2012GRE阅读逻辑练习题及答案（五）

2012GRE阅读逻辑练习题及答案（五）

来源: 太傻网考试频道整理 时间: 2012年01月29日

新GRE考试阅读中对于逻辑题的考生是一个重点，下面几天我们将针对新gre考试逻辑题题型给大家整理一些练习题。希望对考生在阅读方面的复习有所帮助。

1. The university's constitution defines the powers of two governing bodies.The general council， which currently retains authority over constitutional matters， consists of all the university's living alumni.The twenty-member senate decides routine matters by majority vote.A new proposal suggests making a unanimous vote in the senate sufficient to change the constitution. If the statements above are true， which of the following must follow on the basis of them？

（A） The proposal will take effect only if it receives the senate's unanimous support.

（B） Currently each member of the senate has power of veto over any proposal that comes before that body.

（C） Adopting the proposal would allow passage of constitutional changes without the general council's approval. （D） Any of the university's alumni can fill any one of the twenty seats on the senate.

（E） Adopting the new proposal would increase the voice of the alumni in the conduct of university affairs.

2.Comparison of the growth rings of ancient trees enables scientists to determine from a piece of timber the year in which the tree used for the timber was felled.Hence， by analyzing the growth rings in timber surviving from ancient buildings，

archaeologists can determine precisely when those buildings were constructed.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends？

（A） The timber used for construction purposes in ancient times was made from very old trees.

（B） The timber that was used in ancient building

construction had not， prior to being used in the construction of the buildings， lain unused for an indeterminable amount of time. （C） The growth rings of any tree felled in a given year are identical to the growth rings of any other tree felled in that year. （D） The oldest of the ancient buildings that survive to the present day were constructed of the most durable woods.

（E） Ancient builders did not use more than one type of wood for the construction of a given building.

3.Color-tinting of movies originally photographed in black-and-white is inappropriate.Hundreds of the original artistic choices would have been made differently had these movies been filmed in color.Lighting on the sets of these movies was arranged to make highlights and shadows look right in black-and-white. Which of the following claims， if substituted for the claim about the lighting of movie sets， would lend the same type of support to the argument above？

（A） An important part of what gives these movies their identity is the result of the black-and-white format.

（B） Color film would have better captured the film-makers' intentions.

（C） Color film is superior to black-and-white film for making movies.

（D） Makeup for the actors was applied so as to look best in black-and-white films.

（E） The choice of black-and-white film over color film is entirely a matter of taste.

4.In Borkland， university scholarship stipends worth $4.2 million were unclaimed last year because several scholarship programs attracted no applicants who met the programs' qualifying criteria.This is an egregious waste of funds in a country where thousands of promising students each year cannot afford tuition.Qualifying criteria for those scholarships， therefore， should be revised.

Which of the following， if true about Borkland， most strongly supports the conclusion drawn above？

（A） Many scholarships are unclaimed not because their qualifying criteria are too restrictive but because the scholarship programs rarely announce the scholarships' availability.

（B） Because of inflation， the stipends offered by certain scholarship programs now appear less attractive to potential applicants than they did when they were first offered.

（C） A significant number of scholarship programs awarded all of their available scholarship stipends last year， yet most of those programs have very restrictive qualifying criteria.

（D） Certain scholarship programs accept applications only from students enrolled in specific major fields of study， but Borkland's universities no longer offer courses in the fields specified by many of those programs.

（E） Several scholarship programs have found it impossible to revise their qualifying criteria without engaging in lengthy and costly legal proceedings.

5.In Diersville the new Environmental Action party won two seats on the seven-member town council in 1988.It lost both of those seats in the 1992 election，even though the party's pro-environment platform had essentially remained

unchanged.This decline in the party's fortunes clearly demonstrates that in Diersville environmental concerns faded in significance between 1988 and 1992.

Which of the following， if true， most seriously weakens the argument？

（A） Between 1988 and 1992， the number of eligible voters in Diersville rose， but not the percentage who actually voted. （B） Between 1988 and 1992，Diersville's leading political party revised its platform， adopting a strongly environmentalist stance.

（C） The parties that ran candidates in the 1992 election in Diersville were the same as those that had done so in the 1988 election.

（D） In 1992 the Environmental Action party won fewer votes in Diersville than it had won in 1988.

（E） Between 1988 and 1992， some measures intended to benefit the environment had been adopted by the town council， but with inconclusive results.

6.The United States is not usually thought of as a nation of parakeet lovers.Yet in a census of parakeet owners in selected comparable countries， the United States ranked second， with eleven parakeet owners per hundred people.The conclusion can be