GMAT考试历年全真试题五(1)

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analysis of an argument
time—30 minutes
directions: in this section you will be asked to write a critique of the argument presented below. you are not being asked to present your own views on the subject.
read the argument and the insructions that follow it. and then make any notes in your test booklet that will help you plan your response. begin writing your response on the separate answer sheet. make sure that you use the answer sheet that goes with this writing task.
the following appeared in a memorandum from the director of human resources to the exectuive officers ofpany x.
"last year, we surveyed our employees on improvements needed atpany x by having them rank, in order of importance. the issues presented on a list of possible improvements. improvedmunications between employees and management was consistently ranked as the issue of highest importance by the employees who responded to the survey. as you know, we have since instituted regularmunications sessions conducted by high-level management. which the employees can attend on a voluntary basis. therefore, it is likely that most employees atpany x now feel that the improvement most needed at thepany has been made."
discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. in your discussion be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the argument. for example. you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and what alternative explanations or counterexamples might weaken the conclusion. you can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument. what changes in the argument would make it more logically sound, and what, if anything, would help you better evaluate its conclusion.
analyusis of an issue

time—30 minutes

directions: in this section, you will need to analyze the issue presented below and explain your views on it. the question has no "correct" answer. instead, you should consider various perspectives as you develop your own position on the issue.

read the statement and the instructions that follow it, and then make any notes in your test booklet that will help you plan your response. begin writing your response on the separate answer sheet. make sure that you use the answer sheet that goes with this writing task.

"employees should keep their private lives and personal activities as separate as possible from the workplace."

discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experience. observations, or reading.

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time—25 minutes

22 questions

1. the black hole has entered the popular imagmation as an object too massive that neither light nor matter can escape its gravitational pull.


(a) too massive that neither light nor matter can escape its
(b) too massive for either allowing light or matter to escape its
(c) massive enough that either light or matter cannot escape their
(d) so massive that neither light nor matter could escape their
(e) so massive that neither light nor matter can escape its

2. after crude oil natural gas is the united states second biggest fuel source and supplied almost exclusively from reserves in north america.

(a) after crude oil natural gas is the united states second biggest fuel source and supplied almost exclusively from reserves in north america.
(b) natural gas after crude oil the united states second biggest fuel source, supplied almost exclusively from reserves in north america.
(c) being supplied almost exclusively from reseryes in north america natural gas, the united states second biggest fuel source after crude oil.

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(d) natural gas the united states second biggest fuel source after crude oil is supplied almost exclusively from reserves in north america.
(e) natural gas is supplied almost exclusively from reserves in north america, being the united states second biggest fuel source after crude oil.

3. the airline industry is cutting its lowest discount fares more widely, more substantially and earlier this year than it normally does at the end of the summer, a time during which travel usually decreases and the industry uses some lower fares for the attraction of passengers.

(a) during which travel usually decreases and the industry uses some lower fares for the attraction of
(b) during which travel usually decreases and therefore the industry will use some lower fares for the attraction of
(c) in which travel usually decreases and in which the industry therefore uses some lower fares attracting
(d) when travel usually decreases and the industry uses some lower fares to attract
(e) when travel usually decreases and therefore the industry will use lower fares for the attraction of

4. the aristocratic values expressed in the writings of marguerite yourcenar place her wihin the french ciassical tradition, as does her passionate interest in history, particularly roman history.

(a) as does
(b) so do
(c) as do
(d) so is the case with
(e) similarly does

5. selling several hundred thousand sopies in six months the publication of "maple leaf rag" in 1989 was an instant hit helping to establish scott joplin as the preeminent ragtimeposer.

(a) selling several hundred thousand copies in six months, the publication of "maple leaf rag" in 1899 was an instant hit, helping to establish scott joplin as the preeminent ragtimeposer
(b) the publication in 1899 of "maple leaf rag" was an instant hit: in six months they sold several hundred thousand copies and it helped establish scott joplin as the preeminent ragtimeposer
(c) helping to establish scott joplin as the preeminent ragtimeposer was the publication of "maple leaf rag" in 1899 which was an mstant hit: it sold several hundred thousand copies in six months.
(d) "maple leaf rag" was an instant hit: it helped establish scott joplin as the preeminent ragtimeposer published in 1899 and selling several hundred thousand copies in six months.
(e) published in 1899, "maple leaf rag" was an instant hit, selling several hundred thousand copies in six months: it helped establish scott joplin as the preeminent ragtimeposer.

6. because paper of all kinds is the biggest singleponent of municipal trash, many municipalities have tried recycling to reduce the cost of trash disposal.

(a) because paper of all kinds is the biggest singleponent of municipal trash many munici-palities have tried recycling to reduce the cost of trash disposal.
(b) because paper of all kinds is the biggest singleponent in municipal trash, many munici-palities tried to recycle so that the cost of trash disposal is reduced.
(c) because paper of all kinds are the biggest singleponents in municipal trash, many munci-palities have tried to recycle to reduce the cost of trash disposal.
(d) all kinds of paper are the biggest singleponents of municipal trash and so many munici-palities have tried recycling to reduce the cost of trash disposal.
(e) all kinds of paper is the biggest singleponent of municipal trash so many municipalities have tried to recycle so that the cost of trash disposal could be reduced.

7. as rare as something bes, be it a baseball card or a musical recording or a postage stamp, the more avidly it is sought by collectors.

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(a) as rare as something bes, be it
(b) as rare as something bes, whether it is
(c) as something bes rarer and rarer, like
(d) the rarer something bes, like
(e) the rarer something bes, whether it is

8. psychologists now contend that the way adults think and feel are determined as much by their peers in early childhood than by their parents.

(a) are determined as much by their peers in early childhood than by their.
(b) are determined as much by peers in early childhood as do their.
(c) is determined as much by their early childhood peers as by their
(d) have been determined by childhood peers as much as their
(e) was determined as much by one s peers in childhood as by one s

9. migraine, the most debilitatingmon form of headache afflicts perhaps 18 million americans, who collectively lost 64 million workdays a year, and they cost the nation $50 billion in medical expenses and lost work time.

(a) year and they cost the nation $50 billion in medical expenses and lost
(b) year and thus cost the nation $50 billion in medical expenses and lost

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