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T-4-Q15

TrueSave is a mail-order company that ships electronic products from its warehouses to customers worldwide. The

company‘s shipping manager is proposing that customer orders be packed with newer, more expensive packing materials that virtually eliminate damage during shipping. The manager argues that overall costs would essentially remain unaffected, since the extra cost of the new packing materials roughly equals the current cost of replacing products returned by customers because they arrived in damaged condition.

Which of the following would it be most important to ascertain in determining whether implementing the shipping manager‘s proposal would have the argued-for effect on costs?

A. Whether the products shipped by TrueSave are more vulnerable to incurring damage during shipping than are

typical electronic products. B. Whether electronic products are damaged more frequently in transit than are most other products shipped by mail-order companies C. Whether a sizable proportion of returned items are returned because of damage already present when those items

were packed for shipping D. Whether there are cases in which customers blame themselves for product damage that, though present on arrival

of the product, is not discovered until later E. Whether TrueSave continually monitors the performance of the shipping companies it uses to ship products to its

customers T-4-Q18 天山-7-17

As a large corporation in small country, Hachnut wants its managers to have international experience, so each year it sponsors management education abroad for its management trainees. Hachnut has found, however, that the attrition rate of graduates from this program is very high, with many of them leaving Hachnut to join competing firms soon after completing the program. Hachnut does use performance during the program as criterion in deciding among candidates for management positions, but both this function and the goal of providing international experience could be

achieved in other ways. Therefore, if the attrition problem cannot be successfully addressed, Hachnut should discontinue the sponsorship program.

In the argument given, the two boldfaced portions play which of the following roles?

A. The first describes a practice that the argument seeks to justify; the second states a judgment that is used in

support of a justification for that practice. B. The first describes a practice that the argument seeks to explain; the second presents part of the argument‘s

explanation of that practice. C. The first introduces a practice that the argument seeks to evaluate; the second provides grounds for holding that

the practice cannot achieve its objective. D. The first introduces a policy that the argument seeks to evaluate; the second provides grounds for holding that the

policy is not needed. E. The first introduces a consideration supporting a policy that the argument seeks to evaluate; the second provides

evidence for concluding that the policy should be abandoned.

D更好，前面第一句话很难区分，说是practice或者policy都算对，从整个来看policy更好，因为是H锻炼他的经理所发起的一项策略。第二句关键。文章的结论：if the attrition problem cannot be successfully addressed, Hachnut should

discontinue the sponsorship program。是个条件句。说明可以通过其它的方法提供经理们国际经验和那个策略的另外一个目的。而且由于这个策略的一项缺点。所以说明这个策略是不需要的。C中不能达成目标不对，可以打成目标，但是有缺点。

T-4-Q19

Aroca City currently funds its public schools through taxes on property. In place of this system, the city plans to introduce a sales tax of three percent on all retail sales in the city. Critics protest that three percent of current retail sales falls short of the amount raised for schools by property taxes. The critics are correct on this point. Nevertheless,

implementing the plan will probably not reduce the money going to Aroca‘s schools. Several large retailers have selected Aroca City as the site for huge new stores, and these are certain to draw large numbers of shoppers from neighboring

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municipalities, where sales are taxed at rates of six percent and more. In consequence, retail sales in Aroca City are bound to increase substantially.

In the argument given, the two potions in boldface play which of the following roles?

A. The first is an objection that has been raised against a certain plan; the second is a prediction that, if accurate,

undermines the force of that objection. B. The first is a criticism, endorsed by the argument, of a funding plan; the second is a point the argument makes in

favor of adopting a alternative plan. C. The first is a criticism, endorsed by the argument, of a funding plan; the second is the main reason cited by the

argument for its endorsement of the criticism. D. The first is a claim that the argument seeks to refute; the second is the main point used by the argument to show

that the claim is false. E. The first is a claim that the argument accepts with certain reservations; the second presents that claim in a

rewarding that is not subject to those reservations. T-4-Q20 天山-7-22

The violent crime rate (number of violent crimes per 1,000 residents) in Meadowbrook is 60 percent higher now than it was four years ago. The corresponding increase for Parkdale is only 10 percent. These figures support the conclusion that residents of Meadowbrook are more likely to become victims of violent crime than are residents of Parkdale. The argument above is flawed because it fails to take into account

A. Changes in the population density of both Meadowbrook and Parkdale over the past four years.

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