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1、工商(经企)管理硕士入学考试(GMAT)-8 及答案解析(总分：150.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、单项选择题(总题数：29，分数：150.00)1.Shanna: Owners of any work of art, simply by virtue of ownership, ethically have the right to destroy that artwork if they find it morally or aesthetically distasteful, or if caring for it becomes inconvenient. Jorge: Owner

2、ship of unique artworks, unlike ownership of other kinds of objects carries the moral right to possess but not to destroy. A unique work of art with aesthetic or historical value belongs to posterity and so must be preserved, whatever the personal wishes of its legal owner. On the basis of their sta

3、tements, Shanna and Jorge are committed to disagreeing about the truth of which one of the following statements?（分数：5.00）A.Anyone who owns a portrait presenting his or her father in an unflattering light would for that reason alone be ethically justified in destroying itB.People who own aestheticall

4、y valuable works of art have no moral obligation to make them available for public viewingC.Valuable paintings by well-known artists are seldom intentionally damaged or destroyed by their ownersD.If a piece of sculpture is not unique, its owner has no ethical obligation to preserve it if doing so pr

5、oves burdensomeE.It is legally permissible for a unique and historically valuable mural to be destroyed by its owner if he or she tires of it2.If y is an odd integer, which of the following must be an even integer?（分数：5.00）A.y+2B.y+6C.2y-1D.3yE.3y+13.What is the volume of a certain rectangular solid

6、? (1)Two adjacent faces of the solid have areas 15 and 24, respectively. (2)Each of two opposite faces of the solid has area 40.（分数：5.00）A.条件(1)充分，但条件(2)不充分B.条件(2)充分，但条件(1)不充分C.条件(1)和(2)单独都不充分，但条件(1)和条件(2)联合起来充分D.条件(1)充分，条件(2)也充分E.条件(1)和条件(2)单独都不充分，条件(1)和条件(2)联合起来也不充分4.One-fifth of the light switche

7、s produced by a certain factory are defective. Four-fifths of the defective switches are rejected and （分数：5.00）A.4%B.5%C.6D.11%E.16%5.In the workplace, influenza is typically spread by infected individuals to others with whom they work in close quarters. A new medication that suppresses the symptoms

8、 of influenza therefore will actually increase the number of influenza cases, because this medication will allow people who would otherwise be home in bed to return to work while infected. Which of the following, if true, most seriously challenges the prediction?（分数：5.00）A.Coughing, a symptom of inf

9、luenza that the new medication suppresses, is a primary mechanism in the spread of this illnessB.Some medications that are used to suppress symptoms of influenza are also used by many people to treat symptoms that are caused not by influenza but by other illnessesC.Many workers who now remain at hom

10、e when infected with influenza do so because the symptoms of influenza prevent them from performing their jobs effectivelyD.Most adults who are immunized against influenza in order to avoid being infected are over 65 years old and retired and thus do not work outside the homeE.Symptoms of an illness

11、 are often the body“s means of curing itself of the illness, and therefore suppression of symptoms can prolong the illness that causes them6.Company R“s annual profit has increased by a constant amount each calendar year since 1985. What was Company R“s annual profit in 1991? (1)In 1985 Company R“s

12、annual profit was $212.000; in 1989 Company R“s annual profit was $242,000. (2)Company R“s annual profit has increased by $7,500 each year since 1985.（分数：5.00）A.条件(1)充分，但条件(2)不充分B.条件(2)充分，但条件(1)不充分C.条件(1)和(2)单独都不充分，但条件(1)和条件(2)联合起来充分D.条件(1)充分，条件(2)也充分E.条件(1)和条件(2)单独都不充分，条件(1)和条件(2)联合起来也不充分7.A retail

13、er sold an appliance for 30 percent above cost, which represented a gross profit of $21.00. For what price did the retailer sell the appliance?（分数：5.00）A.$27B.$51C.$63D.$70E.$918.The United States ranks far behind countries such as Sweden and Canada when it comes to workplace safety. In all three co

14、untries, joint labor-management committees that oversee workplace safety conditions have been very successful in reducing occupational injuries. In the United States, such committees are found only in the few companies that have voluntarily established them. However, in Sweden and several Canadian p

15、rovinces, joint safety committees are required by law and exist in all medium-sized and large workplaces. Which one of the following is supported by the information above?（分数：5.00）A.The establishment of joint safety committees in all medium-sized and large workplaces in the United States would resul

16、t in a reduction of occupational injuriesB.A joint safety committee that is required by law is more effective at reducing occupational injuries than is a joint safety committee that is voluntarily establishedC.Workplace safety in Sweden and Canada was superior to that in the United States even prior

17、 to the passage of laws requiring joint safety committees in all mediumsized and large workplacesD.Joint safety committees had been voluntarily established in most medium-sized and large workplaces in Sweden and several Canadian provinces prior to the passage of laws requiring such committeesE.The U

18、nited States would surpass Sweden and Canada in workplace safety of joint safety committees were required in all medium-sized and large workplaces in the United States9.Left-handed persons suffer more frequently than do righthanded persons from certain immune disorders, such as allergies. Left-hande

19、rs tend to have an advantage over the righthanded majority, however, on tasks controlled by the right hemisphere of the brain, and mathematical reasoning is strongly under the influence of the right hemisphere in most people. If the information above is true, it best supports which of the following

20、hypotheses?（分数：5.00）A.Most people who suffer from allergies or other such immune disorders are left-handed rather than right-handedB.Most left-handed mathematicians suffer from some kind of allergyC.There are proportionally more left-handers among people whose ability to reason mathematically is abo

21、ve average than there are among people with poor mathematical reasoning abilityD.If a left-handed person suffers from an allergy, that person will probably be good at mathematicsE.There are proportionally more people who suffer from immune disorders such as allergies than there are people who are le

22、ft-handed or people whose mathematical reasoning ability is unusually good10.The pages of a report are numbered consecutively from 1 to 10. If the sum of the page numbers up to and including page number z of the report is equal to one more than the sum of the page numbers following page number x, th

23、en x=（分数：5.00）A.4B.5C.6D.7E.811.Many people acquire software programs for their home computers by illegally copying those programs rather than purchasing them. People who own home computers must be making, on average, fewer illegal copies of software programs than before, however, since the average

24、number of software programs that people purchase to use on their home computers has increased substantially over the past five years. Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?（分数：5.00）A.The number of home computers in use has increased substantially over the past five yearsB.Fi

25、ve years ago, about half of the software programs used on home computers had been illegally copied rather than purchasedC.Most people who have home computers use their computers more frequently the longer they have themD.Few people who prefer to copy computer software programs illegally cannot copy

26、the software programs they want because they have no acquaintances who have those software programsE.On average, people with home computers have the same number of software programs today as people with home computers did five years ago12.Is the positive integer n equal to the square of an integer?

27、(1)For every prime number p, if p is a divisor of n, then so is p 2 . (2) （分数：5.00）A.条件(1)充分，但条件(2)不充分B.条件(2)充分，但条件(1)不充分C.条件(1)和(2)单独都不充分，但条件(1)和条件(2)联合起来充分D.条件(1)充分，条件(2)也充分E.条件(1)和条件(2)单独都不充分，条件(1)和条件(2)联合起来也不充分13.Noting that the number of crimes committed in a certain city had decreased in 1982

28、by 5.2 percent in comparison with 1981, the police chief of the city said, “We see here the result of the innovative police program put into effect in the city at the beginning of 1982.“ Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the conclusion drawn by the police chief?（分数：5.00）A.Sever

29、al cities that have recently increased spending for police programs experienced no decrease in crime in 1982, as compared with 198lB.The number of crimes committed in the city is estimated, by the same method each year, from the number of crimes reportedC.The number of crimes committed in the suburb

30、an areas surrounding the city rose by about 5 percent in 1982 over the figure for 1981 and were nearly equal in number to those in the city in 1982D.The number of crimes committed in the city in 1982 was 10 percent higher than the number committed in 1972E.The size of the age group most likely to co

31、mmit crimes decreased considerably in the city in 1982, as against 1981, because of a declining birth rate14.Tom: Employers complain that people graduating from high school too often lack the vocational skills required for full-time employment. Therefore, since these skills are best acquired on the

32、job, we should require high school students to work at part-time jobs so that they acquire the skills needed for today“s job market. Mary: There are already too few part-time jobs for students who want to work, and simply requiring students to work will not create jobs for them. Which one of the fol

33、lowing most accurately describes how Mary“s response is related to Tom“s argument?（分数：5.00）A.It analyzes an undesirable result of undertaking the course of action that Tom recommendsB.It argues that Tom has mistaken an unavoidable trend for an avoidable oneC.It provides information that is inconsist

34、ent with an explicitly stated premise in Tom“s argumentD.It presents a consideration that undercuts an assumption on which Tom“s argument dependsE.It defends an alternative solution to the problem that Tom describes15.No senator spoke at the convention unless he or she was a Democrat. No Democrat bo

35、th spoke at the convention and was a senator. Which one of the following conclusions can be correctly drawn from the statements above?（分数：5.00）A.No one but senators spoke at the conventionB.No Democrat spoke at the conventionC.Only Democrats spoke at the conventionD.No senator spoke at the conventio

36、nE.Some Democrat senators spoke at the convention16. （分数：5.00）A.条件(1)充分，但条件(2)不充分B.条件(2)充分，但条件(1)不充分C.条件(1)和(2)单独都不充分，但条件(1)和条件(2)联合起来充分D.条件(1)充分，条件(2)也充分E.条件(1)和条件(2)单独都不充分，条件(1)和条件(2)联合起来也不充分17.If a is a positive integer, and if the units“ digit of a 2 is 9 and the units“ digit of (a+1) 2 is 4, wh

37、at is the units“ digit of (a+2) 2 ?（分数：5.00）A.1B.3C.5D.7E.918.Extinction is a process that can depend on a variety of ecological, geographical, and physiological variables. These variables affect different species of organisms in different ways, and should, therefore, yield a random pattern of extin

38、ction. However, the fossil record shows that extinction occurs in a surprisingly definite pattern, with many species vanishing at the same time. Which of the following, if true, forms the best basis for at lest a partial explanation of the patterned extinction revealed by the fossil record?（分数：5.00）

39、A.Major episodes of extinction can result from widespread environmental disturbances that affect numerous different speciesB.Certain extinction episodes selectively affect organisms with particular sets of characteristics unique to their speciesC.Some species become extinct because of accumulated gr

40、adual changes in their local environmentsD.In geologically recent times, for which there is no fossil record, human intervention has changed the pattern of extinctionE.Species that are widely dispersed are the least likely to become extinct19.Laura borrowed $240, interest free, from her parents to p

41、ay for her college education. If she pays back （分数：5.00）A.6B.7C.19D.21E.2420.If 27 P 3 2 =3 4 9 8 , what is the value of p?（分数：5.00）A.3B.6C.8D.15E.1621. In the figure above, a circle is inscribed in a square with side b and a square with side a is inscribed in the circle. What is the area of the squ

42、are with side b? (1)a=4 (2)The radius of the circle is （分数：5.00）A.条件(1)充分，但条件(2)不充分B.条件(2)充分，但条件(1)不充分C.条件(1)和(2)单独都不充分，但条件(1)和条件(2)联合起来充分D.条件(1)充分，条件(2)也充分E.条件(1)和条件(2)单独都不充分，条件(1)和条件(2)联合起来也不充分22.An examination of corruption provides the basis for rejecting the view that an exact science of societ

43、y can ever be constructed. As with all other social phenomena that involve deliberate secrecy, it is intrinsically impossible to measure corruption, and this is not merely due to the fact that social science has not yet reached its goal, achievable to be sure, of developing adequate quantifying tech

44、niques. If people were ready to answer questions about their embezzlements and bribes, it would mean that these practices had acquired the character of legitimate, taxable activities and had ceased to be corrupt. In other words, corruption must disappear if it is to be measurable. Which one of the f

45、ollowing most accurately states a hidden assumption that the author must make in order to advance the argument above?（分数：5.00）A.Some people believe that an exact science of society can be constructedB.The primary purpose of an exact science is to quantify and measure phenomenaC.An intrinsic characte

46、ristic of social phenomena that involve deliberate secrecy is that they cannot be measuredD.An exact science of social phenomena that involve deliberate secrecy cannot be constructedE.An exact science can be constructed only when the phenomena it studies can be measured23.A thorough search of Edgar

47、Allan Poe“s correspondence has turned up not a single letter in which be mentions his reputed morphine addiction. On the basis of this evidence it is safe to say that Poe“s reputation for having been a morphine addict is undeserved and that reports of his supposed addiction are untrue. Which of the

48、following is assumed by the argument above?（分数：5.00）A.Reports claiming that Poe was addicted to morphine did not begin to circulate until after his deathB.None of the reports of Poe“s supposed morphine addiction can be traced to individuals who actually knew PoeC.Poe“s income from writing would not

49、have been sufficient to support a morphine addictionD.Poe would have been unable to carry on an extensive correspondence while under the influence of morphineE.Fear of the consequences would not have prevented Poe from indicating in his correspondence that he was addicted to morphine24.If n=p+r, where n, p, and r are positive integers and n is odd, does p equal 2? (1)p and r are prime numbers. (2)r2（分数：5.00）A.条件(1)充分，但条件(2)不充分B.条件(2)充分，但条件(1)不充分C.条件(1)和(2)单独都不充分，但条件(1)和条件(2)联合起来充分D.条件(1)充分，条件(2)也充分E.条件(1)和条件(2)单独都不充分，条件(1)和条件(2)联合起来也不充分25. （分数：5.00）A.条件(1)充分，但条