質問 1：
The Hupa's overwhelming interest in wealth and social position allies them with the North Pacific tribes, but the Hupa thought that the distribution or destruction of property during a potlatch, as those tributes did, was a preposterous idea and beyond their comprehension.
A. the Hupa thought that the distribution or destruction of property during a potlatch, as those tribes did, was a preposterous idea and beyond their comprehension
B. the latter's distribution or destruction of property during a potlatch was to the Hupa a preposterous idea and beyond their comprehension
C. the Hupa thought it a preposterous idea and beyond their comprehension to distribute or destroy property during a potlatch, like those tribes did
D. the distribution or destruction of property during a potlatch by the latter was a preposterous idea to them and beyond their comprehension
E. their distribution or destruction of property during a potlatch they thought was a preposterous idea and beyond their comprehension
正解：D

質問 2：

A. 2x+1
B. x+3
C. 4x+2
D. 2x
E. x+2
正解：A

質問 3：
Which of the following most logically completes the passage below?
Mayor: Commuters working in Ornville must cross either North Bridge or South Bridge. During impending repair work at the North Bridge toll plaza, North Bridge will remain open to traffic, but the usual 25 cent toll will not be collected. So as not to lose toll revenue overall, the city plans to temporarily raise the toll on South Bridge by 20 cents.
The plan is likely to accomplish its objective, since more commuters currently use South Bridge, and
________.
A. the rates for commuters' monthly bridge toll passes will not increase
B. the current toll for South Bridge is 20 cents
C. very few commuters could switch from one bridge to the other without serious inconvenience to themselves
D. substantial amounts of toll revenue collected at South Bridge will go toward paying for the repairs at the North Bridge toll plaza
E. at both bridges, tolls are currently collected not only on vehicles entering Ornville but also on vehicles leaving Ornville
正解：C

質問 4：
The Red Balloon Challenge was an experiment aimed at determining how quickly widely disbursed information could be gathered using social media. Competitors tried to locate 10 red weather balloons that had been tethered above random locations around the world in return for a $40,000 prize. The winning team located all of the balloons in just 9 hours, using an incentive-based strategy to encourage information sharing; The first person to send the correct coordinates of a particular balloon to the team received $2,000, but whoever recruited that person received $1,000, and the recruiter's recruiter received S500, and that person's recruiter received $250.
Select for 3 payments per balloon the amount of the prize money that the winning team would have remaining if they had to pay 3 people for each balloon located, and select for 4 payments per balloon the amount of the prize money that the winning team would have remaining if they had to pay 4 people for each balloon located.
Make only two selections, one in each column.

正解：

Explanation


質問 5：
Executive: For this year, our firm's advertising budget for Brand X is four times that for last year, but only half that for the year before last. For each year, for each of our brands, our advertising budget is 10 percent of the average (arithmetic mean) of two amounts: the brand's projected sales for the year and the brand's actual sales for the preceding year. Actual sales of Brand X last year were $5.23 million.
Statement A: Given the executive's statements, a journalist could infer what this year's advertising budget for Brand X is if she knew what the amount of was.
Statement B: Given the knowledge of this year's advertising budget for Brand X, if the reporter also knew Brand X's actual sales for the year before last, she could also infer :
Select for A and for 8 two different options that, if inserted in the blanks, create statements that are supported by the statements attributed to the executive. Make only two selections, one in each column.

正解：

Explanation