【0730-Qu】日常刷G小组-Day 2

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The violent crime rate (number of violent crimes per 1,000 residents) in Meadowbrook is 60 percent higher now than it was four years ago. The corresponding increase for Parkdale is only 10 percent. These figures support the conclusion that residents of Meadowbrook are more likely to become victims of violent crime than are residents of Parkdale.

* The argument above is flawed because it fails to take into account

A. Changes in the population density of both Meadowbrook and Parkdale over the past four years.

B. How the rate of population growth in Meadowbrook over the past four years compares to the corresponding rate for Parkdale

C. The ratio of violent to nonviolent crimes committed during the past four years in Meadowbrook and Parkdale

D. The violent crime rates in Meadowbrook and Parkdale four years ago

E. How Meadowbrooks' expenditures for crime prevention over the past four years compare to Parkdale's expenditures.

Kernland imposes a high tariff on the export of unprocessed cashew nuts in order to ensure that the nuts are sold to domestic processing plants. If the tariff were lifted and unprocessed cashew were sold at world market prices, more farmers could profit by growing cashews. However, since all the processing plants are in urban areas, removing the tariff would seriously hamper the government‘s effort to reduce urban unemployment over the next five years.

* Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

A. Some of the by-products of processing cashews are used for manufacturing plants and plastics

B. Other countries in which cashews are processed subsidize their processing plants

C. More people in kernland are engaged in farming cashews than in processing them

D. Buying unprocessed cashews at lower than world market prices enables cashew processors in kernland to sell processed nuts at competitive prices

E. A lack of profitable crops is driving an increasing number of small farmers in kernland off their land and into the cities

In Gandania, where the government has a monopoly on tobacco sales, the incidence of smoking-related health problems has risen steadily for the last twenty years. The health secretary recently proposed a series of laws aimed at curtailing tobacco use in Gandania. Profits from tobacco sales, however, account for ten percent of Gandania’s annual revenues. Therefore, Gandania cannot afford to institute the proposed laws.

* Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

A. All health care in Gandania is government-funded.

B. Implementing the proposed laws is not likely to cause a significant increase in the amount of tobacco Gandania exports.

C. The percentage of revenue Gandania receives from tobacco sales has remained steady in recent years.

D. Profits from tobacco sales far surpass any other single source of revenue for the Gandanian government.

E. No government official in Gandania has ever previously proposed laws aimed at curtailing tobacco use.