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Din's GMAT OG笔记（2）
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6.
Company Alpha buys free-travel coupons from people who are awarded the
coupons by Bravo Airlines for flying frequently on Bravo airplanes.The
coupons are sold to people who pay les for the coupons than they would
pay by purchasing tickets from Bravo.This making of coupons results in
lost revenue for Bravo.
To discourage the buying and selling of free-travel coupons, it would
be best for Bravo Airlines to restrict the
Bravo航空公司向长期使用他们航线的顾客提供的免费旅行招待券，Alpha公司从这些顾客中
收购这些招待卷。它们被出售给那些本需要从Bravo购票的人们，这样比他们从Bravo公司直
接购票来的便宜。招待卷计划导致Bravo公司收入损失。
为了防止买卖免费旅行招待券，Bravo航空公司最应该限制的是..
A. number of coupons that a person can be awarded in a particular year
限制一年中某人可以得到的招待券数量。
B. use of the coupons to those who were awarded the coupons and
members of their immediate families.
只限那些得到招待卷的人或是他们的直系亲属使用。
C. days that the coupons can be used to Monday through Friday.
限制招待卷使用时间为周一到周五。
D. amount of time that the coupons can be used after they are issued.
限制招待券在被提供后的使用时限。
分析:
简单，选B
总结:
注意 restrict to， 这种提供上半句接下半句的情况可能会有拆散的短语，需要重新连
在一起，否则有可能会造成误解。
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A detachable part, as of a ticket or advertisement, that entitles the
bearer to certain benefits, such as a cash refund or a gift.
礼券，优待券：一个可分开的部分，如票或广告中使持有者获得某种利益的部分，如现金返回
或礼物
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7.
The ice on the front windshield of the car had formed when moisture
condensed during the night. The ice melted quickly after the car was
warmed up the next morning because the defrosting vent, which blows on
the front windshield,was turned on full force.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously jeopardizes the
validity of the explanation for the speed with which the ice melted?
夜间凝结在汽车前窗上的露水会结冰。这些冰在第二天早晨汽车发动的时候会迅速融化，因为
这时对汽车前窗喷气的除霜口被开到最大功率。
下列中，如果为真的话，哪个最威胁上述关于冰融化速度的解释的有效性。
A. The side windows had no ice condensation on them.
边窗上没有结冰。
B. Even though no attempt was made to defrost the back window, the ice
there melted at the same rate as did the ice on the front windshield.
即使没有对后窗采取任何措施，后窗上的冰也与前窗上的融化的一样快。
C. The speed at which ice on a window melts increases as the
temperature of the air blown on the window increases.
窗上冰的融化速度会随着喷在窗上气体温度的升高而增快。
D. The warm air from the defrosting vent for the front windshield
cools rapidly as it dissipates throughout the rest of the car.
来自前窗除霜口的温暖气体迅速冷却，当它消散在车周围时。
E. The defrosting vent operates efficiently even when the heater,which
blows warm air toward the feet or faces of the driver and passengers,
is on.
除霜口与加热器（可以给驾驶员和乘客的脚部和脸部吹送暖气）一起工作时更有效。
分析:
A,不影响。B，削弱命题,正确。 C，加强命题，错误。
D，加强命题，错误。E，加强命题，错误。
总结：
要知道jeopardize是威胁的意思，否则就没法理解题意了。有一次说明了词汇是关键。
moisture n.
Diffuse wetness that can be felt as vapor in the atmosphere or
condensed liquid on the surfaces of objects; dampness.
湿气：在大气中被感觉为蒸汽或在物体表面凝成液体的发散的潮湿；潮湿
condense vt.
To cause (a gas or vapor) to change to a liquid.
液化：使（空气或蒸汽）变成液体
defrost vt.
To remove ice or frost from.
除霜：除去…的冰霜
vent n.
An opening permitting the escape of fumes, a liquid, a gas, or steam.
通风孔；排放口：排放烟雾、液体、气体或蒸汽的开口
jeopardize vt.
To expose to loss or injury; imperil.
使…遇险：使陷入险境或受伤
dissipate vi.
To vanish by dispersion:
消散，消失，消耗
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8.
To prevent some conflicts of interest,Congress could prohibit high-
level government officials from accepting positions as lobbyists for
three years after such officials leave government service. One such
official concluded,however,that such a prohibition would be
unfortunate because it would prvent high-level government officials
from earning a livelihood for three years.
The official's conclusion logically depends on which of the following
assumptions?
为了维护公众利益，国会禁止高级政府官员在其离职的3年内受雇为动议团成员。于是一个
受该禁令约束的官员得出结论：这项禁令将使得政府高级官员在离职后3年内无法谋生。
该官员的结论逻辑上基于如下哪项假定。
A. Laws should not restrict the behavior of former government
officials.
法律不应该限制前政府官员的行为。
B. lobbists are typically people who have previously been high-level
government officials.
动议团成员就是那些曾任政府高级官员的人
C. Low-level government officials do not often become lobbyists when
they leave government service.
政府低级官员离职后，并不经常成为动议团成员。
D. High-level government officials who leave government service are
capable of earning a livelihood only as lobbyists.
政府高级官员离职后只有成为动议团成员才能谋生.
E. High-level government officials who leave government service are
currently permitted to act as lobbyists for only three years.
政府高级官员离职后现在允许成为动议团成员，但只限3年。
分析：
显然只有D是正确的，其它都不占边。
总结:
注意conflicts of interest是指公职人员在个人私利和他所负的公共义务间的冲突。
conflicts of interest n.
A conflict between the private interests and the public obligations of
a person in an official position.
利害冲突：公职人员在个人私利和他所负的公共义务间的冲突
lobby vt.
To try to influence public officials on behalf of or against (proposed
legislation):
游说：为支持或反对…（如立法提案）而试图影响官员：
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9.
A conservation group in the United States in trying to change the long
-standing image of bats as frightening creatures. The group contends
that bats are feared and persecuted solely because they are shy
animals that are active only at night.
Which of the following,if true,would cast the most serious doubt on
the accuracy of the group's contention?
一个美国的保护组织试图改变人们的长期印象——蝙蝠是一种令人恐惧的生物。该团体认为
蝙蝠被惧怕并被迫害只是因为它们是一种害羞的动物：它们只在夜间活动。
下列那种说法，如果为真，最能置疑该组织的说法？
A. Bats are steadily losing natural roosting places such as caves and
hollow trees and are thus turning to more developed area for roosting
蝙蝠在持续的失去自然栖息地，例如山洞和树洞等，因此转向已开发区域寻找栖身之所。
B. Bats are the chief consumers of nocturnal insects and thus can
help make their hunting territory more pleasant for humans.
蝙蝠是夜间昆虫的最主要捕食者，因此它们的狩猎版图比人类更大。
C. Bats are regard as frightening creatures not only in the United
States but also in Europe，Africa,and South America.
蝙蝠不只在美国被认为是一种令人恐惧的生物，在欧洲，非洲，南美也是这样的。
D. Raccoons and owls are shy and active only at night: yet they are
not generally feared and persecuted.
浣熊和猫头鹰是害羞的动物而且只在夜间出没，但并没有普遍被人们惧怕并迫害。
E. People know more about the behavior of other greatly feared animal
species,such as lions,alligators,and snakes,than they do about the
behavior of bats.
相比之下，人们更了解其它很吓人的物种，如狮子，鳄鱼，和蛇的行为，而并不
了解蝙蝠的行为。
分析:
A,与命题没关系，错误 B,还是没关系，错误 C,依旧没关系，错误 D,正确，说明害羞与夜
间出没并不是蝙蝠被惧怕的唯一原因。E，没关系，错误。
总结：
当不知选那个的时候，在读一边题干，也许就清楚了。很好的理解题干的含义是解题的先决
条件。
conservation n.
The act or process of conserving.
保护：保护的行为或过程
contend vt.
To maintain or assert:
主张或声称：
persecute vt.
To oppress or harass with ill-treatment, especially because of race,
religion, sexual orientation, or beliefs.
虐待，残害；迫害：虐待地压迫或折磨，特别是因为种族、宗教、性的倾向或信
仰
cast doubt on
对...产生怀疑, 使人对...产生怀疑
nocturnal adj.
Of, relating to, or occurring in the night:
夜间的：属于，关于或发生于夜间的
territory n.
Biology, An area occupied by a single animal, mating pair, or group and
often vigorously defended against intruders, especially those of the
same species.
【生物学】地盘：由单个动物、一对配偶或一群动物占据的区域，占有者经常对侵入这一区
域者进行反击，特别是对同类侵入者
raccoon n.
A carnivorous North American mammal (Procyon lotor)? having grayish-
brown fur, black masklike facial markings, and a black-ringed bushy
tail.
浣熊：北美食肉类哺乳动物，（浣熊），皮毛灰褐色，面部有黑色纹路，尾多毛,黑色带圈纹
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10.
Meteorite explosions in the Earth's atmosphere as large as the one
that destroyed forests in Siberia,with approximaately the force of a
twelve-megaton nuclear blast,occur about once a century.The response
of highly automated systems controlled by complex computer programs to
unexpected circumstances is unpredictable.
Which of the following conclusions can most properly be drawn, if the
statements above are true, about a highly automated nuclear-missile
defense system controlled by a complex computer program?
坠落入地球大气层的陨星，其爆炸能量可以毁灭西伯利亚的森林，相当于12兆吨的核子爆破
力。这种陨星爆炸每世纪发生一次。根据由复杂计算机程序控制的高度自动化系统的运算结
果，这种意外情况是不可预知的。
如果上述为真的话，关于一个由复杂计算机程序控制的高自动化的核子导弹防御系统，下列哪
个结论是最合适的。
A. Within a century after its construction, the system would react
inappropriately and might accidentally start a nuclear war.
在它被建立一个世纪以后，该系统会做出错误的反应并意外地发动一场核子战争。
B. The system would be destroyed if an explosion of a large meteorite
occurred in the Earth's atmosphere.
如果一个大的陨星坠落入地球的大气层，它所引起的爆炸将会摧毁该系统。
C. It would be impossible for the system to distinguish the explosion
of a large meteorite from the explosion of a nuclear weapon.
该系统将无法分辨是陨星的爆炸还是核武的爆炸。
D. Whether the system would respond inappropriately to the explosion
of a large meteorite would depend on the location of the balst.
该系统是否会不适当的对陨星爆炸做出反应取决于爆炸的发生地点。
E. It is not certain what the system's response to the explosion of
a large meteorite would be, if its designers did not plan for such a
contingency.
如果该系统的设计者没有考虑到陨星爆炸的情况，则不能确定该系统这种情况会做出什么
样的反应。
分析:
A,瞎说，不可能推出。B,也是瞎说。C,迷惑的选项，题干只是说无法预期爆炸的发生，并没
说不能分辨是什么爆炸。D,还是瞎说，错误。E，正确的
总结:
还是要仔细看题，对E，刚开始看的时候，可能会想即使设计了，是否也无法确定呢，仔细看
题干，得出结论。
meteorite n.
A stony or metallic mass of matter that has fallen to the earth's
surface from outer space.
陨星：从外层空间坠落到地球表面的大块石头或金属物质
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