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1、Prep Verbal 0505Q1. p1-sc 31. (26141-!-item-!-188;#058&002444)According to some economists, the July decrease in unemployment so that it was the lowest in two years suggests that the gradual improvement in the job market is continuing.(A) so that it was the lowest in two years(B) so that it was the

2、lowest two-year rate(C) to what would be the lowest in two years(D) to a two-year low level(E) to the lowest level in two years Q2. p1-sc 32. (26187-!-item-!-188;#058&002462)Initiated five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World on Columbus Day 1992, Project SETI pledged a $100 million in

3、vestment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.(A) Initiated five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World on Columbus Day 1992, Project SETI pledged a $100 million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.(B) Initiated on Columbus Day 1992, five centuries after

4、 Europeans arrived in the New World, a $100 million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence was pledged by Project SETI.(C) Initiated on Columbus Day 1992, five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World, Project SETI pledged a $100 million investment in the search for ext

5、raterrestrial intelligence.(D) Pledging a $100 million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, the initiation of Project SETI five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World on Columbus Day 1992.(E) Pledging a $100 million investment in the search for extraterrestrial int

6、elligence five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World, on Columbus Day 1992, the initiation of Project SETI took place. Q3. p1-cr 1. (24179-!-item-!-188;#058&000705)Although fullerenes-spherical molecules made entirely of carbon-were first found in the laboratory, they have since been fo

7、und in nature, formed in fissures of the rare mineral shungite. Since laboratory synthesis of fullerenes requires distinctive conditions of temperature and pressure, this discovery should give geologists a test case for evaluating hypotheses about the state of the Earths crust at the time these natu

8、rally occurring fullerenes were formed.Which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the argument?(A) Confirming that the shungite genuinely contained fullerenes took careful experimentation.(B) Some fullerenes have also been found on the remains of a small meteorite that collided with

9、a spacecraft.(C) The mineral shungite itself contains large amounts of carbon, from which the fullerenes apparently formed.(D) The naturally occurring fullerenes are arranged in a previously unknown crystalline structure.(E) Shungite itself is formed only under distinctive conditions.Q4. p1-cr 2. (2

10、4227-!-item-!-188;#058&000711)Economist: On average, the emergency treatment for an elderly person for injuries resulting from a fall costs $11,000. A new therapeutic program can significantly reduce an elderly persons chances of falling. Though obviously desirable for many reasons, this treatment p

11、rogram will cost $12,500 and thus cannot be justified.Which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the conclusion of the argument?(A) Among elderly people who had followed the program for only a few months, the number of serious falls reported was higher than it was for people who had

12、followed the program for its recommended minimum length of one year.(B) Falls resulting in serious injuries are less common among elderly people living in nursing homes than they are among elderly people who live alone at home.(C) A frequent result of injuries sustained in falls is long-term pain, m

13、edication for which is not counted among the average per-person costs of emergency treatment for elderly peoples injuries from such falls.(D) The new therapeutic program focuses on therapies other than medication, since overmedication can cause disorientation and hence increase the likelihood that a

14、n elderly person will have a serious fall.(E) A significant portion of the cost of the new therapeutic program is represented by regular visits by health care professionals, the costs of which tend to increase more rapidly than do those of other elements of the program.Q5-Q7Essay #1. 019 (21201-!-it

15、em-!-188;#058&00019-00)During the nineteenth century, occupational information about women that was provided by the United States census-a population count conducted each decade-became more detailed and precise in response to social changes. Through 1840, simple enumeration by household mirrored a h

16、ome-based agricultural economy and hierarchical social order: the head of the household (presumed male or absent) was specified by name, whereas other household members were only indicated by the total number of persons counted in various categories, including occupational categories. Like farms, most enterprises were family-run, so that the census measured economic activity as an attribute of the entire household, rath