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PartIReadandKnow

InPartI, 

youwillreadshorttextsofvariouskinds.Readtheinstructionscarefullyandanswerthequestions.（Timeallowed:

22minutes） 

Questions1-3（Suggestedcompletiontime:

5minutes）

Directions:

Readthefollowingquotes.Matchthequotesontheleftwiththepeopleontheright.Pleasenotetherearetwoextraoptionsyoudonotneedtouse.

_____1.Givemealeverlongenoughandafulcrumonwhichtoplaceit,andIshallmovetheworld.

_____2.Moralityisnotthedoctrineofhowwemaymakeourselveshappy,buthowwemaymakeourselvesworthyofhappiness.

_____3.Youcan'

tconnectthedotslookingforward;

youcanonlyconnectthemlookingbackwards.Soyouhavetotrustthatthedotswillsomehowconnectinyourfuture.

A.JohnLocke

B.Archimedes

C.Aristotle

D.ImmanuelKant

E.SteveJobs

Questions4（Suggestedcompletiontime:

2minutes）

Readthetext,andanswerthequestionaccordingtothetext.

Toensurethehighstandardsoffacilitiesweneedtobuildnewwards,laboratoriesandconsultingrooms.Inshort,weneedyourhelpnow.Completethecoupontodayandrestassuredthatyourdonationisgoingtothebestpossiblecause.

4.Whereisthepieceoftexttakenfrom?

A.anadvertisement 

B.aninstructionbooklet

C.astory 

D.anewspaper

Questions5（Suggestedcompletiontime:

Question10（Suggestedcompletiontime:

Thebarchartshowsthenumberandproportionofundernourishedpeopleinthedevelopingregions,from1990¬

1992to2014¬

2016.Answerthequestionaccordingtotheinformationinthechart.

Source:

TheMillenniumDevelopmentGoals（MDG）Report2015

10.ChoosetheINCORRECTdescriptionaboutthechart.

A.Currentestimatessuggestthatnearlyoneinnineindividualsdonothaveenoughtoeatbetween2014and2016.

B. 

Projectionsindicatethatthe2015MDGtargetisnearlyreached,with12.9percentofundernourishedpopulation.

C. 

Thesituationnoticeablyimprovedduringtheyears1995-1999,butwentdowninthefirstfiveyearsofthenewmillennium.

D. 

Theproportionofundernourishedpeopleinthedevelopingregionshasfallenbyalmosthalfsince1990.

PartIIReadandReason

InPartII,youwillreadshorttextsondifferentsubjects.Readtheinstructionscarefullyandanswerthequestionsbasedonlogicalinferenceandreasoning.（Timeallowed:

38minutes） 

Question11-12（Suggestedcompletiontime:

10minutes）

Readthedefinitionsoftwotypesoflogicalfallacy.Answerthequestionsaccordingtothedefinitions.

PoisoningtheWell

Poisoningthewellisarhetoricaltechniqueandlogicalfallacy 

whereadverseinformationaboutatargetispreemptivelypresentedtoan 

audience,withtheintentionofdiscreditingorridiculingeverythingthatthetargetpersonisabouttosay.Itusesthe 

association 

ofnegative 

emotions 

todistractasubjectfromactual 

evidence 

inanargument.

11.Whichofthefollowingprovidesatypicalexampleofpoisoningthewell?

A.That’smystanceonfundingtheeducationsystem,andanyonewhodisagreeswithmehateschildren.

B.Youaresoweird.Thatmeans—weareprettymuchsure—thatyourwholefamilyisweird,too.

C.GodexistsbecausetheBiblesaysso.TheBibleisinspired.Therefore,weknowthatGodexists.

D.Idon’tcarewhatyousay.Wedon’tneedanymorebookshelves.Aslongasthecarpetisclean,wearefine.

FalseDilemma

Afalsedilemmaariseswhenweallowourselvestobeconvincedthatwehavetochoosebetweentwoandonlytwomutuallyexclusiveoptions,whenthatisuntrue.Generally,whenthisrhetoricalstrategyisused,oneoftheoptionsisunacceptableandrepulsive,whiletheotheristheonethemanipulatorwantsustochoose.Whoeversuccumbstothistraphasthusmadeachoicethatisforced,andassuch,oflittlevalue.

12.Whichofthefollowingprovidesatypicalexampleofafalsedilemma?

A.Smokingisharmfultohealth,soyouaresupposedtoquitsmoking.

B.Ifthegovernmentdoesn’treducepublicspending,oureconomywillcollapse.

C.Youmayaswellavoidovereating,orelseyoumightbeobeseinnotime.

D.Youaretheworstoftheclassmates;

therefore,whatyousayisincredible.

Questions13（Suggestedcompletiontime:

4minutes）

Readthepassageaboutsyllogism.DecidewhetherthereasoningsareValidorInvalidbasedontheprinciplesofsyllogism.

Syllogismisakindoflogicalargumentthatappliesdeductivereasoningtoarriveataconclusionbasedontwoormorepropositionsthatareassertedorassumedtobetrue.Itisperhapstoday’smostcommonlyacceptedformoflogicalreasoninginaptitudetests.Themostcommonlyusedtypeofsyllogismsiselucidatedina