SECTION Ⅱ
Time-35 minutes
26 Questions
Directions: The questions in this section are based on the reasoning contained in brief statements or passages. For some questions, more than one of the choices could conceivably answer the question. However, you are to choose the best answer, that is the response that most accurately and completely answers the question. You should not make assumptions that are by commonsense standards implausible, superfluous, or incompatible with the passage. After you have chosen the best answer, blacken the corresponding space on your answer sheet.
1.An office building at State University contains a concrete stairway, the carpet on which has become worn and frayed. Despite numerous warnings by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the university has not replaced a burned-out light in the stairway. Fred, a student, recently caught his heel in the torn carpet, tripped, and fell down the stairway. He was hospitalized for a severe concussion and other injuries. After his release from the hospital, he required much more medical attention and medication and had to withdraw from the university for a semester. He brings suit against the university.
Which one of the following is the best ling of causal analysis for Fred's attorney to pursue in the personal injury case?
(A) The concrete steps, because they were hard, worsened Fred's injuries.
(B) The university is responsible for the condition of the carpet.
(C) The burned-out light constitutes negligence.
(D) The distance Fred fell worsened his injuries.
(E) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has no jurisdiction over the university.
2.Research shows that exercise has a beneficial effect on health. After much testing with many different types of persons, it has been shown that, in most cases, exercise definitely helps to prevent illnesses caused by viruses. The common cold is caused by a virus. Therefore._________
Which one of the following is the best completion of the argument above?
(A) exercise alone will not prevent the common cold
(B) exercise is no more effective than antibiotics in preventing the common cold
(C) exercise is probably not effective in preventing colds caused by bacteria
(D) exercise helps the body to destroy invading viruses
(E) exercise may help to prevent the common cold
3.Just a few years ago salmon could not survive in the oxygen-starved and polluted Thames. Nor could many other species. But now, after years of determined effort, the salmon have returned, and that is a sure sign that the river is pollution-free.
Each of the following indicates a possible flaw in the reasoning in the passage above EEXCEPT:英语作文
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