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1、prepverbal01Q1 170.Margaret Mead, the best-known anthropologist of the twentieth century, helped shape public opinion on fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, along with the relative merits of competition and cooperation.A. shape public opinion on fundamentally i

2、mportant areas like attitudes toward children and families, along withB. shape public opinion in such fundamentally important areas as attitudes toward children and families andC. to shape public opinion about such fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, also about

3、D. the shaping of public opinion for fundamentally important areas such as attitudes toward children and families, and those toward E. the shaping of public opinion around fundamentally important areas like attitudes toward children and families, and those ofQ2 171.One of the primary distinctions be

4、tween our intelligence with that of other primates may lay not so much in any specific skill but in our ability to extend knowledge gained in one context to new and different ones.A. between our intelligence with that of other primates may lay not so much in any specific skill butB. between our inte

5、lligence with that of other primates may lie not so much in any specific skill but insteadC. between our intelligence and that of other primates may lie not so much in any specific skill asD. our intelligence has from that of other primates may lie not in any specific skill as E. of our intelligence

6、 to that of other primates may lay not in any specific skill butQ3 73. (25075-!-item-!-188;#058&001412)Most of Western music since the Renaissance has been based on a seven-note scale known as the diatonic scale, but when did the scale originate? A fragment of a bone flute excavated at a Neanderthal

7、 campsite has four holes, which are spaced in exactly the right way for playing the third through sixth notes of a diatonic scale. The entire flute must surely have had more holes, and the flute was made from a bone that was long enough for these additional holes to have allowed a complete diatonic

8、scale to be played. Therefore, the Neanderthals who made the flute probably used a diatonic musical scale.In the argument given, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?A. The first introduces evidence to support the main conclusion of the argument; the second is the main conc

9、lusion stated in the argument.B. The first introduces evidence to support the main conclusion of the argument; the second presents a position to which the argument is opposed.C. The first describes a discovery as undermining the position against which the argument as a whole is directed; the second

10、states the main conclusion of the argument.D. The first introduces the phenomenon that the argument as a whole seeks to explain; the second presents a position to which the argument is opposed.E. The first introduces the phenomenon that the argument as a whole seeks to explain; the second gives a re

11、ason to rule out one possible explanation.Q4 172Introduced by Italian merchants resident in London during the sixteenth century, in England life insurance remained until the end of the seventeenth century a specialized contract between individual underwriters and their clients, typically being ship

12、owners, overseas merchants, or professional moneylenders.A. in England life insurance remained until the end of the seventeenth century a specialized contract between individual underwriters and their clients, typically beingB. in England life insurance had remained until the end of the seventeenth

13、century a specialized contract between individual underwriters with their clients, who typically wereC. until the end of the seventeenth century life insurance in England had remained a specialized contract between individual underwriters and their clients, typicallyD. life insurance in England rema

14、ined until the end of the seventeenth century a specialized contract between individual underwriters and their clients, typically E. life insurance remained until the end of the seventeenth century in England a specialized contract between individual underwriters with their clients, who typically we

15、reEssay #1. 019 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 home-bas

16、ed 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 ente

17、rprises were family-run, so that the census measured economic activity as an attribute of the entire household, rather than of individuals.The 1850 census, partly responding to antislavery and womens rights movements, initiated the collection of specific information about each individual in a househ

18、old. Not until 1870 was occupational information analyzed by gender: the census superintendent reported 1.8 million women employed outside the home in gainful and reputable occupations. In addition, he arbitrarily attributed to each family one woman keeping house. Overlap between the two groups was

19、not calculated until 1890, when the rapid entry of women into the paid labor force and social issues arising from industrialization were causing womens advocates and women statisticians to press for more thorough and accurate accounting of womens occupations and wages.Q5 Question #1. 019-01 The prim

20、ary purpose of the passage is to(A) explain and critique the methods used by early statisticians(B) compare and contrast a historical situation with a current-day one(C) describe and explain a historical change(D) discuss historical opposition to an established institution(E) trace the origin of a c

21、ontemporary controversy Q6 Question #2. 019-02 Each of the following aspects of nineteenth-century United States censuses is mentioned in the passage EXCEPT the(A) year in which data on occupations began to be analyzed by gender(B) year in which specific information began to be collected on individu

22、als in addition to the head of the household(C) year in which overlap between women employed outside the home and women keeping house was first calculated(D) way in which the 1890 census measured womens income levels and educational backgrounds(E) way in which household members were counted in the 1

23、840 census Q7 Question #3. 019-04 The passage suggests which of the following about the womens advocates and women statisticians mentioned in the highlighted text?(A) They wanted to call attention to the lack of pay for women who worked in the home.(B) They believed that previous census information

24、was inadequate and did not reflect certain economic changes in the United States.(C) They had begun to press for changes in census-taking methods as part of their participation in the antislavery movement.(D) They thought that census statistics about women would be more accurate if more women were e

25、mployed as census officials.(E) They had conducted independent studies that disputed the official statistics provided by previous United States censuses. Q8 74. (29534-!-item-!-188;#058&004138)In a certain wildlife park, park rangers are able to track the movements of many rhinoceroses because those

26、 animals wear radio collars. When, as often happens, a collar slips off, it is put back on. Putting a collar on a rhinoceros involves immobilizing the animal by shooting it with a tranquilizer dart. Female rhinoceroses that have been frequently recollared have significantly lower fertility rates tha

27、n uncollared females. Probably, therefore, some substance in the tranquilizer inhibits fertility.In evaluating the argument, it would be most useful to determine which of the following?A. Whether there are more collared female rhinoceroses than uncollared female rhinoceroses in the parkB. How the tr

28、anquilizer that is used for immobilizing rhinoceroses differs, if at all, from tranquilizers used in working with other large mammalsC. How often park rangers need to use tranquilizer darts to immobilize rhinoceroses for reasons other than attaching radio collarsD. Whether male rhinoceroses in the w

29、ildlife park lose their collars any more often than the parks female rhinoceroses doE. Whether radio collars are the only practical means that park rangers have for tracking the movements of rhinoceroses in the parkQ975. (33198-!-item-!-188;#058&007254)In the year following an eight-cent increase in

30、 the federal tax on a pack of cigarettes, sales of cigarettes fell ten percent. In contrast, in the year prior to the tax increase, sales had fallen one percent. The volume of cigarette sales is therefore strongly related to the after-tax price of a pack of cigarettes. Which of the following, if tru

31、e, would most strengthen the argument above?A. During the second year after the tax increase, cigarette sales increased by a significant amount.B. The information available to consumers on the health risks of smoking remained largely unchanged in the period before and after the tax increase.C. Most

32、consumers were unaware that the tax on cigarettes was going to increase.D. During the year following the cigarette tax increase, many consumers had less income, in inflation-adjusted dollars, than they had had in the previous year.E. During the year after the tax increase, there was a greater variety of cigarettes on the market than there had been during the previous year.Essay #2. 066 The general density dependence model can be applied to explain the founding of specialist firms (those attempting to serve a narrow tar