1、GMAT 研究生管理入学考试英语-1 及答案解析(总分：108.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、WRITING 1(总题数：2，分数：6.00)1.Read the statement and the instructions that follow it, and then make any notes that will help you plan your response. Write your response on a separate sheet of paper. If possible, type your essay on a word processor.Since un
2、healthy people increase health-care costs for all of society, society should impose greater penalties on those people who voluntarily indulge in unhealthy activities, such as smoking, excessive drinking, or overeating.Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. S
3、upport your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experiences, observations, or reading.（分数：3.00）_2.Read the argument and the instructions that follow it, and then make any notes that will help you plan your response. Write your response on a separate sheet of paper. If possible, type you
4、r essay on a word processor.The following statement appeared in a consumer magazine:A fear of crime has led many homeowners to purchase monitored burglar alarm systems, but these people are wasting their money. The primary benefit of any burglar alarm system is one of deterrence, and this effect can
5、 be achieved just as well by having a sign in front of the house suggesting that the house is equipped with an alarm, whether or not the alarm system is monitored or even exists. Moreover, if a sign fails to deter burglars from entering a house, there is very little chance that the guards who monito
6、r the alarm system will arrive at the home in time to catch the burglars, since the burglars will surely leave as soon as the alarm sounds. Therefore, while it makes sense to have a sign suggesting that a house has a monitored alarm, and it may make sense to have an audible alarm, there is no reason
7、 to pay the high monthly fee for a monitored system.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 wh
8、at alternative examples 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.（分数：3.00）_
9、二、Quantitative(总题数：24，分数：51.00)The following data sufficiency problems consist of a question and two statements, labeled (1) and (2), in which certain data are given. You have to decide whether the data given in the statements are sufficient for answering the question. Using the data given in the st
10、atements plus your knowledge of mathematics and everyday facts (such as the number of days in July or the meaning of counterclockwise), you must indicate whether. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone
11、is not sufficient. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.（分数：5.00）(1).In the figure above, is ABBC? (Note: Figure not necessarily drawn to scale.)(1) ABCD(2) (AD-AB)(A
12、D-BC)（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.(2).A box contains 90 jelly beans, of which some are orange, some are purple, and some are black. How many black jelly beans are in the box?(1) There are 27 orange jelly beans.(2) There are twice as many purple jelly beans as orange jelly beans.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.(3).Is 3x gr
13、eater than 100?(1) 9x=36(2) （分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.(4).How many more dogs than cats are in the veterinarians office?(1) There is a total of 30 dogs and cats in the office.(2) The number of cats is the square root of the number of dogs.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.(5).If p is a positive integer, and p0, is （分数：1.0
14、0）A.B.C.D.E.3.A certain prosthodontist specializes in implanting gold and silver teeth in his patients mouths. He charges $650 for a gold tooth and $325 for a silver tooth. If his total fees for implanting gold and silver teeth last week were $15,925 in total, and he implanted five more gold teeth t
15、han silver teeth, how many teeth in total did he implant over the week?A. 31B. 32C. 33D. 34E. 35（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.4.What is the ratio of 3/7 to the product 3(7/3)?A. 3:7B. 1:3C. 3:21D. 1:7E. 3:49（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.5.If the average (arithmetic mean) of a and b is 110, and the average of b and c is 1
16、60, what is the value of a-c?A. -220B. -100C. 100D. 135E. It cannot be determined from the information given.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.6.A travel company wants to charter a plane to the Bahamas. Chartering the plane costs $8,000. So far, 18 people have signed up for the trip. If the company charges $300 pe
17、r ticket, how many more passengers must sign up for the trip before the company can make any profit on the charter?A. 7B. 9C. 13D. 27E. 45（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.7.If x2+9x-3=3x2+2x(4-x), then x2=A. 2B. 3C. 4D. 9E. 16（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.8.The pilot of a small aircraft with a 40-gallon fuel tank wants to f
18、ly to Cleveland, which is 480 miles away. The pilot recognizes that the current engine, which can fly only 8 miles per gallon, will not get him there. By how many miles per gallon must the aircrafts fuel efficiency be improved to make the flight to Cleveland possible?A. 2B. 4C. 12D. 40E. 160（分数：1.00
19、）A.B.C.D.E.9.A circle graph shows how the MegaTech corporation allocates its Research and Development budget: 14% microphotonics; 24% home electronics; 15% food additives; 29% genetically modified microorganisms; 8% industrial lubricants; and the remainder for basic astrophysics. If the arc of each
20、sector of the graph is proportional to the percentage of the budget it represents, how many degrees of the circle are used to represent basic astrophysics research?A. 8B. 10C. 18D. 36E. 52（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.The following data sufficiency problems consist of a question and two statements, labeled (1)
21、 and (2), in which certain data are given. You have to decide whether the data given in the statements are sufficient for answering the question. Using the data given in the statements plus your knowledge of mathematics and everyday facts (such as the number of days in July or the meaning of counter
22、clockwise), you must indicate whether. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient. EACH statement ALONE
23、is sufficient. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.（分数：8.00）(1).If x+y=36, what is the value of xy?(1) y-x=14(2) y=2x+3（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.E.(2).A hotdog vendor sold $45 worth of hotdogs at lunchtime Tuesday. Each hotdog cost $1.50. What percentage of his days stock of hotdogs did the ve
24、ndor sell at lunchtime?(1) The vendor started the day with 120 hotdogs.(2) The vendor sold twice as many hotdogs at dinnertime as he sold at lunchtime.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.E.(3).For real numbers a, b, and c, is ab=bc+3?(1) ab=3b(2) b+3=c（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.E.(4).What is the number of male employees at the
25、factory?(1) If the factory were to hire 150 more employees and 2/3 of them were female, the ratio of male to female employees would be 8:3.(2) The factory has at least twice as many male employees as female employees, and it employs at least 150 females.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.E.10.An engineer designed a b
26、all so that when it was dropped, it rose with each bounce exactly one-half as high as it had fallen. The engineer dropped the ball from a 16-meter platform and caught it after it had traveled 46.5 meters. How many times did the ball bounce?A. 5B. 6C. 7D. 8E. 9（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.（分数：2.00）(1).What per
27、centage of those polled named only education or only crime but no other issue?A. 25.5%B. 31.5%C. 39%D. 55%E. 98.5%（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.(2).How many of the 1,000 people polled responded “none of the above“ to the questions?A. 140B. 110C. 80D. 20E. 0（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.11.The equation relates the values
28、of two linked currencies, where R is the value in dollars of one currency and S is the value in dollars of the other currency. Which of the following equations can be used to convert dollar values from the R currency to the S currency?（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.12.If x is a positive number and 1/2 the squar
29、e root of x is the cube root of x, then x=A. 64B. 32C. 16D. 4E. 1（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.13.If Josh, Doug, and Brad have a total of $72 among them, and Josh has three times as much money as Brad but only three-fourths as much as Doug, how much money does Doug have?A. $8B. $9C. $27D. $32E. $36（分数：1.00）A.B
30、.C.D.E.14.The flat triangular lot depicted above is available for development. If 150 meters, what is the area of the lot in square meters?（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.15.For any numbers w and z, wz=w3z(8-w2). If both z and wz are positive numbers, which of the following could be a value of w?A. 9B. 3C. 0D.-2
31、E.-9（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.16.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.17.Last years receipts from the sale of greeting cards during the week before Mothers Day totaled $189 million, which represented 9 percent of total greeting card sales for the year. Total greeting card sales for the year totaled how many million dollars?
32、A. 17,010B. 2,100C. 1,890D. 1,701E. 210（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.18.What is the value of 5x2-1.9x-3.7 for x=-0.3?A. -4.72B. -3.82C. -3.58D. -2.68E. 0.57（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.The following data sufficiency problems consist of a question and two statements, labeled (1) and (2), in which certain data are given.
33、You have to decide whether the data given in the statements are sufficient for answering the question. Using the data given in the statements plus your knowledge of mathematics and everyday facts (such as the number of days in July or the meaning of counterclockwise), you must indicate whether. Stat
34、ement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient. Statements (1) and (2) TOGET
35、HER are NOT sufficient.（分数：12.00）(1).Two cyclists are racing up a mountain at different constant rates. Cyclist A is now 50 meters ahead of cyclist B. How many minutes from now will cyclist A be 150 meters ahead of cyclist B?(1) 5 minutes ago, cyclist A was 200 meters behind cyclist B.(2) Cyclist A
36、is moving 25% faster than cyclist B.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.E.(2).Is integer x divisible by 48?(1) x is divisible by 16.(2) x is divisible by 12.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.E.(3).Is *?(1) x20(2) x5（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.E.(4).The figure above shows the shape of a brick patio. If arc AB is a semicircle and ABCD is a square,
37、 what is the perimeter of the patio?（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.E.(5).A call to Rosies Psychic Hotline costs $5.99 for the first 2 minutes and $1.99 for each additional minute. Stuart called the hotline for x minutes, where x is an integer. How many minutes long was the call?(1) The total charge for the call w
38、as $11.96.(2) The charge for the last 3 minutes of the call was $0.01 less than half the total cost of the call.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.E.(6).If Z is represented by the decimal 0. W7, what is the digit W?（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.E.19.If a cube has a volume of 125, what is the surface area of one side?A. 5B. 25C. 5
39、0D. 150E. 625（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.E.20.An investor bought 200 shares of stock in ABCD company in 1990. By 1992, the investment was worth only of its original value. By 1995, the 200 shares were worth only of their value in 1990. By what percent did the value of the investment drop from 1992 to 1995?（分数：
40、2.00）A.B.C.D.E.21.In the rectangular quadrant system shown above, which quadrant, if any, contains no point (x,y) that satisfies the equation x2-2y=3?（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.E.22.Which of the following cannot be the median of five positive integers a, b, c, d, and e?A. aB. d+eC. b+c+d（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.E.三、V
41、erbal(总题数：16，分数：51.00)23.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 service
42、 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 claims that
43、 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 average per-se
44、cond 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 to view the program
45、of their choice at the time of their choosing.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.E.24.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 ca
46、rriers, 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 ticket wa
47、s 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 in small markets
48、 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.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.
49、E.25.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 a good blacksmith.Which of the following, if true, provides the mos
