[neophyte2cat]

Originally Posted by Unhappy_Demon

try this...

Consumers planning to buy recreational equipment tend to buy higher quality, more expensive equipment when the economy is strong than when it is weak. Hill and Dale is a business that sells high-quality, expensive camping and hiking equipment in Boravia. Although all the signs are that Boravia’s economy is now entering a period of sustained strength, the managers of the business do not expect a substantial increase in sales.

Which of the following, if true, would provide the strongest justification for the managers’ judgment?


A. A significant proportion of Hill and Dale’s sales are made to customers who enter the store in order to buy one particular item but, once there, find other items to buy as well.
B. In Boravia when the economy is strong, those who might otherwise go camping tend to take vacations overseas.
C. The economic upturn is likely to allow Boravia’s national parks, where most of the camping and hiking is done, to receive extra funding to improve their visitor facilities.
D. Advances in materials technology have led to the development of hiking and camping equipment that is more comfortable and lightweight than before.
E. Many people in Boravia not only are committed to preserving the country’s wilderness areas but also are interested in spending some time in them.

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VOCAB
camping = camping
hiking = a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure;
sustained = fixed , constant
substantial =significant
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My answer is Option B.

A - The window shopping concept is not related to the passage
C - Contradicting the main idea of the passage
D - Not as strong as option B.
E - Not related

[racer_jo]

Originally Posted by Unhappy_Demon

During the first nine months of 1979, textbook publishers incurred substantial costs for creating products that, due to a decline in public funding for instructional material, never were sold.


(A) funding for instructional material, never were
(B) funding for instructional material, never was
(C) funding, the instructional material, was never
(D) funding for instructional material, the products were never
(E) funding, they were never

I'll go with (A)..

[neophyte2cat]

Originally Posted by Unhappy_Demon

During the first nine months of 1979, textbook publishers incurred substantial costs for creating products that, due to a decline in public funding for instructional material, never were sold.


(A) funding for instructional material, never were
(B) funding for instructional material, never was
(C) funding, the instructional material, was never
(D) funding for instructional material, the products were never
(E) funding, they were never

my take is Optn. (D)

[Unhappy_Demon]

try this....


In parts of South America, vitamin-A deficiency is a serious health problem, especially among children. In one region, agriculturists are attempting to improve nutrition by encouraging farmers to plant a new variety of sweet potato called SPK004 that is rich in beta-carotene, which the body converts into vitamin A. The plan has good chances of success, since sweet potato is a staple of the region’s diet and agriculture, and the varieties currently grown contain little beta-carotene.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the prediction that the plan will succeed?

A. The growing conditions required by the varieties of sweet potato currently cultivated in the region are conditions in which SPK004 can flourish.

B. The flesh of SPK004 differs from that of the currently cultivated sweet potatoes in color and texture, so traditional foods would look somewhat different when prepared from SPK004.

C. There are no other varieties of sweet potato that are significantly richer in beta-carotene than SPK004 is.

D. The varieties of sweet potato currently cultivated in the region contain some important nutrients that are lacking in SPK004.

E. There are other vegetables currently grown in the region that contain more beta-carotene than the currently cultivated varieties of sweet potato do.

[Queen81]

Per TIME material .. the following is correct sentence.
That unequal social, particularly power, relations impede access to quality education is well known.

But I feel we need a comma - "..quality education, is well known"

Please help.

[shashank3012]

Originally Posted by Unhappy_Demon

try this....


In parts of South America, vitamin-A deficiency is a serious health problem, especially among children. In one region, agriculturists are attempting to improve nutrition by encouraging farmers to plant a new variety of sweet potato called SPK004 that is rich in beta-carotene, which the body converts into vitamin A. The plan has good chances of success, since sweet potato is a staple of the region’s diet and agriculture, and the varieties currently grown contain little beta-carotene.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the prediction that the plan will succeed?

A. The growing conditions required by the varieties of sweet potato currently cultivated in the region are conditions in which SPK004 can flourish.

B. The flesh of SPK004 differs from that of the currently cultivated sweet potatoes in color and texture, so traditional foods would look somewhat different when prepared from SPK004.

C. There are no other varieties of sweet potato that are significantly richer in beta-carotene than SPK004 is.

D. The varieties of sweet potato currently cultivated in the region contain some important nutrients that are lacking in SPK004.

E. There are other vegetables currently grown in the region that contain more beta-carotene than the currently cultivated varieties of sweet potato do.

my take
option (A)

reason: D and E contradict.B might hinder the sales of the product,due to a different look and C implies that the idea is correct but,not why would the plan succeed.

[shashank3012]

Originally Posted by Queen81

Per TIME material .. the following is correct sentence.
That unequal social, particularly power, relations impede access to quality education is well known.

But I feel we need a comma - "..quality education, is well known"

Please help.

i think,the original is correct.
just an opinion-whenever,you have a set of commas,look for the parts of the sentence before the first comma and after the next comma.they should be able to translate into a complete sentence.the space between the 2 commas is as an adjective to the sentence.

now,in your sentence,if we put a comma,we get

That unequal social is well known.

this does not make any sense.

remember,this is just an opinion.anyone else,is free to correct me.any better explanations are welcome.

hope that helps.

[Unhappy_Demon]

try this...

Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium transmitted to humans by deer ticks. Generally deer ticks pick up the bacterium while in the larval stage from feeding on infected whitefooted mice. However, certain other species on which the larvae feed do not harbor the bacterium. Therefore, if the population of these other species were increased, the number of ticks acquiring the bacterium and hence the number of people contracting Lyme disease—would likely decline.

Which of the following it would be most useful to ascertain in evaluating the argument?

A. Whether populations of the other species on which deer tick larvae feed are found only in areas also inhabited by white footed mice.

B. Whether the size of the deer population is currently limited by the availability of animals for ticks ‘s larval stage to feed on

C. Whether the infected deer population could be controlled by increasing the number of animals that prey on white footed mice.

D.Whether deer ticks that were not infected as larvae can become infected as adults by feeding on deer on which infected deer ticks have fed.

E. Whether the other species on which deer tick larvae feed harbor any other bacteria that ticks transmits to humans.


>>Generally deer ticks pick up the bacterium while in the larval stage from feeding on infected whitefooted mice.

irrk.....deer ticks larval eats whitefooted mice !!!! bit surprising ... am i misunderstanding something ?

[jigar_p_civil]

Originally Posted by Unhappy_Demon

try this...

Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium transmitted to humans by deer ticks. Generally deer ticks pick up the bacterium while in the larval stage from feeding on infected whitefooted mice. However, certain other species on which the larvae feed do not harbor the bacterium. Therefore, if the population of these other species were increased, the number of ticks acquiring the bacterium and hence the number of people contracting Lyme disease—would likely decline.

Which of the following it would be most useful to ascertain in evaluating the argument?

A. Whether populations of the other species on which deer tick larvae feed are found only in areas also inhabited by white footed mice.

B. Whether the size of the deer population is currently limited by the availability of animals for ticks ‘s larval stage to feed on

C. Whether the infected deer population could be controlled by increasing the number of animals that prey on white footed mice.

D.Whether deer ticks that were not infected as larvae can become infected as adults by feeding on deer on which infected deer ticks have fed.

E. Whether the other species on which deer tick larvae feed harbor any other bacteria that ticks transmits to humans.


>>Generally deer ticks pick up the bacterium while in the larval stage from feeding on infected whitefooted mice.

irrk.....deer ticks larval eats whitefooted mice !!!! bit surprising ... am i misunderstanding something ?

ans is D?

[CheckEETS]

Originally Posted by Unhappy_Demon

try this...

Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium transmitted to humans by deer ticks. Generally deer ticks pick up the bacterium while in the larval stage from feeding on infected whitefooted mice. However, certain other species on which the larvae feed do not harbor the bacterium. Therefore, if the population of these other species were increased, the number of ticks acquiring the bacterium and hence the number of people contracting Lyme disease—would likely decline.

Which of the following it would be most useful to ascertain in evaluating the argument?

A. Whether populations of the other species on which deer tick larvae feed are found only in areas also inhabited by white footed mice.

B. Whether the size of the deer population is currently limited by the availability of animals for ticks ‘s larval stage to feed on

C. Whether the infected deer population could be controlled by increasing the number of animals that prey on white footed mice.

D.Whether deer ticks that were not infected as larvae can become infected as adults by feeding on deer on which infected deer ticks have fed.

E. Whether the other species on which deer tick larvae feed harbor any other bacteria that ticks transmits to humans.


>>Generally deer ticks pick up the bacterium while in the larval stage from feeding on infected whitefooted mice.

irrk.....deer ticks larval eats whitefooted mice !!!! bit surprising ... am i misunderstanding something ?

Options -
a) Irrelevant
b) Relevant. The argument is to impose a decline in the population of the deer ticks. If there is another way for Lyme disease to spread, then this whole exercise is redundant. So, this point needs to be ascertained.
c) Relevant but incorrect. The prey species might contain the Lyme disease bacterium too.
d) Relevant but wayward. Inference is too far-fetched.
e) Irrelevant

So, my take is (B).