1、 GRE 乌托邦答疑讲义（12 月 6 日）http:/ GRE 乌托邦 新 GRE 备考必上的备考网1GRE乌托邦答疑讲义逻辑题专场主讲教师：姚远老师两个黑体句作用题Rain-soaked soil contains less oxygen than does drier soil. The roots of melon plants perform less efficiently under the low-oxygen conditions present in rain-soaked soil.When the efficiency of melon roots is impaire
2、d, the roots do not supply sufficient amounts of the proper nutrients for the plants to perform photosynthesis at their usual levels. It follows that melon plants have a lower-than-usual rate of photosynthesis when their roots are in rain-soaked soil. When the photosynthesis of the plants slows, sug
3、ar stored in the fruits is drawn off to supply the plants with energy. Therefore, ripe melons harvested after a prolonged period of heavy rain should be less sweet than other ripe melons.20. In the argument given, the two highlighted portions play which of the following roles?The first states the co
4、nclusion of the argument as a whole; the second provides support for that conclusion.The first provides support for the conclusion of the argument as a whole; the second provides evidence that supports an objection to that conclusion.The first provides support for an intermediate conclusion that sup
5、ports a further conclusion stated in the argument; the second states that intermediate conclusion.The first serves as an intermediate conclusion that supports a further conclusion stated in the argument; the second states the position that the argument as a whole opposes.The first states the positio
6、n that the argument as a whole opposes; the second supports the conclusion of the argument.An arrest made by a Midville police officer is provisional until the officer has taken the suspect to the police station and the watch commander has officially approved the arrest. Such approval is denied if t
7、he commander judges that the evidence on which the provisional arrest is based is insufficient. A government efficiency expert has observed that almost all provisional arrests meet the standards for adequacy of evidence that the watch commanders enforce. The expert has therefore recommended that bec
8、ause the officers time spent obtaining approval is largely wasted, the watch commanders approval no longer be required. This recommendation should be rejected as dangerous, however, since there is no assurance that the watch commanders standards will continue to be observed once approval is longer r
9、equired.In the editorial, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?GRE 乌托邦答疑讲义（12 月 6 日）http:/ GRE 乌托邦 新 GRE 备考必上的备考网2A. The first is a claim, the accuracy of which is disputed by the editorial; the second is a conclusion drawn in order to support the main conclusion of the edi
10、torial.B. The first is an observation that the editorial disputes; the second is a conclusion that was drawn from that observation.C. The first is a finding that was used in support of a proposal that the editorial opposes; the second is a judgment that was based on that finding and in turn was used
11、 to support the proposal.D. The first is a finding introduced to support the main conclusion of the editorial; the second is that main conclusion.E. The first is a conclusion, the evidence for which the editorial evaluates; the second is part of the evidence cited in favor of that conclusion.选句子题His
12、torians frequently employ probate inventories-lists ofpossessions compiled after a persons death-to estimate standardof living. Because these inventories were taken by amateurassessors according to unwritten rules, they are sometimesunreliable. One way to check their accuracy is to compare themto ar
13、chaeological records. A study of records from the state ofDelaware in the eighteenth century found that while very fewinventories listed earthenware, every excavation containedearthenware. Earthenware may have gone unlisted simply becauseit was inexpensive. But if it was so commonplace, why was it l
14、istedmore often for wealthy households? Perhaps the more earthenwarepeople had, the more likely appraisers were to note it. A few bowlscould easily be absorbed into another category, but a roomful ofearthenware could not.Select the sentence that provides support for an answer to a questionin the pas
15、sage.In Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry does not reject integration or the economic and moral promise of the Americandream; rather, she remains loyal to this dream while looking,realistically, at its incomplete realization. Once we recognize thisdual vision, we can accept the plays ironic nuan
16、ces as deliberatesocial commentaries by Hansberry rather than as the “unintentional“irony that Bigsby attributes to the work. Indeed, a curiouslypersistent refusal to credit Hansberry with a capacity for intentionalirony has led some critics to interpret the plays thematic conflictsas mere confusion
17、, contradiction, or eclecticism. Isaacs, forexample, cannot easily reconcile Hansberrys intense concern forher race with her ideal of human reconciliation. But the playscomplex view of Black self-esteem and human solidarity ascompatible is no more “contradictory than Du Bois famous, well-considered
18、ideal of ethnic self-GRE 乌托邦答疑讲义（12 月 6 日）http:/ GRE 乌托邦 新 GRE 备考必上的备考网3awareness coexisting with humanunity, or Fanons emphasis on an ideal internationalism that alsoaccommodates national identities and roles.Select the sentence in the passage in which the author providesexamples that reinforce an argument against a critical response citedearlier in the passage.
