Passage 8
In recommending to the board of trustees a tuition increase of $500 per year, the President of the university said： "There were no student demonstrations over the previous increase of $300 last year and $200 the year before."
42.If the President's statement is accurate, which of the following can be validly inferred from the information given?
I.Most students in previous years felt that the increases were justified because of increased operating costs
II.Student apathy was responsible for the failure of students to protest the previous tuition increases.
III.Students are not likely to demonstrate over the new tuition increases.
(A) I only (B) II only (C) I or II, but not both (D) Neither I, II, and III
Passage 9
A meadow in springtime is beautiful, even if no one there to appreciate it.
43.The statement above would be a logical rebuttal to which of the following claims?
(A) People will see only what they want to see.
(B) Beauty is only skin deep.
(C) There's no accounting for taste.
(D) Beauty exists only in the eye of the beholder.
Passage 10
"I have considered the structure of all Volant animals, and find the folding continuity of the bat's wings most easily accommodated to the human form. Upon this model I shall begin my task tomorrow, and in a year expect to tower into the air beyond the malice or pursuit of man. But I will work only this condition, that the art shall not be divulged, and that you shall not require me to make wings for any but ourselves. "
"Why," said Rasselas, "should you envy others so great an advantage? All skill ought to be exerted for universal good； every man has owed much to others, and ought to repay the kindness that he has received."
"If men were all virtuous," returned the artist, "I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the security of the good, if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky? Against an army sailing might though the clouds neither wall, nor mountains, nor seas, could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind, and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital of a fruitful region that was descent of some of the naked nations that swarm on the coast of the southern sea."
44.The person whom Rasselas is speaking to is
(A) a tailor (B) a gamber (C) a biologist (D) an artist
45.The attitude of the persion giving his point of view is one of
(A) optimism (B) sarcasm (C) distrust (D) innocence
46.In this selection, the author is employing the literary device of
(A) onomatopoeia (B) symbolism (C) irony (D) alliteration
Passage 11
In country X, the Conservative, Democratic and Justice parties have fought three civil wars in twenty years. To restore stability, an agreement is reached to rotate the tip offices - President, Prime Minister, and Army Chief of Staff-among the parties, so that each party controls one and only one Office at all times. The three top office holders must each have two deputies, one from each of the other parties. Each deputy must choose a staff composed equally of members of his or her chief's party and members of the third party.
47.When the Justice party holds one of the top offices, which of the following cannot be true?
(A) Some of the staff members within that Office are Justice Party members
(B) Some of the staff members within that Office are Democratic Party members
(C) Two of the deputies within that Office are Justice Party members
(D) Two of the deputies within that Office are Conservative Party members
48.When the Democratic Party holds the Presidency, the staffs of the Prime Minister's deputies are composed of
I.one-fourth of Democratic Party members
II.one-half of Justice Party members, one-fourth of Conservative Party members
III.one-half of Conservative Party members, one-fourth of Justice Party members
(A) I only (B) I and II only (C) II or III, but not both (D) I and II or I and III
49.Which of the following is allowable under the rules as stated?
(A) More than half of the staff within a given Office belonging to a single party.
(B) Half the staff members within a given Office belonging to a single party.
(C) Any person having a member of the same party as his or her immediate superior
(D) Half the total number of staff members in all three Offices belonging to a single party.
50.The Office of the Army Chief of Staff passes from the Conservatives to the Justice Party. Which of the following must be fired?
(A) The Democratic deputy and all staff members belonging to the Justice Party
(B) Justice Party deputy and all of his or her staff members
(C) Justice Party deputy and all of his or her staff members belonging to the Conservative Party.
(D) Conservative Party deputy and all of his or her staff members belonging to the Conservative Party.