analysis of an argument
time—30 minutes
directions: in this section, you will be asked to write a critique of the argument presented below. note that you are not being asked to present your own views on the subject. instead, you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking, what alternative explanations or counterexamples might weaken the conclusion, or what sort of evidence could help strengthen or refute the argument.
read the argument and the instructions that follow it, and then make any notes in your test booklet that will help you plan your response. begin writing your response on the separate answer document. make sure that you use the answer document that goes with this writing task.
the following appeared in a magazine article on trends and lifestyles.
"in gencral, people are not as conccmed as they were a decade ago about regulating their intake of red meat and fatty cheeses. walk into the hcart s dclight, a store that started sclling organic fruits and vegc推荐s and wholegrain flours in the 1960 s, and you will also find a wide selcction of checses made with high butterfat content. next door, the owners of the good earth cafe, an old vegctarian restaurant, are still making a modest living, but the owners of the new house of beef across the strect are millionaires."
discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. in your discussion, be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of cvidence in the argument. you can also discuss what, if anything, would make the argument more sound and persuasive or would help you better evaluate its conelusion.
analysis of an issue
time—30 minutes
directions: in this section, you will need to analyze the issue presented below and explain your views on it. the question has no "correct" answer. instead, you should consider various perspetives as you develop your own position on the issue.
read the statcment and the instructions that follow it, and then make any notes in your test booklet that will help you plan your response. begin writing your response on the separate answer document. make sure that you use the answer document that goes ith this writing task.
"the rise of multinational corporations is leading to global homogeneity". people everywhere are beginning to want the same products and services, and regional differences are rapidly disappearing."
"homogencity: samencss, similarity"
discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion expressed above. support your point of view with reasons and/or examples based on your own experiences, your observations, or your reading.
section 1
time—25 minutes
16 questions
directions: in this section solve each problem, using any available space on the page for scratchwork. then indicate the best of the answer choices given.
numbers: all numbers used are real numbers.
figures: figures that apany problems in this section are intended to provide information useful in solving the problems. they are drawn as accruately as possible except when it is stated in a specific problem that its figure is not drawn to seale. all figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated.
1. if =1, which of the following must be true?
(a) a=0
(b) b=0
(c) a=1
(d) b=1
(e) a=b
y=kx+3
2. in the equation above, k is a constant, if y=17 when x=2, what is the value of y when x=4?
(a) 34
(b) 31
(c) 14
(d) 11
(e) 7
3. in 1989 the price of a new model s car was x dollars. if the price of the model s car increased each year by 10 percent of the previous year s price, what was the price of the car, in dollars, in 1991?本文共10页: 第 [9] [10] 页 www.gaofen123.com
(a) 1.10x
(b) 1.20x
(c) 1.21x
(d) 1.25x
(e) 1.33x
4. if n is a prime number greater than 3, what is the remainder when n2 is divided by 12?
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 3
(e) 5
5. not scored
6. if a subscription for 10 issues of a magazine costs $24.00 and represents a saving of 20 percent of the cover price, what is the cover price per issue?
(a) $1.98
(b) $2.40
(c) $2.80
(d) $2.86
(e) $3.00
7. each edge of a cubical block of wood measures 2 inches. what is the surface area of the block in square inches?
(a) 4
(b) 8
(c) 12
(d)16
(e) 24
create your own sundae
12 ice cream flavors
10 kinds of candies
8 liquid toppings
5 kinds of nuts
with or without whipped cream
8. if a customer makes exactly one selection from each of the five actegories shown in the 推荐 above, what is the greatest possible number of different ice cream sundaes that a customer can create?
(a) 9.600
(b) 4.800
(c) 2.400
(d) 800
(e) 400
9. the average (arithmetic mean) of 4 positive integers is 50. if the average of 2 of these integers is 45, what is the greatest possible value that one of the other 2 integers can have?
(a) 55
(b) 65
(c) 100
(d) 109
(e) 115
10. machine a working alone canplete a job in hours. machine b working alone can do the same job in hours. how long will it take both machines working together at their respective constant rates toplete the job?
(a) 1 hr 10 min
(b) 2 hr
(c) 4 hr 5 min
(d) 7 hr
(e) 8 hr 10 min
11. what is the smallest positive integer n for which 324 is a factor of 6n?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6
note: figure not drawn to seale.
12. in the figure above, if ab ce, ce=de, and y=45, then x=
(a) 45
(b) 60
(c) 67.5
(d) 112.5
(e) 135
13. the 推荐 above shows the cost, in dollars, of travcling to and from cities a, b, c, d, e, and f, a sales representative wants to leave from a, travel to c, e, and f, and return to a. if the first city that the sales represertative travels to must be e, what is the minimum possible cost for the entire trip?
(a) $13
(b) $14
(c) $16
(d) $18
(e) $20
14. a retailer sold an appliance for 30 percent above cost, which represented a gross profit of $21.00. for what price did the retalies sell the appliance?
(a) $27.30
(b) $51.00
(c) $63.00
(d) $70.00
(e) $91.00
15. how many integers between 324.700 and 458.600 have tens digit 1 and units digit 3?
(a) 10.300
(b) 10.030
(c) 1.353
(d) 1.352
(e) 1.339
16. a breakfast that consists of 1 counce of corn puffs and 8 cunces of fruit x provides 257 calories. when 8 conces of fruit y is substituted for the 8 cunces of fruit x, the total number of calories is reduced to 185. if fruit x provides 1.8 times as many calories as fruit y. how many calories does 8 counces of fruit y alone provide?
(a) 11.25
(b) 72
(c) 90
(d) 95
(e)129.6
section 3
time—25 minutes
22 questions
1. clark and florence wallace, a husband-and-wife medical team, worked steadily and cfficiently through the night, but sipping their coffee the next morning, she noticed that he seemed disoriented.
(a) sipping their coffee the next morning, she noticed that he seemed disoriented.
(b) sipping their coffee the next morning, he seemed to be disoriented, she noticed
(c) as they sipped their ocffee the next morning, she noticed that he seemed disoriented
(d) as they were sipping their coffee the next morning, he seemed, she noticed, disoriented
(e) he seemed disoriented, she noticed, sipping their coffee the next morning
2. very popular from 1900 until the 1920 s, the renewed interest in ceiling fans began when the energy crisis in 1974 forced homeowners to look for alternative methods of heating and cooling. 本文共10页:第 【10】 页 www.gaofen123.com
(a) very popular from 1900 until the 1920 s, the rencewed interest in ceiling fans began
(b) the rencwed interest in ceiling fans, which were very popular from 1900 until the 1920 s began
(c) after they were very popular from 1900 until the 1920 s, the renewed interest in ceiling fans was beginning.
(d) ceiling fans were very popular from 1900 until the 1920 s, with renewed interest beginning in them.
(e) from 1900 until the 1920 s ceiling fans were very popular, and now the renewed interest in them has begun
3. there is speculation that increasing cold weather was what may have been responsible for the anasazi move from mesa verde to sites in other canyons.
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