2021GMAT真题模拟08-02

1、Rising tides of unemployment claims across the state has led the governor to declare the economy to be in a state of emergency.（单选题）

A. Rising tides

B. Because the rising tide

C. The tide is rising

D. The rising tide

E. The rising of the tide

试题答案：D

2、Which of the following statements presents the strongest conclusionthat one could draw based on the information given in the passage?（单选题）

A. The collapse of the Internet stock “bubble” drove thousands of investors into bankruptcy.

B. People involved with the Internet do not all agree on which party bears the most responsibility forthe collapse of the Internet stock “bubble.”

C. Of all parties involved with the Internet, financial professionals such as investment bankers and fund managers derived the most profts from the stock “bubble.”

D. The Internet stock “bubble” could not have occurred if entrepreneurs had been honest about the true financial prospects of their companies.

E. The average investor has no one to blame but himself or herself if he or she invested in an Internet stock without adequately understanding the true financial prospects of the companies in question.

试题答案：B

3、A brand of cough syrup comes with a measuring cup attached so that customers can measure the proper dosage. A consultant has pointed out that this cup is unnecessary, since most customers have measuring cups at home. Since the cups increase the cost of packaging the cough syrup and reduce the total number of units that can be shipped in a standard package, the consultant advises that the company can increase its net revenue on this product (total revenue minus total costs) by selling the cough syrup without the measuring cups.
　 Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest evidence that the company should not follow the consultant’s advice?（单选题）

A. Studies have shown that customers who use cough syrup without a measuring cup frequently take either too little or too much of the medicine, rendering the dosage either ineffective or, in cases of overdose, dangerous.

B. The company has included a measuring cup with each bottle of cough syrup for the last 18 years.

C. Studies have shown that 85 percent of consumers possess at home either a measuring cup, a set of measuring spoons or both.

D. Many customers neglect to follow the recommended dosage of cough syrup even when the measuring cup is packaged along with the bottle of cough syrup.

E. Shipping the cough syrup bottles without the measuring cups will provide a marginal improvement in the number of cough syrup bottles that can be shipped is a standard package.

试题答案：A

4、In fisheries in general, when a large harvest is taken one year, there will be fewer fish available to be harvested in the following year, leading to decreasing yields of most fish species over time. The Maine lobster is an anomaly, however. Even though the vast number of lobster traps covering the New England coast pull in more lobsters every year, the number of lobsters in the water has shown no signs of decreasing.
　 Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain the apparent anomaly concerning the number of Maine lobsters?（单选题）

A. The decline of other fish species in the region has deprived the lobster of its natural food source of scavenged fish.

B. The bait in lobster traps provides abundant food for young lobsters, which are still small enough to swith out of the traps, leading to much higher survival rates among young lobsters than would be expected in nature.

C. As global warming heats the waters of the Atlantic coastline, the Maine lobster has extended its northern range to well past Nova Scotia.

D. The ever, increasing demand for lobsters in seafood restaurants and steakhouses across the country has driven a corresponding increase in the supply of the product.

E. The increased lobster harvest has resulted in many juvenile lobsters but very few breeding- age lobsters, which could result in a crash in lobster numbers in the near future.

试题答案：B

5、Although no proof yet exists of the electromagnetic disturbances observed being the results of nuclear weapons testing, diplomats are treating the situation with utmost delicacy.（单选题）

A. of the electromagnetic disturbances observed being the results of nuclear weapons testing

B. regarding the observed electromagnetic disturbances having been the results of nuclear weapons testing

C. that the electromagnetic disturbances observed were the results of nuclear weapons testing

D. that nuclear weapons testing resulted in the electromagnetic disturbances having been observed

E. that the electromagnetic disturbance observed were resulting from nuclear weapons testing

试题答案：C