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A major chemical spill occurred five years ago at Baker's Beach, the world's sole nesting ground for Merrick sea turtles, and prevented nearly all the eggs laid that year from hatching. Yet the number of adult female Merricks returning to lay their eggs at Baker's Beach has actually increased somewhat since five years ago. Clearly, environmentalists' prediction that the world's Merrick population would decline as a result of the spill has proven unfounded.Which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the argument offered in refutation of the environmentalists' prediction?
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GWD OG18-文本逻辑
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According to the passage, during the 1970's and 1980's bidding firms differed from the firms for which they bid in that bidding firms
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The Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to place restrictions on both diesel fuel and diesel engines has sparked a counterattack by the oil industry, saying that the move will exacerbate the nation's fuel supply problems.
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In the past, every ten-percentage-point increase in cigarette prices in the country of Coponia has decreased per capita sales of cigarettes by four percent. Coponia is about to raise taxes on cigarettes by 9 cents per pack. The average price of cigarettes in Coponia is and has been for more than a year 90 cents per pack. So the tax hike stands an excellent chance of reducing per capita sales of cigarettes by four percent.Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
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GWD OG18-文本逻辑
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It can inferred from the passage that the author would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about corporate acquisitions?
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The state religion of ancient China, which came into existence at least as far back as the Han Dynasty (206 B .C . to A .D . 220) and perhaps as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty (1050 B .C . to 771 B .C .), allowed only emperors performing the ritual worship of heaven, perceiving them as special links between the earthly and celestial realms.
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The ancient Nubians inhabited an area in which typhus occurred, yet surprisingly few of their skeletons show the usual evidence of this disease. The skeletons do show deposits of tetracycline, an antibiotic produced by a bacterium common in Nubian soil. This bacterium can flourish on the dried grain used for making two staples of the Nubian diet, beer and bread. Thus, tetracycline in their food probably explains the low incidence of typhus among ancient Nubians.Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?
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GWD OG18-文本逻辑
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The author of the passage implies that which of the following is a possible partial explanation for acquisition behavior during the 1970's and 1980's?
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Recent findings lend strong support to the theory that a black hole lies at the center of the Milky Way and of many of the 100 billion other galaxies estimated to exist in the universe.
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GWD PREP08 Test 2
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It can be inferred from the passage that in classifying pheromones as a type of odorant, the researchers referred to in highlight text posit that
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GWD PREP08 Test 1
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The ancient Nubians inhabited an area in which typhus occurs, yet surprisingly few of their skeletons show the usual evidence of this disease. The skeletons do show deposits of tetracycline, an antibiotic produced by a bacterium common in Nubian soil. This bacterium can flourish on the dried grain used for making two staples of the Nubian diet, beer and bread. Thus, tetracycline in their food probably explains the low incidence of typhus among ancient Nubians.Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?
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For many revisionist historians, Christopher Columbus has come to personify devastation and enslavement in the name of progress that has decimated native peoples of the Western Hemisphere.
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GWD PREP08 Test 2
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According to the passage, the fact that pheromones are processed by the VNO in many animal species has been taken as evidence of which of the following?
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Investment banks often have conflicting roles. They sometimes act for a client company by raising capital from other investment institutions as advantageously as possible, but their analysts also sometimes send unfavorable reports on the financial health of companies for whom they are raising capital to other clients who wish to make investments. Analyses of companies' financial health need to be unbiased if an investment bank is to achieve long-term success.If the statements above are true, which of the following practices, if adopted by an investment bank, would hinder its long-term success?
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In 1926, in her second attempt to swim across the English Channel,Gertrude Ederle not only crossed the Channel against currents that forced her to swim thirty-five miles instead of the minimal twenty-one, but she set a record for speed as well, by swimming the distance in almost two hours faster than anyone had yet done.
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GWD PREP08 Test 2
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The primary purpose of the passage is to
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The Hyksos invaded the Nile Delta of Egypt and ruled it from 1650 to 1550 B. C. Their origin is uncertain, but archaeologists hypothesize that they were Canaatites. In support of this hypothesis, the archaeologists point out that excavations of Avaris, the Hyksos capital in Egypt, have uncovered large numbers of artifacts virtually identical to artifacts produced in Ashkelon, a major city of Canaan at the time of the Hyksos' invasion.In order to evaluate the force of the archaeologists' evidence, it would be most useful to determine which of the following ?
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In contrast to environmentalists' proposals to limit emissions of certain pollutants, the administration proposed calling for mandatory restrictions of only three such pollutants from power plants-mercury, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides-and the plan would delay such cuts until 2010 or later.
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Secret passwords are often used to control access to computers. When employees are allowed to make up their own passwords, they are likely to setup as passwords their initials or birth dates. To improve security, employers should assign randomly generated passwords to employees rather than allowing employees to make up their ownWhich of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the conclusion drawn above?
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According to the passage, the majority of compensation committees put the greatest emphasis on which of the following when determining compensation for their executives?
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