GMAT考试最新逻辑模拟试题

1、GMAT考试最新逻辑模拟试题1. Ca nadia ns now in creas in gly en gage in“ out-shopp ing,，which is shopp ing across the n ati onal border, where pricesare lower. Prices are lower outside of Canada in large part because the goods-and-servicestax that pays for Canadiansocial services is not applied.Which one of the

2、 followingis best supported on thebasis of the in formati on above ?(A) If the upward trend in out-shopping continues at a sig ni fica nt level and the amounts paid by the gover nment forCanadian social services are maintained, the Canadiangoods-a nd-services tax will be assessed at a higher rate.(B

3、) If Canada imposes a substantial tariff on the goodsbought across the border , a reciprocal tariff on cross-border shopp ingin the other directi on will be imposed , therebyharm ing Can adia n bus in esses.(C) The amounts the Canadian government pays out to those who provide social services to Can

4、adia ns are in creas ing.(D) The same brands of goods are available to Canadian shoppers across the border as are available in Can ada.(E) Out-shopping purchases are subject to Canadian taxes when the purchaser crosses the border to bring them into Can ada.2. Left-handedpersons suffer more frequentl

5、ythan doright-ha nded pers ons from certa in immune disorders, suchas allergies. Left-ha nders tend to have an adva ntage over the right-ha nded majority , however , on tasks con trolled by the right hemisphere of the brain , and mathematical reasoning is stron gly un der the in flue nee of the righ

6、t hemisphere in most people.If the in formatio n above is true, it best supports whichof the follow ing hypotheses?(A) Most people who suffer from allergies or other such immune disorders are left-ha nded rather tha n right-ha nded.(B) Most left-handed mathematicians suffer from some kind of allergy

7、.(C) There are proporti on ally more left-ha nders among people whose ability to reason mathematically is above average tha n there are among people with poor mathematical reas oning ability.(D) If a left-handedperson suffers from an allergy , that pers on will probably be good at mathematics.(E) Th

8、ere are proporti on allymore people who suffer from immune disorders such as allergies tha n there are peoplewho are left-ha nded or people whose mathematical reas oning ability is unu sually good.3. Mud from a lake on an unin habited wooded isla nd innorthern Lake Superior contains toxic chemicals

9、,includingtoxaphene , a banned pesticide for cotton that previously was manu factured and used , not in n earby regi ons of Can ada or the northern United States, but in the southern United States.No dumping has occurred on the island. The island lake is sufficiently elevated that water from Lake Su

10、perior does not reach it.The statements above , if true , most strongly support which of the followi ng hypotheses ?(A) The waters of the island lake are more severely polluted tha n those of Lake Superior.(B) The toxaphene was carried to the island in the atmosphere by winds.(C) Banning chemicals s

11、uch as toxaphe ne does not aidthe n atural en vir onment4. To preve nt some con flicts of i nterest ,Con gress couldprohibit high-levelgover nmentofficials from accepti ngpositi ons as lobbyists for three years after such officials leave government service. One such official concluded, however ,that

12、 such a prohibiti on would be unfortun ate because it would preve nt high-level gover nment officials from earning a livelihood for three years.The officials conclusion logically depends on which of the follow ing assumpti ons?(A) Laws should not restrict the behavior of former gover nment officials

13、.(B) Lobbyists are typically people who have previouslybee n high-level gover nment officials.(C) Low-levelgovernmentofficials do not oftenbecome lobbyists whe n they leave gover nment service.(D ) High-levelgovernmentofficials who leavegover nment service are capable of earning a livelihood only as

14、 lobbyists.(E)High-level government officials who leavegover nment service are curre ntly permitted to act as lobbyists for only three years.5. A recent report determinedthat although only threepercent of drivers on Marylandhighwaysequippedtheirvehicles with radar detectors ,thirty-threepercent of a

15、llvehicles ticketed for exceedi ng the speed limit were equipped with them. Clearly , drivers who equip their vehicles with radar detectors are more likely to exceed the speed limit regularly than are drivers who do not.The conclusion drawn above depends on which of the follow ing assumpti ons ?(A )

16、 Drivers who equip their vehicles with radar detectors are less likely to be ticketed for exceedi ng the speed limit tha n are drivers who do not.(B) Drivers who are ticketed for exceed ing the speedlimit are more likely to exceed the speed limit regularly tha nare drivers who are not ticketed.(C) T

17、he number of vehicles that were ticketed for exceeding the speed limit was greater than the number of vehicles that were equipped with radar detectors.(D) Many of the vehicles that were ticketed for exceed ing the speed limit were ticketed more tha n once in thetime period covered by the report.(E)

18、Drivers on Maryla nd highways exceeded the speed limit more ofte n tha n did drivers on other state highways not covered in the report.6. Researchers have found that when very overweight people , who tend to have relatively low metabolic rates , lose weight primarily through diet ing, their metaboli

19、sms gen erallyrema in un cha nged.They will thus bur n sig ni fica ntlyfewercalories at the new weight than do people whose weight is normallyat that level. Such newly thin personswill ,therefore , ultimately regain weight until their body size again matches their metabolic rate.The con clusi on of

20、the argume nt above depe nds on which of the follow ing assumpti ons?(A) Relatively few very overweight people who have dieted down to a new weight tend to continue to consume substantially fewer calories than do people whose normal weight is at that level.(B) The metabolisms of people who are usual

21、ly not overweight are much more able to vary tha n the metabolismsof people who have bee n very overweight.(C) The amount of calories that a pers on usually bur ns in a day is determ ined more by the amount that is con sumed that day tha n by the curre nt weight of the in dividual.(D) Researchers ha

22、ve not yet determ ined whether themetabolic rates of formerly very overweight in dividuals can be accelerated by means of chemical age nts.(E) Because of the con sta ncy of their metabolic rates,people who are at their usual weight no rmally have as much difficulty gaining weight as they do los ing

23、it.7. “ Fast cycle time ”is a strategy of designing amanu facturi ngorga ni zati onto elim in atebottle necks anddelays in producti on. Not only does it speed up producti on,but it also assures quality. The reas on is that the bottle necks and delays cannot be elim in ated uni ess all work is done r

24、ight the first time.The claim about quality made above rests on a questi on able presuppositi on that(A) any flaw in work on a product would cause a bottle neck or delay and so would be preve nted from occurri ngon a “fast cycle ” production line(B) the strategy of “fast cycle time ” would require f

25、un dame ntal rethi nking of product desig n(C) the primary goal of the organization is to produce aproduct of un excelled quality, rather tha n to gen erate profits(D)“ fast cycle timefor stockholderscould be achieved by shav ing time off each of the comp onent processes in producti on cycle(E)“ fast cycle time ” is a con cept in bus in ess strategythat has not yet bee n put into practice in a factory8. Blood banks will shortly start to screen all donors for NANB hepatitis.Although the newscree ningtests areestimated to disqualify up to 5 percent of all prospective blood donors