GRE阅读真题及答案(二)

　　6.Which of the following most logically completes the argument below?In recent years，the proportion of car buyers who buy new cars rather than used cars has declined.Some consumers have attributed this change to an increase in new-car prices.As evidence of the price increase，they cite figures that show that，even adjusting for inflation，the price that the buyer of a new car pays，on average，is far higher now than a few years ago.

　　This evidence is unpersuasive，however，because

　　(A)the value of a car that is bought new declines much more rapidly than does the value of a car that is bought used

　　(B)after someone has bought a car，it might be several years before that person next buys a car

　　(C)a decline in the proportion of car buyers who buy new cars must necessarily mean that the proportion who buy used cars has increased

　　(D)the relative increase in used-car sales might be explained by the decisions of only a small proportion of all car buyers

　　(E)the change in the average price paid for a new car could result solely from more people's rejecting inexpensive new cars in favor of used cars

　　7.In Bassaria a group of that country's most senior judges has criticized the uniform mandatory sentences recently introduced for certain specific crimes.The judges argue that such sentences，by depriving them of all discretion in setting sentences，make it impos-sible for them to consider either aggravating or exten-uating circumstances and so make it impossible to achieve true justice―the fitting of the severity of the punishment to the gravity of the particular crime.

　　Which of the following，if true，provides the strongest evidence for the claim that in Bassaria the newly introduced mandatory sentences are not necessarily a change for the worse with respect to achieving true justice as defined in the argument?

　　(A)Before mandatory sentencing，judges in eastern Bassaria imposed strikingly different sentences from those in western Bassaria for equally grave instances of the same kind of offense.

　　(B)In Bassaria the frequency of crimes that have been made subject to mandatory sentences is lower now than it was just prior to the intro-duction of mandatory sentencing.

　　(C)The law introducing mandatory sentences was passed in the legislature of Bassaria by a large majority and is unlikely to be repealed in the foreseeable future.

　　(D)There used to be a wide difference between the minimum and the maximum sentences allowed by law in cases of crimes now subject to man-datory sentences.

　　(E)In Bassaria judges are appointed for life and are thus not easily influenced by political pressure groups.

　　8.Each of two particular inspection systems that are based on different principles would detect all product flaws but would also erroneously reject three percent of flawless products.Assuming there is no overlap between the products erroneously rejected by the two systems and also no interference between the systems if both operate，using both systems and rejecting only those products found flawed by both would be a way of avoiding all erroneous rejections.

　　Which of the following most precisely characterizes the reasoning in the argument?

　　(A)The reasoning is conclusive，that is，the conclusion cannot be false if the statements offered in its support are true.

　　(B)The reasoning is strong but not conclusive，if the statements offered in support of the conclusion are true，they provide good grounds for that conclu-sion，though it is possible that additional infor-mation might weaken the argument.

　　(C)The reasoning is weak; the statements offered in support of the conclusion，though relevant to it，by themselves provide at best inadequate grounds for the conclusion.

　　(D)The reasoning is flawed in that the conclusion is no more than a paraphrase of one of the pieces of evidence offered in its support.

　　(E)The reasoning is flawed in that the argument treats evidence that a factor is necessary to bring about an event as if it were evidence that the factor is sufficient to bring about that event.

　　9.In recent years，there has been a dramatic decline in the population of the shrike，a predatory bird that inhabits flat land，such as farms and pastures.Some ornithologists hypothesize that this decline is due to the introduction of new，more effective pesticides to control the insect species on which shrikes prey.

　　The answer to which of the following questions is NOT relevant to evaluating the ornithologists' hypothesis?

　　(A)Was there a decline in the shrike population before the new pesticides were first used?

　　(B)Have shrike populations declined significantly in those habitats where the new pesticides have not been used?

　　(C)Have the new pesticides more significantly reduced the population of insect species on which shrikes prey than did the pesticides previously used?

　　(D)Are insects that have consumed the new pesti-cides more toxic to the shrikes that eat those insects than were insects that consumed the less effective pesticides?

　　(E)Are the new pesticides considered by most people to be less harmful to the environment than the old pesticides were considered to be?

　　10.Census data for Prenland show that unmarried Prenlandic men in their thirties outnumber unmarried Prenlandic women in that age group by about ten to One.Most of these men do wish to marry.Clearly，however，unless many of them marry women who are not Prenlandic，all but a minority will remain unmarried.

　　The argument makes which of the following assump-tions?

　　(A)Emigration from Preland is more common among women than among men.

　　(B)A greater proportion of Prelandic women in their thirties than of Prenlandic men of the same age would prefer to remain unmarried.

　　(C)It is unlikely that many of these unmarried Prenlandic men will marry women more than a few years older than themselves.

　　(D)Prenland has a high rate of divorce.

　　(E)Most of the unmarried Prenlandic men are unwilling to marry women who are not Prenlandic.

 

GRE阅读真题及答案(二)的延伸阅读——GRE阅读高分技巧

 

　　1.题目类型固定或所涉及考点为已做标记范畴

　　1)问事物之间的关系，定位到同时标记这两个事物的地方。

　　2)问作者态度，定位到有态度词标记的地方。

　　3)问事物的缺陷，直接定位到标记缺陷处。

　　4)问文章大意类的主旨题定位与TS

　　5)问全文focus的特征，首先到TS处定位。

　　6)问文章结构、段落作用、行文方法类的主旨题定位于SE。

　　7)问作者举某个例子的目的，或者作者引用一段文字为了说明什么，这类就写作用意提问的题目一般定位于例子或者引述文字的上文。

　　8)提干句以IF结尾的改进型或取非题，定位在原文缺陷处或者有unless的句子。

　　9)如果题目为EXCEPT题，可以先看看原文的标记中有没有列举内容;如果有，很可能是答案所在。

　　2.题干有特征词的题目

　　1）最高级、比较级、数字、以大写字母开头的专有名词、年代、特殊历史时期、引号、斜体字。

　　2）选项标志词与题干核心词双重定位

　　3）段落定位

这两个GRE高分阅读定位技巧是在总结了众多考生的实际经验的基础上总结出来的，非常具有实用价值。所以希望大家在考试的过程中，能加以应用。