2015北美机经

　　考试时间：2011年12月3日

　　考试地点：北美

　　issue：

　　Societies should save endangered species only when the potential extinction is caused by human activities.

　　argument：

　　"Of the two leading real estate firms in our town—Adams Realty and Fitch Realty—Adams Realty is clearly superior. Adams has 40 real estate agents; in contrast, Fitch has 25, many of whom work only part-time. Moreover, Adams' revenue last year was twice as high as that of Fitch and included home sales that averaged $168,000,compared to Fitch's $144,000. Homes listed with Adams sell faster as well: ten years ago I listed my home with Fitch,and it took more than four months to sell; last year, when I sold another home, I listed it with Adams, and it took only one month.Thus, if you want to sell your home quickly and at a good price, you should use Adams Realty."

　　Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument.Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.

　　考试时间：2011年11月17日

　　考试地点：纽约

　　issue：

　　People's attitudes are determined more by their immediate situation or surroundings than by society as a whole.

　　argument：

　　The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a local newspaper.

　　"Commuters complain that increased rush-hour traffic on Blue Highway between the suburbs and the city center has doubled their commuting time. The favored proposal of the motorists' lobby is to widen the highway, adding an additional lane of traffic. But last year's addition of a lane to the nearby Green Highway was followed by a worsening of traffic jams on it. A better alternative is to add a bicycle lane to Blue Highway. Many area residents are keen bicyclists. A bicycle lane would encourage them to use bicycles to commute, and so would reduce rush-hour traffic rather than fostering an increase."

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　　考试时间：2011年9月29日

　　考试地点：肯塔基州

　　issue：

　　It is more harmful to compromise one's own beliefs than to adhere to them.  

　　argument：

　　The following appeared in a letter from a firm providing investment advice for a client.

　　"Most homes in the northeastern United States, where winters are typically cold, have traditionally used oil as their major fuel for heating. Last heating season that region experienced 90 days with below-normal temperatures, and climate forecasters predict that this weather pattern will continue for several more years. Furthermore, many new homes are being built in the region in response to recent population growth. Because of these trends, we predict an increased demand for heating oil and recommend investment in Consolidated Industries, one of whose major business operations is the retail sale of home heating oil."

今天是本人第一战，地点在加州的圣地亚哥，趁着脑子还热乎来分享一些经验。

　　Issue: 104. 高效率的领导人应保持最高道德标准。列过类似的提纲，但没复习，现组织的内容，时间很仓促。

　　Argument：15. Happy Pancake House restaurants，butter has been replaced by margarine 那篇。个人觉得不难。

　　说一些作文的注意事项，平时用PP2练得时候是可以用ctrl+C 复制的，真正考试的时候不行，不过可以先选中要复制的部分，然后摁两下剪切，这样就可以无限复制了，尤其是遇到比较长的名词, 比如“Happy Pancake House restaurants”，用起来非常爽，本人打字速度比起大家真的差很远，所以只好想办法取巧。

　　顺序是VQVQV，第一个V个人觉得做的很好，之后的Q很普通，能从头到尾检查一遍还剩几秒。然后是休息。

　　回来之后的那个V很难，我是拿不准的题就mark，结果做完之后没Mark的就3，4道。填空的逻辑关系很晦涩，很多时候是用一句话来描述某个人/物特征，然后让你概括选形容词。对应关键词很多我都不认识，感觉背单词还是王道。

　　接下来的说实话不难，但是有几道题的题干又臭又长，会浪费很多时间。我做第一遍有两道读了半天没明白到底问的什么，全做完还剩5分钟，2分钟解决了一道，剩下那一道不是很确定。

　　最后一个V和又很普通了，阅读有机经里的题。所实话，真心不确定哪一个是加试的，我当时十分希望是中间那个，可是看结果好像是最后那个加试，杯了个具。

　　下面说机经，能想起多少就说多少。

　　数学：

　　1. 印象最深的一道是一个图表题，柱状图，但柱子是横着的。横坐标是工作时间(分钟)，纵坐标是5类食物，有2 pound 面包，1 dozen 鸡蛋，XX牛奶 等等。就是告诉你要挣到买不同食物的工资，工人所需要的工作时间。题目有3到。都不难，但是问题都很绕。

　　2. 还有一个问的是关于签证率的一个表，有三道题，都是问百分比的，最绕的是最后一道，题干里告诉你了总的男女比例，又告诉你签证通过的男生比例(但搞不清楚到底是占男生人数的还是总人数的，表述异常晦涩)。问你签证通过的女生比例。

　　3.有一道说1~100中的9个数，他们的median小于average，问average和50 哪个大。

　　Verbal:

　　1.一个逻辑阅读题说有配偶的乌鸦对进入领地里的其他乌鸦攻击性加强，当没有配偶的乌鸦想进入有没偶的乌鸦的领地觅食时，会发出一种声音，这种声音会吸引来更多没配偶的乌鸦，问哪一个假设能证明乌鸦发出这种声音对自己有利。选项A是说乌鸦在成群时不易受到攻击(大概是这个意思)我当时时间紧，其它选项只是扫了一眼。

　　2.有一个填空是说一个( )的教授一直受人尊重当被问到原因时，他只是耸耸肩说道：我想是因为我20年来没( )太多人。我填的“谦虚”和“得罪”。其它选项忘了，反正我觉得带进去读很通顺。

　　3.有一个逻辑题讨论史前食草动物体型大的原因的，作者最后...

　　考试时间：2011年12月27日

　　考试地点：北美

　　issue：

　　Society should identify those children who have special talents and provide training for them at an early age to develop their talents.

　　argumnt：

　　The following appeared in a memo from the vice president of a food distribution company with food storage warehouses in several cities.

　　"Recently, we signed a contract with the Fly-Away Pest Control Company to provide pest control services at our fast-food warehouse in Palm City, but last month we discovered that over $20,000 worth of food there had been destroyed by pest damage. Meanwhile, the Buzzoff Pest Control Company, which we have used for many years, continued to service our warehouse in Wintervale, and last month only $10,000 worth of the food stored there had been destroyed by pest damage. Even though the price charged by Fly-Away is considerably lower, our best means of saving money is to return to Buzzoff for all our pest control services."

　　考试时间：2011年12月20日

　　考试地点：费城

　　issue：

　　Some people believe that universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student's field of study. Others believe that universities should not force students to take any courses other than those that will help prepare them for jobs in their chosen fields.

　　argument：

　　The following appeared in a memo from a vice president of a large, highly diversified company.

　　"Ten years ago our company had two new office buildings constructed as regional headquarters for two regions. The buildings were erected by different construction companies—Alpha and Zeta. Although the two buildings had identical floor plans, the building constructed by Zeta cost 30 percent more to build. However, that building's expenses for maintenance last year were only half those of Alpha's. In addition, the energy consumption of the Zeta building has been lower than that of the Alpha building every year since its construction. Given these data, plus the fact that Zeta has a stable workforce with little employee turnover, we recommend using Zeta rather than Alpha for our new building project, even though Alpha's bid promises lower construction costs."