at the local Excello Food Market has increased from $1.50 to over $3.00 per gallon. To prevent farmers from continuing to receive excessive profits on an apparently increased supply of  milk,  the  Batavia  government  should  begin  to  regulate  retail  milk  prices. Such regulation is necessary to ensure fair prices for consumers."

Write  a  response  in  which  you  discuss  what  questions  would  need  to  be  answered  in  order  to
decide whether the recommendation is likely to have the predicted result. Be sure to explain how
the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.
I36. Governments should not fund any scientific research whose consequences are unclear.
A. The following appeared in a memo from a vice president of a manufacturing company.

"During the past year, workers at our newly opened factory reported 30 percent more on-the-job accidents than workers at nearby Panoply Industries. Panoply produces products very similar to those produced at our factory, but its work shifts are one hour shorter than ours. Experts say that
fatigue and sleep deprivation among workers are significant contributing factors in many on-the-job accidents.  Panoply's  superior  safety  record  can  therefore  be  attributed  to  its  shorter  work  shifts, which allow its employees to get adequate amounts of rest."
Write a response in which you discuss one or more alternative explanations that could rival the proposed explanation and explain how your explanation(s) can plausibly account for the facts presented in the argument.
I53. If a goal is worthy, then any means taken to attain it are justifiable.
Writea response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
A.
The following appeared in a memorandum from the manager of WWAC radio station.

"To reverse a decline in listener numbers, our owners have decided that WWAC must change from
its current rock-music format. The decline has occurred despite population growth in our listening
area, but that growth has resulted mainly from people moving here after their retirement. We must
make listeners of these new residents. We could switch to a music format tailored to their tastes,
but a continuing decline in local sales of recorded music suggests limited interest in music. Instead
we should change to a news and talk format, a form of radio that is increasingly popular in our area."

   
Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument
and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.
   
I55. In order for any work of art—for example, a film, a novel, a poem, or a song—to have merit, it must be understandable to most people.
Writea response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
A.
A recent sales study indicates that consumption of seafood dishes in Bay City restaurants  has
increased by 30 percent during the past five years. Yet there are no currently operating city restaurants whose specialty is seafood. Moreover, the  majority of families in Bay City are two-income families, and a nationwide study has shown that such families  eat significantly fewer home-cooked meals than they did a decade ago but at the same time express more concern about healthful eating. Therefore, the new Captain Seafood restaurant that specializes in seafood should be quite popular and profitable.

   
Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument
and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.

I99.People's behavior is largely determined by forces not of their own making.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.
A．
The following appeared in a memo from the director of student housing at Buckingham College.

"To serve the housing needs of our students, Buckingham College should build a number of new dormitories. Buckingham's enrollment is growing and, based on current trends, will double over the next 50 years, thus making existing dormitory space inadequate. Moreover, the average rent for an apartment in our town has risen in recent years .Consequently, students will find  it  increasingly difficult to afford off-campus housing. Finally, attractive  new  dormitories  would  make  prospective students more likely to enroll at Buckingham."

   
Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument
and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.

I16。Some people believe that in order to be effective, political leaders must yield to public opinion and abandon principle for the sake of compromise. Others believe that the most essential quality of an effective leader is the ability to remain consistently committed to particular principles and objectives.
Writea response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.
A Humans arrived in the Kaliko Islands about 7,000 years ago, and within 3,000  years most of the large  mammal  species  that  had  lived  in  the  forests  of  the  Kaliko  Islands  were  extinct.  Previous archaeological  findings  have  suggested  that  early  humans  generally  relied  on  both  fishing  and hunting for food; since archaeologists have discovered numerous sites in the Kaliko Islands where the  bones  of  fish  were  discarded,  it  is  likely  that  the  humans  also  hunted  the  mammals. Furthermore, researchers have uncovered simple tools, such as stone knives, that could be used for hunting. The only clear explanation is that humans caused the extinction of the various mammal species through excessive hunting.

   Write  a  response  in  which  you  discuss  one  or  more  alternative  explanations  that  could  rival  the proposed  explanation  and  explain  how  your  explanation(s)  can  plausibly  account  for  the  facts presented in the argument.

54.Inorder to become well-rounded individuals, all college students should berequired to take courses in which they read poetry, novels, mythology, andother types of imaginative literature.
Argument：
5. The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the BalmerIsland Gazette.
"On BalmerIsland, where mopeds serve as a popular form of transportation, the populationincreases to 100,000 during the summer months. To reduce the number ofaccidents involving mopeds and pedestrians, the town council of Balmer Islandshould limit the number of mopeds rented by the island's moped rental companiesfrom 50 per day to 25 per day during the summer season. By limiting the numberof rentals, the town council will attain the 50 percent annual reduction inmoped accidents that was achieved last year on the neighboring island ofSeaville, when Seaville's town council enforced similar limits on mopedrentals."

I27。In any field of inquiry, the beginner is more likely than the expert to make important contributions.
Writea response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
A．The following appeared as part of an article in a business magazine.

"A  recent  study  rating  300  male  and  female  Mentian  advertising  executives  according  to  the
average number of hours they sleep per night showed an association between the amount of sleep
the executives need and the success of their firms. Of the advertising firms studied, those whose
executives reported needing no more than 6 hours of sleep per night had higher profit margins and
faster growth. These results suggest that if a business wants to prosper, it should hire only people
who need less than 6 hours of sleep per night."

   
Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument.
Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are
for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.
   
I ISSUE Colleges and universities should require their students to spend at least one semester studying in a foreign country.


ARG
The following memorandum is from the business manager of Happy Pancake House restaurants.
"Recently, butter has been replaced by margarine in Happy Pancake House restaurants throughout the southwestern United States. This change, however, has had little impact on our customers. In fact, only about 2 percent of customers have complained, indicating that an average of 98 people out of 100 are happy with the change. Furthermore, many servers have reported that a number of customers who ask for butter do not complain when they are given margarine instead. Clearly, either these customers do not distinguish butter from margarine or they use the term 'butter' to refer to either butter or margarine."

The following appeared in a health newsletter.

"A ten-year nationwide study of the effectiveness of wearing a helmet while bicycling indicates that
ten years ago, approximately 35 percent of all bicyclists reported wearing helmets, whereas today
that number is nearly 80 percent. Another study, however, suggests that during the same ten-year
period,  the  number  of  bicycle-related  accidents  has  increased  200  percent.  These  results
demonstrate that bicyclists feel safer because they are wearing helmets, and they take more risks


V:
1.    Global cooling. 有一种aeroxxx的颗粒在大气层中聚集，导致多雨和反射太阳光，进而导致全球变冷。这种颗粒在北半球还造成了各地温差加大。
2.    65million years ago 恐龙灭绝是由meteorite撞击造成的，在250million year old 的sediment里面也发现了meteorite上面的物质，推断也是由撞击导致了毁灭。但是这种物质的含量较少，所以如果是meteorite带来的话，那么只能是中型的meteorite，不可能造成物种灭绝，所以应该是comet带来的，应为comet含大量ice
3.    19世纪初的音乐评论家很喜欢批评莫扎特的作品，但实际上那个时候莫扎特的音乐在concertgoer当中很popular
4.    一篇鸟的，没太看懂。说是鸟很喜欢在dawn和dusk唱歌，因为light level 的变化。还说鸟不喜欢在天没亮的时候吃东西因为在这个时候其他的鸟irresponsive?
5.    有大量关于外来病毒和捕食者导致本地物种灭绝的研究，但是关于外来competitor导致本地物种的灭绝却鲜有人研究。For example， 400年前北美流入了很多外来植物，到现在20%的北美植物都不再是本地植物了，但是并没有本地植物消失的事情发生。

阅读：长阅读是说美国Civil War很多个历史学家的观点。没读懂。很多个人名专业名词，超晕。

还有那个蝙蝠的回声定位，好像是36套中的。不过问题不一样。
阅读好像有关于法国二月革命，流传下来的资料比较少，分析为什么。
好像还有蜜蜂感染一种什么病毒之后会自己提高身体温度，来抑制这种病毒继续发展
长阅读，文章说有一段时间专家认为只有弹琴能表现出作曲者的风格的才能算钢琴家。Wanda Landowska出生在romantic流行的时代但是她弹琴风格确很好的能表现Baroque曲风。她不被认为是classist。她弹Bach，Scarlatti的作品很好。Baroque音乐是淡定的不带emotion的。Wanda Landowska弹琴呢技巧手法都很牛。然后大概最后一节说Bach一开始写的作品都不是为了piano写的是为harpsichord 。然后说后来大家都不用piano弹Bach, Scarlatti也不弹了。这里有一题问Landowska偏向弹以下哪种类别的Scarlatti的音乐。之前还有一题说为什么她不被认为是classist....
Verbal的填空题里出现了的单词：
pariah, fulminate, panegyric, objectionable, inexplicable,  reticent, taciturn, extraneous, indifferent, impermanent, reversible, 

阅读有寂静中出现过的文章。。。一篇是讲两个African American的杂志，一个叫Freedom Journal, 另一个不记得了。。。一些专家认为freedom journal 的订阅者大于800，因为一些读者不同意另一个报纸的观点，于是开始订阅这个Freedom Journal... 还有一些african American 的 org 订阅这些期刊，所以会员都可以读到。。。大意是这样吧。。。
wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom%27s_Journal

还有两篇是讲alternative fuel的。。。其中一篇讲虽然对使用gasoline的车辆进行了很大的改善，但是总体的汽车增多了，所以没有什么效果。。。现在发现了一种M物质，会帮助改善环境，减少有害气体排放，但是使用M就要求会fuel tank 进行改造。。。。。

还有一篇讲Decartes 的地球构造的理论。他认为地球的中心是liquid什么的。。。。现在还有geophysicist subscribe to his theory. 但现在的理论是地心是high pressure, high temperature的一种有iron的合金，地心外是两层mantle....mantle外面就是地表？啊我是文科生我不懂啦

还有一个是寂静里也提过的一个black woman writer写的folklore collection. 一直以来大家看得都是1935发表的second edition, 但是最近有人发现了一个1929年左右的edition，两版的变化是其中一版有mediating voice....
The Color Purple:
出现了大名鼎鼎的紫色
其实对color purple的评论的原文看过两遍。故事介绍看过两遍。
但是紫色有点瞎蒙。感觉好多题目2-3个答案都可以选。。。
我来说一下第一题color purple：问妹妹Nettie?给姐姐Ceil的信有什么特点？
有一个答案可以排除就是说N给C的信是更加slave narrative的，不对因为原文说C给GOD的信反应了slave narrative。
我选的是 N to C的信比他们看起来更重要
还有个选项感觉也不对，因为原文说给GOD的信更不真实


V?:


British irrigation system in Roman era vs. medieval（好像是说风车？不过也不是？风车不是大河南的么）:
一篇短阅读说：英国的水利灌溉系统，也是题支持老观点的。说英国的发电其实是在罗马统治发展的。第一句话是Archeology studies…大家可以用google scholar搜搜看能否找到原文，不过也不难。然后说新观点英国medieval时期水利的发展推动了经济发展。后来作者辩驳说其实还是罗马时期发展滴，因为中世纪时期的所谓发展基本不算发展，因为知道中世纪水利发电还是沿用罗马的基本形式。


考了一题如何削弱作者观点，和主旨题。


填空：


填空有题三空题说：XX作家对她的peers的风格不屑一顾，她觉得他们太____; 她自己的风格是____; 她。。。（有生词/意思大概是吸引）读者通过＿＿＿。选EXPRESSIONIST, RETICENT, KEEP SOME INFORMATION UNDISCONSURED  


还有一题三空说：人们通过观测穿过森林的公路，发现动物少;于是他们觉得森林内部的动物就多;其实公路旁边的动物还算多的，因为那些predators不敢接近公路。JJ里的原题啊，有木有！


有题三空说：曼哈顿以前电影业很牛逼，但是___；第二空记不清了，总体意思是被好莱坞取代了;第三空选了第一个单词，别的看起来更不对。 第一空选expensive


还有题很纠结的填空6选2：说的是Federal reserve因为进口增加担心inflation，但是其实他们的担心是不必要的，因为进口___ inflation. 选项有neglected/diminished/还有个XX 貌似选了n/d 但是感觉diminished感情色彩太重了


6选2：The recent news being good, 人们却很惊讶他面对这个新闻却表现得很(我选 的 hostility/alarm 感觉不太对,其他还有 dismay,但没有这个的同义词).按JJ选的


V? :
Egyptian Sphinx and XXX:


短阅读说传统观点认为埃及狮身人面像和另外一个X是一个工匠的作品。但是一些人认为X是别的作家的作品。A其实是支持老观点的，他举了一些例子。。。。。说明其实就是一个人做的。有考主旨题，很简单。 细节题问A的证据干嘛用的：我选找到工匠的identity。


Moon's gravity influence on earth:


短阅读：月球对地球的gravity影响地球自转.JJ有木有！有题多选题，我选了月球's gravity on Earth导致地球自转变慢，还有个选项关于地球的shape的影响也选了。但是不能选地球公转的影响。


长文：
南极/北极：Antarctica/ Arctic, 讲生物多样性 (biological diversity)都收到全球暖化影响。 でも，南极受影响更严重，因为南极的temperature range更不广阔（？记不得了）。 反正就是说更脆弱。有题主旨题：我好像选了选了个unity/difference神马的那个。不难。


逻辑单题：


有一题逻辑单题说：某市10岁以下children++, teenager--,结论说现在parents越来越难找到晚上的teenagers当babysitters了。问如何加强？有个答案说：白天也很难找到；另一个说：家长现在晚上更容易在家了。 我纠结了好久大家帮忙看看？




我考了蚊子 ("逻辑单题说非洲的疟疾 Malaria 是靠种蚊子传播的,非洲移民到美国前段时间没有问题")
问如何削弱作者观点：我说malaria因为XX原因更不容易受影响了。

Verbal：填空：
(one kind of insect) is _____ as most versatiled and _____  in the world. yet it could not fly hight, if acordding to a aerospace theory XXX in the human world. 
1.                                            2.
A. touted                                 atipycal
B.rediculed                               maneuvered 
C. (wrong answer)                    (wrong answer)

一个题选 recondite, esoteric

一个题选 bland/insipid

( )data and analysis

a company wants the president of the company to be ____, and president himself found out and he _____
1 A.enfetterd, B.nomimal
2. (forgot)

a manager should ____ the power that is not ____, but he should make good use of the power it retains.
1. A.consolidate B.deploy C.disperse
2. A.forbidden B.hard pressed C.well-suited
一道 in the book she____confidence. she was____authoritaves, even when gently rejecting them. it is a pleasure to hear astute prose from past academics but in her book there is____of pedestrain.......
选项第一个空有exude, inspire 和lack
第二个空有deferential to和另外两个不记得了。。。我选的是负面的那个
第三个空比较好选。。。反正我没太看懂前两个空的逻辑
还有一道 most of characters in her novel are already lampooned figures, however, she___on this tradition to avoid___.
选项第一个我选了relies on，第二个有verisimilitude和caricature，单词我都认识但是不知道选哪个。。。选了verisimilitude
阅读有一道psychology on first impression的，还有一个是motile bacteriar的，长阅读不记得了，反正不是机经上的。。。

长阅读： 一篇，讲的是 Biological Complexity, 
有一题我记得很清楚，是讲的 以下哪种不属于 biogogical complexity， 
选项有 （1） the lenghth of the spine, (2) the thickness of the spine (3) longevity of animal (4)how the animal could find information (5) the comlexity of the cells 

阅读： grains, some other vegies are the indicateor of the past envirionment. (then give specific examples of what vegies exactly). they could identity the ancient enrions because they are (1) in order deposited(2)interations with the biological surroundings precisely reflect the envirionment in that time. But sometimes they are not easily to identify the past because human interrations stepped in and make things more comlicated.

阅读:  hitorians criticize farm system for vilifying african americans back in the days. but there two counter examples . they are XX in texas and XX in (another state).  they actually treat african americans really well. they provide education and good accomadations. however, they two are misunderstoodly being criticised by theri contemporiries.

一个主旨题，这篇文章讲什么
my answer: this artical states that historians sometimes make incomplete conclusions.
另一个题: why them two are being critised by contemporaries ?

在一个直角坐标系里，有一个中点为原点的圆，圆上有两点有第一象限里，坐标分别是(a,b)和(c,d)。问a+b和c+d之间比大小。
还有一道机经里出现的题目：两个set {1,2,3,4,6}和{1,2,4,6,8} (具体两个set里有些什么数字不记得了，可以去看看以前的机经)，从每个set里取一个数字出来相乘，问有多少个答案。
To be an  effective leader, a public official must maintain the highest ethical and  moral standards.
argument: Zeta and alpha 那道题
有考到roman manuscript长阅读; 上下班坐公交降低CO2排放量逻辑题; 数学大半遇到median, mean和两道standard deviation
遇到的生词:
venerable;tenacious;oscillate;quixotic;capricious;captious
recrudescent;resurgent;impugn
阅读：
1. 长阅读女钢琴家。
以下是引用：
”文章说有一段时间专家认为只有弹琴能表现出作曲者的风格的才能算钢琴家。一女的叫L什么的出生在romantic流行的时代，但是她弹琴风格确很好的能表现巴洛克曲风。她不被认为是classist。她弹巴赫，斯拉提什么的作品很好。巴洛克音乐是淡定的不带emotion的。L弹琴呢技巧手法很牛什么什么。然后大概最后一节说巴赫一开始写的作品都不是为了钢琴写的是为另一种什么琴。然后说后来大家都不弹巴赫了斯拉提也不弹了。这里有一题 问L偏向弹以下哪种类别的斯拉提的音乐。之前还有一题说为什么她不被认为是classist，文中也没写清classic和巴洛克或者romantic有 什么关系 。。。我个人估计classic指代的可能就是巴洛克。。坑爹不？擦 。。。”

2. 挪威工业革命，跟德国工业革命类似，平均主义（egalitarian）

3. Little Ice Age，跟PP2上那篇不太一样，有点短。有讲到sediment，具体什么不记得了。
有一道USA Australia coastal 40000 25000的考了 还有一道很长的阅读考的是化石 说以前科学家觉得通过化石可以推断出进化过程 后来发现很多化石的形成都很容易受storm和animal burrowing的影响 所以不可靠

阅读有一篇讲 美国某些地方在early years到底有没有被colonized；当中用到Australia的例子作为反驳。有问主题题跟in order题
长阅读在《36套》有！是那个什么海底火山生物。
The deep sea typically has a sparse fauna dominated by tiny worms and crustaceans, with an even sparser distribution of larger animals. 这是第一句话，大家往36套搜就找到啦

一道短阅读有关黑人诗歌和黑人小说 
阅读有地震那篇，2道题，没什么功夫做了，就按原来看过的机经瞎选的，还有篇讲的sea lion, sea otter，不过感觉不是机经那篇，但捕食关系和机经那篇一样。剩下的就是文学评论类的了，没有机经。逻辑题有茶叶咖啡因那道。

填空有一题说航空公司如果准时一点就会减少complain, 因为过去的几年里只有一家公司更加 _____  应该选dilatory和remiss

数学：
1. 正五边形ABCDE，在五边形的每边中间画一点形成内五边形abcde,比较这两个五边形周长大小。应该是ABCED大。

2. 还有一道苹果落地的题目，没时间算了也没时间看了。是求时间的。

3. 飞机内有三个人，这三个人不在一条直线上，他们形成一种什么形状？应该是三角形吧，我选成圆形了，
正态分布600例，X 73rd， 比x小比y大的68例，问y大概第几？很失败这道题没有上来问大家，我错了。还有那道计算标准方差的题，答案是RS。
还有那个X出现在第五位，问第7位还是X的概率，几经有。还有a1=2，a2=5,6个一循环那一道
数学：有道题是说一个patio,15*12，面积增加60,要增加长或宽的长度。新的长方形用三边篱笆围起来。为需要多少新的篱笆。我填的8，不确定。做的时候不认识patio这个单词。
其他读题仔细都没问题了。
考到了正八变形中 一个三角形的面积
数列考到了a1＝2 a2＝5  an＝n－1／n－2（ ？貌似） 求 a135是多少
数学有有一题说P(A)=0.8， P(B) = 0.6 问P(A交B) 在什么范围


还有一题问3^32除以5余几
求2的2222次方的个位数！还有2007的2007次方的十位数。
1/4圆弧的外接正方形的对角线和那段圆弧相比那个长；一道正态分布，一组数的均值是3.5，标准差0.5，问落到（3.5，4.5）和（4.5，5.5）里面哪个概率大，给了标准正态分布的面积图；1/2,1/3,1/4 三个数，A是其中之一，B是另两个之和，问哪个大；0.00004/40000 化简成幂指数。
1张机票提升25%原价之后再降25%的价格，最终价格和初始价格的比较；A的销售成绩第一个月是R,之后每个月都是前一个月的2倍，B的销售成绩第一个月是10R，之后每个月是前一个月加10R,问第二个月俩数值的关系，第四个月俩数值的关系和哪个月A超过了B，3道题; 36和60的最小公约数和最大公倍数的题； 一个数a，是500的约数，不是xx的约数，是y的倍数，不是z的倍数，xyz都是记不清的数，问a是多少；还有个图表题，是一个人从1月到12月的checking account 和saving account的数值变化图，根据这个提问，7月比4月增长了百分之多少，8月到12月的range是多少；两个数集{1,2,3,4,6,8},{1,2,3,4,5,6}相乘有多少个不同的值；直角坐标系上过(a,b) 和(a,-b)的方程有哪些，多选
说P,Q,R三点 不在同一直线上，构成一个平面。问到三点距离都相当的集合是什么？选项：三角形，点，三条线，二条线。 本来选了个三角形后来改成点了，应该错了。。。题目没说清/我没看清，那个集合是不是得和PQR所在平面重合。。。求大家留言指教。


出现了大名鼎鼎的a1 = 2; a2 = 5; an = an-1 / an-2，求a135问题。答案是5/2.


还出现了书架问题。


还有一题不好看懂，看懂了就好做了：7里面选2个，和7里面选几个一样多？

srxiaoj

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snowsmile1211

谢谢，回来也来寂静

jiangxu456

quzhouxiachuan

thanks a lot

zhoucx1989

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