[外语类试卷]GMAT(VERBAL)阅读模拟试卷3及答案与解析.doc
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1、GMAT( VERBAL)阅读模拟试卷 3及答案与解析 1 Studies have shown that companies that present seminars on workplace safety to their employees actually have higher rates of workplace accidents than do companies that do not present such seminars to their employees. Despite this finding, it is still in the best interes
2、ts of companies and their employees for companies to present these seminars. Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest support for the argument that the companies should continue to present these seminars? ( A) Companies that present workplace safety seminars to their employees are lik
3、ely to be in manufacturing industries or segments of the service sector that present more opportunities for workplace accidents than the average company. ( B) A fast-food chain determined that the rate of workplace accidents remained the same at its franchises after all employees had viewed a 30-min
4、ute workplace safety video. ( C) Workers are ultimately responsible for their own safety, and no amount of workplace education can alter their behavior. ( D) A business research institute determined that workplace accidents reduce the productivity of manufacturing businesses by as much as 8 percent
5、per year. ( E) Many companies mistakenly believe that presenting workplace safety seminars to their employees relieves the company of legal liability in the event that employees are injured on the job. 2 For hundreds of years, pearl divers have gathered pearls directly from mollusks on the seafloor.
6、 This is an extremely risky profession, exposing the divers to risks of drowning, air embolism, and shark attacks. Still, as long as society demands authentic cultured pearls, these brave divers must continue to risk their lives. Which of the following statements, if true, most seriously weakens the
7、 conclusion above? ( A) Shark attacks on pearl divers have decreased steadily over the last three decades because of declining shark populations. ( B) Cultured pearls are generally considered more beautiful than those made by artificial means. ( C) Robotic pearl harvesters can gather pearls faster a
8、nd at less cost than human divers, although they may disturb aquatic communities. ( D) Part of the value of cultured pearls derives from the exotic way in which they are obtained. ( E) With the proper equipment and training, a diver employing scuba gear can harvest three times as many pearls per hou
9、r as can a free air diver. 3 An electronics companys two divisions showed consistent performance over the last two years. In each year, the audiovisual department accounted for roughly 30 percent of the companys sales and 70 percent of the companys profits over the period, while the home appliance d
10、ivision accounted for the balance. Which of the following statements regarding the last two years can be inferred from the statement above? ( A) The audiovisual market is growing faster than is the home appliance division. ( B) The home appliance division has realized lower profits per dollar of sal
11、es than has the audiovisual division. ( C) Total dollar sales for each division has remained roughly constant for the last five years. ( D) The company has devoted more money to research and development efforts in the audiovisual division than in the home appliance division. ( E) To maximize profita
12、bility, the company should focus its resources on the home appliance division. 4 Gastric bypass surgery has been shown to be effective at helping extremely obese people lose weight. Some patients have lost as much as 300 pounds after undergoing the surgery, thereby substantially prolonging their liv
13、es. Despite the success of the treatment, most doctors have not embraced the surgery as a weight loss option. Which of the following statements, if true, best accounts for the lukewarm reaction of the medical community to gastric bypass surgery? ( A) Gastric bypass surgery carries a high risk of ser
14、ious complications, including death. ( B) Obesity is one of the leading contributors to heart disease and hypertension, two leading causes of death. ( C) Obesity rates among the American population have been increasing consistently for the last three decades. ( D) Many patients report that losing we
15、ight through diets is ineffective, since they usually gain the weight back within six months. ( E) Most health insurance plans will cover the cost of gastric bypass surgery for morbidly obese patients at high risk of heart disease. 4 The questions in this group are based on the content of a passage.
16、 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. While most people agree that the Golden Age of comic books began with the introduction of Superman in 1938 in Action Comics #1, th
17、ere is less agreement about when exactly the Golden Age ended. There is a general consensus, however, about the factors that brought the Golden Age to a close: the rise of the horror comic book in the late 1940s, and the resulting backlash against comic books in the early 1950s. Superhero comic book
18、s reached their peak of popularity in the early 1940s because of all the GIs in Europe and Japan who eagerly read about Superman, Batman, and The Spirit. When these soldiers came home, they still wanted to read comic books, but they sought out more adult content. William Gaines of EC Comics was happ
19、y to meet the market demand with such grim and gritty titles as Weird Fantasy and The Crypt of Terror. The creators of superhero comic books, not wanting to be left behind, responded by matching their protagonists against darker criminals in more violent encounters. These darker comic books aroused
20、the anger of child psychologist Fredric Wertham, who believed that comic books were leading the nations youth into crime, violence, and drug abuse. Werthams book, The Seduction of the Innocent, was a national best-seller that helped bring about congressional investigations into the corrupting influe
21、nce of comic books. The Senate committee that reviewed Werthams charges decided to create the Comics Code Authority, a regulatory body that prohibited comic books from mentioning sexuality, alcohol, drugs, criminal behavior, or any themes related to the horror genre. These regulations had a numbing
22、effect on the industry. EC Comics was nearly driven out of the comics business, and the other major players canceled many of their most prominent titles. The comics business did not recover until the Marvel revolution of the early 1960s ushered in the Silver Age. 5 This passage is primarily interest
23、ed in which of the following? ( A) Investigating the factors that brought about the Marvel revolution and the Silver Age of comic books ( B) Reviewing the factors that brought about the end of the Golden Age of comic books ( C) Comparing and contrasting two eras in the history of comic books ( D) Co
24、ndemning the horror comic book for its corrupting influence on the nations youth ( E) Evaluating the historical legacy of William Gainess EC Comics 6 According to the passage, which of the following was true of the creators of superhero comic books in the postwar years? ( A) They sought to head off
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