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116. Approximately 7.6 million women who earn incomes have preschool-age children, and approximately 6.4 million women are the sole income earners for their families. These figures indicate that there are comparatively few income-earning women who have preschool-age children but are not the sole income earners for their families.
A major flaw in the reasoning is that it
A. relies on figures that are too imprecise to support the conclusion drawn
B. overlooks the possibility that there is little or no overlap between the two populations of women cited
C. fails to indicate whether the difference between the two figures cited will tend to remain stable over time
D. ignores the possibility that families with preschool-age children might also have older children
E. provides no information on families in which men are the sole income earners
答案：B
117. A certain viral infection is widespread among children, and about 30 percent of children infected with the virus develop middle ear infections. Antibiotics, although effective in treating bacterial infections, have no effect on the virus. Yet when middle ear infections in children infected with the virus are treated with antibiotics, the ear often clear up.
Which one of the following most helps to explain the success of the treatments with antibiotics?
A. Although some types of antibiotics fail to clear up certain infections, other types of antibiotics might provide effective treatment for those infections.
B. Children infected with the virus are particularly susceptible to bacterial that infect the middle age.
C. Many children who develop middle ear infections are not infected with the virus.
D. Most viral infections are more difficult to treat than are most bacterial infections.
E. Among children not infected with the virus, fewer than 30 percent develop middle ear infections.
答案：B
A：否定原文。无关项
C：无关项
D：对原文的论断有相反的作用
E：无关项
问题是问：help to explain。那麽答案应该是顺着原文说的。
118. There are about 75 brand of microwave popcorn on the market altogether, they account for a little over half of the money from sales of microwave food products. It takes three minutes to pop corn in the microwave, compared to even minutes to pop corn conventionally. Yet by weight, microwave popcorn typically costs over five times as much as conventional popcorn. Judging by the popularity of microwave popcorn, many people are willing to pay a high price for just a little additional convenience.
Which one of the following statements, if true, would call into question the conclusion in the passage?
A. More than 50 percent of popcorn purchasers buy conventional popcorn rather than microwave popcorn.
B. Most people who prefer microwave popcorn do so because it is less fattening than popcorn that is popped conventionally in oil.
C. The price of microwave popcorn reflects its packaging more than it reflects the quality of the popcorn contained in the package.
D. The ratio of unpopped kernels to popped kernels is generally the same whether popcorn is popped in a microwave or conventionally in oil.
E. Because microwave popcorn contains additives not contained in conventional popcorn, microwave popcorn weights more than an equal volume of conventional popcorn.
答案：B
典型的他因削弱。原文的结论是：因为a little additional convenience而付高额价钱。题目问：call into question。B：付高价是因为脂肪少。
A，C，D，E均为无关项。
119. For a television program about astrology, investigators went into the street and found twenty volunteers born under the sign of Gemini who were willing to be interviewed on the program and to take a personality test. The test confirmed the investigators’ personal impressions that each of the volunteers was more sociable and extroverted than people are on average. This modest investigation thus supports the claim that one’s astrological birth sign influences one’s personality.
Which one of the following, if true, indicates the most serious flaw in the method used by the investigators?
A. The personality test was not administered or scored personally by the investigators.
B. People born under astrological signs other than Gemini have been judged by astrologers to be much less sociable than those born under Gemini.
C. The personal impressions the investigators first formed of other people have tended to be confirmed by the investigators’ late experience of those people.
D. There is not likely to be a greater proportion of people born under the sign of Gemini on the street than in the population as a whole.
E. People who are not sociable and extroverted are not likely to agree to participate in such an investigation.
參考答案：E
思路：因果倒置，消弱結論
A：無關選項,<即使如此也不一定證明實驗的不公性>
B：屬於前提假設 不引響結論
C：無關選項
D：無關選項(無關對比)
E：因為sociable 才接受調查, 並不是因為星座
120. In Europe, schoolchildren devote time during each school day to calisthenics. North American schools rarely offer a daily calisthenics program. Tests prove that North America children are weaker, slower, and shorter-winded than European children. We must conclude that North American children can be made physically fit only if they participate in school calisthenics on a daily basis.
Which one of the following is assumed in the passage?
A. All children can be made physically fit by daily calisthenics.
B. All children can be made equally physically fit by daily calisthenics.
C. Superior physical fitness produces superior health.
D. School calisthenics are an in indispensable factor in European children’s
E. North American children can learn to eat a more nutritious diet as well as to exercise daily.
參考答案：D 不過D選項好像沒有講完???
思路：calisthenics=健美體操
North American schools rarely offer a daily calisthenics program. Tests prove that North America children are weaker, slower, and shorter-winded than European children.無法推得
calisthenics program是唯一使NA physically fit的原因
除非那是European非有不可的因素
A. 不需要ALL都是
B. 無關選項,和equally無關
C. 無關選項
D. 正確答案,補洞
E. 無關選項(無關對比) 而且as well as強調前者