下载明天 1 GMAT题库考题及翻译---Argument篇 为了方便考生复习,本资料的题目按照网上广为流传的方式编号:即按照Official Guide(第十版)的顺序编排,删去的题目(54,56,69,71,90,98,99,103)保持原来的序号。 虽然在 2006年 10月公布的题库中,删除了所有 2005年新增的题目,但是仔细分析就会发现这部分题目有相当一部分与最新题库中的某些题比较相似;另一方面,某些考题在考试中仍会出现,所以本资料保留了这部分题目,供考生参考。 目前的题库(共 179道)由三部分组成: 1)OG上面的题库,编号1-139,删去了八道(54,56,69,71,90,98,99,103),共 131道题; 2)2005年增加 34道题,编号140-173 3)2006年增加 14题,编号174-187 1.The following appeared as part of an annual report sent to stockholders by Olympic Foods, a processor of frozen foods. 下文摘自一家奥林匹克食品公司(一家冷冻食品公司)递交给股东的年度报告。 “Over time, the costs of processing go down because as organizations learn how to do things better, they become more efficient. In color film processing, for example, the cost of a 3-by-5-inch print fell from 50 cents for five-day service in 1790 to 20 cents for one-day service in 1984. The same principle applies to the processing of food. And since Olympic Foods will soon celebrate its twenty-fifth birthday, we can expect that our long experience will enable us to minimize costs and thus maximize profits.” Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. In your discussion be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the 下载明天 2 argument. For example, you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and what alternative explanations or counterexamples might weaken the conclusion. You can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument, what changes in the argument would make it more logically sound, and what, ...