1、GMAT（ VERBAL）阅读模拟试卷 1及答案与解析 1 Companies that advertise on television complain that digital television recording (DTR) services make it possible for consumers to watch television programs without viewing the commercials that these advertisers have paid the television networks to broadcast. The DTR se
2、rvice providers respond that their services may actually help the advertisers, because without their service, many consumers would not have been able to watch the programs-or the commercials in them-in the first place. Which of the following, if true, offers the most support to the advertisers claim
3、s that the DTR services are currently hurting their businesses? （ A） Even the best commercials are usually less entertaining than the programs that consumers choose to watch for themselves. （ B） DTR services charge such high rates that only a small percentage of consumers subscribe to them. （ C） The
4、 average per-second cost of advertising on television has risen every year for the past two decades. （ D） More than 90 percent of subscribers to DTR services opt to use a setting that automatically edits out commercials. （ E） DTR services alter the television viewing experience by allowing customers
5、 to view the program of their choice at the time of their choosing. 2 When airlines were deregulated in the 1970s, the average price of a ticket was $135. Three decades later, the average price is $275, there are twice as many in-air collisions, fliers in small markets are at the mercy of predatory
6、carriers, and air rage is at an all-time high. It is time to re-regulate the air travel industry. All of the following statements, if true, weaken the above argument except for which statement? （ A） Because of inflation, a $275 ticket today is actually 10 to 20 percent less expensive than a $135 tic
7、ket was in 1975. （ B） Deregulation has increased the choices available to fliers in terms of both time of flight and carrier. （ C） Airlines are currently flying more than five times as many passenger miles per year as they did in 1975. （ D） Compared with passengers in large urban areas, passengers i
8、n small markets pay, on average, twice as much per mile flown on domestic flights because their airports are generally served by fewer airlines. （ E） Psychologists have been able to determine no connection between the deregulation of the airline industry and the onset of increased levels of air rage
9、. 3 Skilled blacksmiths who could forge useful items out of iron used to play a central role in American life. The onset of industrialization and the mass production of iron products, however, have made the blacksmiths traditional role mostly obsolete. Still, there will always be a job available for
10、 a good blacksmith. Which of the following, if true, provides the most support for the conclusion that a job will always be available for a good blacksmith? （ A） Many people are willing to pay considerably more for tools hand-crafted by a blacksmith than for tools created by a machine. （ B） Blacksmi
11、ths cannot produce iron products with the speed or consistency of machines. （ C） Blacksmiths traditionally apprenticed to a master blacksmith for seven or more years before entering business independently. （ D） The cowboy never would have conquered the West without the horseshoes crafted by blacksmi
12、ths. （ E） As skilled craftsmen, blacksmiths traditionally served as community leaders throughout North America and Europe. 4 When unscrupulous people shoplift, a vicious cycle results. Retailers must raise their prices in order to make up for the lost sales, and the higher prices encourage more peop
13、le to shoplift. This vicious cycle hurts honest consumers worst of all, because they have to pay higher prices. The vicious cycle described above could not happen unless which of the following is true? （ A） Shoplifters usually steal only items that they need but cannot afford. （ B） Retailers do not
14、take shoplifting losses into account when they initially set their prices. （ C） The best way for retailers to address shoplifting is by punishing shoplifters to the tallest extent of the law. （ D） Some people would shoplift no matter how low retailers set their prices. （ E） It costs retailers more t
15、o pay security guards to prevent shoplifting than just to absorb the cost of occasional losses due to theft. 5 When Brad offered his old wooden desk at a garage sale, no one bought it, even though he offered it for only $10. When he offered it at the local auction house, however, someone bought it f
16、or $850. Which of the following, if true, best explains why Brad was able to sell the desk for a high price at the auction while he could not sell it for a much lower price at the garage sale? （ A） Brad advertised that the proceeds of the garage sale would benefit a local charity, while he made no s
17、uch claims for the proceeds from the auction. （ B） One of the legs of the desk was shorter than the other three, producing an unbalanced writing surface. （ C） The auction house specializes in selling antique furniture, which is generally valued more highly than the discarded furniture sold at garage
18、 sales. （ D） Brad insisted that anyone who bought the desk had to use it as an actual workspace. （ E） Prospective buyers at auctions are often more interested in the auction process than in the items up for bid. 5 The following questions present a sentence, part of which or all of which is underline
19、d. Beneath the sentence, you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others. These questions test correctness and effectiveness
20、of expression. In choosing your answer, follow the requirements of standard written English; that is, pay attention to grammar, choice of words, and sentence construction. Choose the answer that produces the most effective sentence; this answer should be clear and exact, without awkwardness, ambigui
21、ty, redundancy, or grammatical error. 6 Four Dynacorp Optimall Omniprocessors were shipped in the fourth quarter, and it brought to 13 the number of these ultra-high-capacity processors shipped during the year. （ A） and it brought （ B） by bringing （ C） and brings （ D） having brought （ E） bringing 7
22、After his 1962 season, in which he set a record for on-base percentage, Mitch McAlister left his old team and signed with the Springfield Argonauts, with an annual salary of $550,000 and was the highest salary in professional baseball at that time. （ A） Argonauts, with an annual salary of $550,000 a
23、nd was the （ B） Argonauts, earning $550,000 per year and it was the （ C） Argonauts for a yearly wage of $550,000, being the （ D） Argonauts, with annual pay of $550,000 per year, which was the （ E） Argonauts for an annual salary of $550,000, the 8 Nile perch, voracious predators that will eat anythin
24、g smaller than themselves, are natives of northern Africa but were introduced to Tanzanias Lake Victoria in a foolhardy attempt during the 1960s of boosting the local sport-fishing industry; since their introduction, these sturdy fish have decimated most other aquatic species in the lake. （ A） are n
25、atives of northern Africa but were introduced to Tanzanias Lake Victoria in a foolhardy attempt during the 1960s of boosting （ B） are native in northern Africa but were introduced to Tanzanias Lake Victoria during the 1960s as foolhardy attempts to boost （ C） are native to northern Africa but were i
26、ntroduced to Tanzanias Lake Victoria during the 1960s in a foolhardy attempt to boost （ D） had been native to northern Africa but during the 1960s were introduced to Tanzanias Lake Victoria in a foolhardy attempt to boost （ E） are native to northern Africa but were introduced to Tanzanias Lake Victo
27、ria as a foolhardy attempt of boosting 9 No giant squid has ever survived in captivity because these giant animals of the deeps require extremely high water pressure for the purpose of maintaining its internal osmotic balance. （ A） deeps require extremely high water pressure for the purpose of maint
28、aining its （ B） deep requires extremely high water pressure to maintain its （ C） deep require extremely high water pressure in order to maintain their （ D） deeps requires extremely high water pressure so that it can maintain its （ E） deep require for maintenance extremely high water pressure for the
29、ir 10 The state medical review board is considering a new regulation that physicians practicing in state facilities with past malpractice suits having been filed against them are required to disclose any such suits to prospective patients. （ A） that physicians practicing in state facilities with pas
30、t malpractice suits having been filed against them are required to disclose any such suits to prospective patients （ B） that requires physicians practicing in state facilities to disclose any past malpractice suits filed against them to prospective patients （ C） to require physicians with past malpr
31、actice suits filed against them and who practice in state facilities to disclose these to prospective patients （ D） for physicians that practice in state facilities requiring them to have disclosed to prospective patients past malpractice suits filed against them （ E） requiring physicians who practi
32、ce in state facilities to disclose to prospective patients any past malpractice suits filed against them 11 Our criminal justice system is inherently flawed because it relies on amateur juries of decent citizens, who lack the perspective to understand the criminal mind. To have an effective criminal
33、 justice system would require professional juries, who would be able to deal with these criminals in a way that gets results. The argument above depends on which of the following assumptions? （ A） Professional jurors will be more reliable than amateur jurors because they will not attempt to avoid ju
34、ry duty. （ B） Professional jurors will not be burdened by the biases against race, gender, and religion that amateur jurors bring into the courtroom. （ C） Dealing with criminals in a way that gets results requires an understanding of the criminal mind. （ D） No amount of professional training can imp
35、art the perspective of the criminal mind necessary to run an effective criminal justice system. （ E） Jurors possessing the perspective to understand the criminal mind are unfit to serve on a jury, because they are likely to be criminals. 12 Advertisement: The most flavorful olives in the world are k
36、alamata olives. The more kalamata olives used to make a bottle of olive oil, the more flavorful the oil, and no company buys more kalamata olives than Zorbas Olive Oil. Therefore, when you buy Zorbas Olive Oil, youre buying the most flavorful olive oil available today. The reasoning presented in the
37、 advertisement is flawed because it overlooks the possibility that: （ A） Not all of Zorbas competitors use kalamata olives in their oil. （ B） Zorbas sells more olive oil than any other company. （ C） The most flavorful olive oil is not necessarily the best olive oil. （ D） Because of bulk discounts, Z
38、orbas pays less per kilogram of kalamata olives than does its competitors. （ E） The number of kalamata olives harvested every year is far less than the number of Spanish olives harvested every year. 13 The cypress trees of the Louisiana wetlands are threatened by the exploding population of nutria,
39、a type of South American rodent introduced into the area in the 1930s in hopes of starting a nutria fur industry. Unfortunately, no one wanted the fur, and now the rodents number in the millions. A park ranger has suggested introducing the South American jaguar, the nutrias natural predator, into th
40、e Louisiana wetlands as a way to control the nutria population. Which of the following, if true, casts the most doubt on the rangers plan to introduce jaguars as an effective way to control the nutria population? （ A） Past attempts to control the nutria population through traps and poison have resul
41、ted in limited and temporary population reductions. （ B） A program in Florida found that the best way to conserve the root systems of wetland trees such as cypresses is to surround the trees roots with tough plastic barriers. （ C） The jaguar is a large and deadly predator that, if introduced, could
42、kill livestock, pets, or even humans that it encounters in the Louisiana wetlands. （ D） During the past year an unusually cold winter killed an estimated 35 percent of the nutria population in the Louisiana wetlands. （ E） The South American jaguar is a predator of the ferret, which is currently the
43、chief predator of the nutria in the Louisiana wetlands. 13 The questions in this group are based on the content of a passage. After reading the passage, choose the best answer to each question. Answer all questions following the passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage. Prett
44、y much everybody agrees that clean air is a good thing, right? Evidently not so. Since the 1960s, when people started talking about clean air in the first place, the American energy industry, which includes coal companies, oil companies, and utility companies, has dragged its heels on every initiati
45、ve to improve the quality of the air we breathe. Even after the Clean Air Act of 1970 and its amendments in 1977 and 1990 made it clear that controlling air pollution is a national priority, these companies have found tricks and loopholes to avoid compliance. Perhaps the most egregious loophole is t
46、he one that allows older power plants to disregard limits on sulfux dioxide emissions until they undergo a major renovation, at which point they have to comply. Sulfur dioxide from coal-burning power plants is the primary cause of acid rain in North America. The Clean Air Act states that when coal-b
47、urning power plants upgrade their equipment, they must then comply with sulfur dioxide limitations by either installing scrubbing equipment that cleans the emissions or using fuel with lower sulfur content. The law tied the timing of compliance to major renovations in order to give power plants a gr
48、ace period in which to comply. Many power plants, however, have exploited a loophole in this law by instituting a series of “minor“ renovations that, in effect, upgrade their equipment without requiring them to comply with the Clean Air Act. Some plants have cheated the system by undergoing “minor“
49、renovations for decades. The power companies claim that they have to resort to these underhanded measures because the cost of compliance with the Clean Air Act is too high. And if everyone else is cheating the system, why should they have to install costly sulfur dioxide scrubbers? This cost argument falls apart upon scrutiny. Since 1977, more than 400 power plants across the country have managed to comply with the restrictions and are still making money. The sulfur dioxide scrubbing equipment has turned out to be far less expensive than the power industry naysayers c
