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1111 / 23232323 新新新新GRE-ArgumentGRE-ArgumentGRE-ArgumentGRE-Argument全翻译全翻译全翻译全翻译 1.Woven baskets characterized by a particular distinctive pattern have previously been found only in the immediate vicinity of the prehistoric village of Palea and therefore were believed to have been made only by the Palean people. Recently, however, archaeologists discovered such a "Palean" basket in Lithos, an ancient village across the Brim River from Palea. The Brim River is very deep and broad, and so the ancient Paleans could have crossed it only by boat, and no Palean boats have been found. Thus it follows that the so-called Palean baskets were not uniquely Palean. 一种具有独特花纹的编织篮子以前只在史前村庄 Palea 的临近地区发现过，因而被认为是 Palea居所独有的。然 而最近，考古学家在一个与 Palea隔着一条叫做 Brim河 的村庄 Lithos 发现了一个这样的 Palea篮子。Brim河很 深很宽，所以古代 Palea人只能坐船穿过它，但没有证据 表明 Palea人拥有船只。这表明那种所谓的 Palea篮子并 不是那里所独有的。 2.The following appeared as part of a letter to the editor of a scientific journal. "A recent study of eighteen rhesus monkeys provides clues as to the effects of birth order on an individual's levels of stimulation. The study showed that in stimulating situations (such as an encounter with an unfamiliar monkey), firstborn infant monkeys produce up to twice as much of the hormone cortisol, which primes the body for increased activity levels, as do their younger siblings. Firstborn humans also produce relatively high levels of cortisol in stimulating situations (such as the return of a parent after an absence). The study also found that during pregnancy, first-time mother monkeys had higher levels of cortisol than did those who had had several offspring." 最近一项对恒河猴的调查揭示了出生顺序对于个体刺 激水平的影响。调查显示在受到刺激的环境下（例如遇到 一个不熟悉的猴子），头胎小猴的皮质醇分泌会翻倍，这 样增加了它及其兄弟姐妹的身体灵活度。人类的头胎孩子 在遇到刺激（例如父母外出回家）时也会分泌出相对浓度 的皮质醇。研究同时还发现在怀孕期间，第一次为人母的 猴子的皮质醇要比生过几次孩子后的猴子水平高很多。 3/171.The following appeared as a letter to the editor from the owner of a skate shop in Central Plaza. "Two years ago the city voted to prohibit skateboarding in Central Plaza. They claimed that skateboard users were responsible for the litter and vandalism that were keeping other visitors from coming to the plaza. In the past two years, however, there has only been a small increase in the number of visitors to Central Plaza, and litter and vandalism are still problematic. Skateboarding is permitted in Monroe Park, however, and there is no problem with litter or vandalism there. In order to restore Central Plaza to its former glory, then, we recommend that the city lift its prohibition on skateboarding in the plaza." 两年前，市里投票禁止了在中央广场玩滑板。他们认为 是滑板爱好者的废弃物和损毁公物的行为使游客远离了 广场。然而在过去两年中，中央广场的游客却只有少数增 加，而且废弃物和损毁公物的行为依然存在。滑板运动在 M公园就被允许，但是那里却没有任何的废弃物和损毁公 物的行为。为了能让中央广场重新焕发生机，我们建议市 里应该取消广场禁止滑板的限令。 4.The following appeared in a letter from a homeowner to a friend. "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." 在本市的两家最大的房地产经纪公司--Adams Realty 和 Fitch Realty--之中，Adams 显然更优秀一些。Adams 有 40名房地产经纪人，而 Fitch只有 25个，且很多是兼 职工作。而且，Adams 去年的收入是 Fitch的两倍，其平 均房价为$168000，而 Fitch仅为$144000。在 Adams 销 2222 / 23232323 售的房屋卖得也更快：十年前，我把我的房产交给 Fitch， 它用了四个多月才卖出去；去年，我在 Adams 卖了另一 处房产，仅用一个月就售出了。因此，要想让你的房产卖 的更快更好，你应该选择 Adams。 5/159/173.The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Balmer Island Gazette. "On Balmer Island, where mopeds serve as a popular form of transportation, the population increases to 100,000 during the summer months. To reduce the number of accidents involving mopeds and pedestrians, the town council of Balmer Island should limit the number of mopeds rented by the island's moped rental companies from 50 per day to 25 per day during the summer season. By limiting the number of rentals, the town council will attain the 50 percent annual reduction in moped accidents that was achieved last year on the neighboring island of Seaville, when Seaville's town council enforced similar limits on moped rentals." b岛的人口在夏季达到了 100000，而助力车则是岛上 一种非常普遍的交通方式。为了减少由助力车和行人引发 的事故，b岛市政府应该限制岛上夏季助力车租赁公司的 租车数量，从原来的每天 50量减少到 25量。通过限制出 租数量，市政府将会实现助力车事故减少 50％的目标，就 像去年邻近 s岛市政府在实施了同样的政策后所取得的效 果。 6.Arctic deer live on islands in Canada's arctic regions. They search for food by moving over ice from island to island during the course of the year. Their habitat is limited to areas warm enough to sustain the plants on which they feed and cold enough, at least some of the year, for the ice to cover the sea separating the islands, allowing the deer to travel over it. Unfortunately, according to reports from local hunters, the deer populations are declining. Since these reports coincide with recent global warming trends that have caused the sea ice to melt, we can conclude that the purported decline in deer populations is the result of the deer's being unable to follow their age-old migration patterns across the frozen sea. 北极鹿生活在加拿大极地区域的岛屿上。它们全年都通 过冰块在岛屿间移动来寻找食物。它们的栖居地局限在那 些温暖得足以维持它们所需的植物生长，并且在一年的至 少某些时候冷到足以让岛屿间的海面结冰以使它们能够 在岛屿间旅行的地方。然而，根据当地猎人的 报告 软件系统测试报告下载sgs报告如何下载关于路面塌陷情况报告535n,sgs报告怎么下载竣工报告下载 ，鹿的 数量正在下降。由于这一报告正好与最近导致海洋冰面融 化的全球变暖趋势同时发生，我们可以得出结论：北极鹿 数量的下降是它们无法按它们原有的迁移习惯穿越结冰 海面的结果。 7/98/99.The following is a recommendation from the Board of Directors of Monarch Books. "We recommend that Monarch Books open a café in its store. Monarch, having been in business at the same location for more than twenty years, has a large customer base because it is known for its wide selection of books on all subjects. Clearly, opening the café would attract more customers. Space could be made for the café by discontinuing the children's book section, which will probably become less popular given that the most recent national census indicated a significant decline in the percentage of the population under age ten. Opening a café will allow Monarch to attract more customers and better compete with Regal Books, which recently opened its own café." 我们建议 m书店在电内开设一个咖啡厅。M书店在目 前的店址上已经经营了 20多年，并由于其广泛的图书种 类而拥有了庞大的客户群体。很明显，新开设的咖啡厅会 吸引更多的客户，空间可以通过撤出儿童书籍柜台来获 得，因为最近一次全国调查显示 10岁以下儿童的比率显 著下降，所以儿童书就可能没以前那么畅销。开设新咖啡 厅将会使 m吸引更多客户并更好的与最近刚开设了咖啡 厅的 r书店展开竞争。 8.The following appeared in a memo from the director of student housing at Buckingham College. "To serve the housing needs of our students, Buckingham College should build a number of new dormitories. Buckingham's enrollment is growing and, based on current trends, will double over the next 50 years, thus making existing dormitory space inadequate. Moreover, the average rent for an apartment in our town has risen in recent years. Consequently, students will find it increasingly difficult to afford off-campus housing. Finally, attractive new dormitories would make prospective students more likely to enroll at Buckingham." 3333 / 23232323 为满足我们学生的住房需求，Buckingham学院应该建 造一幢新的宿舍。Buckingham的报名人数正在增加，而 且按照现有趋势，报名人数将会在未来 50年中增加一倍， 从而导致现有住宅不能满足要求。而且，我们镇上公寓的 平均租金在近几年间上涨了。因此，学生将会越来越发现 难于负担校外住宿费用。最后，一幢引人注目的新宿舍将 会使未来的学生更愿意报考 Buckingham。 9/88/90.Nature's Way, a chain of stores selling health food and other health-related products, is opening its next franchise in the town of Plainsville. The store should prove to be very successful: Nature's Way franchises tend to be most profitable in areas where residents lead healthy lives, and clearly Plainsville is such an area. Plainsville merchants report that sales of running shoes and exercise clothing are at all-time highs. The local health club has more members than ever, and the weight training and aerobics classes are always full. Finally, Plainsville's schoolchildren represent a new generation of potential customers: these schoolchildren are required to participate in a fitness-for-life program, which emphasizes the benefits of regular exercise at an early age. NW是一家专卖保健食品及其他相关产品的连锁店，准 备将其下一家店铺开在 Plainsville。这家店一定会很成功： 因为我们的商店在那些居对健康生活高度关注的地区是 盈利最多的。很明显，plainsville就是这样的地方。 Plainsville的商家报告说运动鞋和运动衣的销售处于历史 高点。当地一家康体俱乐部现在的会员比以往任何时候都 多，减肥训练和有氧运动班总是满员。另外，我们还可以 预见到新生代的顾客群：Plainsville的在校学生被要求参 加一个叫做"终生健康"的项目，它强调从小开始经常锻炼 的好处。 10/21/23.Twenty years ago, Dr. Field, a noted anthropologist, visited the island of Tertia. Using an observation-centered approach to studying Tertian culture, he concluded from his observations that children in Tertia were reared by an entire village rather than by their own biological parents. Recently another anthropologist, Dr. Karp, visited the group of islands that includes Tertia and used the interview-centered method to study child-rearing practices. In the interviews that Dr. Karp conducted with children living in this group of islands, the children spent much more time talking about their biological parents than about other adults in the village. Dr. Karp decided that Dr. Field's conclusion about Tertian village culture must be invalid. Some anthropologists recommend that to obtain accurate information on Tertian child-rearing practices, future research on the subject should be conducted via the interview-centered method. 20年前，知名人类学 F博士访问了 T岛，并从他的观 察中得出结论：T岛的孩子是由整个村子抚养长大而不是 他们的亲生父母。然而，另一位人类学家 K最近对生活在 T岛以及周边一些岛屿的儿童采访显示，他们在谈话中谈 到他们呢双亲的时间远远多于谈到村庄里其他成年人。K 博士的这次研究证明F博士关于 T岛乡村文化的结论是错 的，一些人类学家建议要想以进一步获取准确的 T岛的儿 童成长规律，未来应该采用采访为主的 方法 快递客服问题件处理详细方法山木方法pdf计算方法pdf华与华方法下载八字理论方法下载 。 11.The council of Maple County, concerned about the county's becoming overdeveloped, is debating a proposed measure that would prevent the development of existing farmland in the county. But the council is also concerned that such a restriction, by limiting the supply of new housing, could lead to significant increases in the price of housing in the county. Proponents of the measure note that Chestnut County established a similar measure ten years ago, and its housing prices have increased only modestly since. However, opponents of the measure note that Pine County adopted restrictions on the development of new residential housing fifteen years ago, and its housing prices have since more than doubled. The council currently predicts that the proposed measure, if passed, will result in a significant increase in housing prices in Maple County. M市政府十分担心 M市过度开发，正在讨论一项阻止 开发本市现有耕地的提议。但市政当局也同样担心这样通 过限制新房供地的举措 12.Fifteen years ago, Omega University implemented a new procedure that encouraged students to evaluate the teaching effectiveness of all their professors. Since that time, Omega professors have begun to assign higher grades in their classes, and overall student grade averages at Omega have risen by 30 percent. Potential 4444 / 23232323 employers, looking at this dramatic rise in grades, believe that grades at Omega are inflated and do not accurately reflect student achievement; as a result, Omega graduates have not been as successful at getting jobs as have graduates from nearby Alpha University. To enable its graduates to secure better jobs, Omega University should terminate student evaluation of professors. 15年前，Omega大学实施了一项新 措施 《全国民用建筑工程设计技术措施》规划•建筑•景观全国民用建筑工程设计技术措施》规划•建筑•景观软件质量保证措施下载工地伤害及预防措施下载关于贯彻落实的具体措施 ，鼓励学生对 所有教授的教学效果进行评价。从那以后，Omega的教 授开始给予学生更高的分数，Omega的学生成绩总平均 上升了 30％。未来的雇主显然认为Omega的分数贬值了， 无法反映出学生的真实能力。因此，Omega的毕业生找 工作时没有邻近的 Alpha大学毕业生成功。为使 Omega 毕业生找到好工作，我们应立即停止学生对教授的评价。 13.In an attempt to improve highway safety, Prunty County last year lowered its speed limit from 55 to 45 miles per hour on all county highways. But this effort has failed: the number of accidents has not decreased, and, based on reports by the highway patrol, many drivers are exceeding the speed limit. Prunty County should instead undertake the same kind of road improvement project that Butler County completed five years ago: increasing lane widths, resurfacing rough highways, and improving visibility at dangerous intersections. Today, major Butler County roads still have a 55 mph speed limit, yet there were 25 percent fewer reported accidents in Butler County this past year than there were five years ago. 为了提升高速公路的安全性，p市去年把所有高速公路 的限速由 55降到了 45。但是这样的努力尝试失败了，事 故发生的数量没有下降，并且根据高速巡警的报告很多司 机都超速驾驶。所以 p市应该采用 b市 5年前相同的道路 改善 计划 项目进度计划表范例计划下载计划下载计划下载课程教学计划下载 ：增加车道宽度，重新铺设不平路面以及改善危 险交叉路口的能见度。今天，b市的主要道路依然是 55 限速，但上报的事故率却比 5年前减少了 25％。 14/118.The following appeared as part of an article in a business magazine. "A recent study rating 300 male and female Mentian advertising executives according to the average number of hours they sleep per night showed an association between the amount of sleep the executives need and the success of their firms. Of the advertising firms studied, those whose executives reported needing no more than 6 hours of sleep per night had higher profit margins and faster growth. These results suggest that if a business wants to prosper, it should hire only people who need less than 6 hours of sleep per night." 最近一项根据每天平均睡眠时间，对 300名 m市广告 公司男女高管调查显示出了高管们所需的睡眠时间与他 们公司成功与否的关联。根据对这些广告公司的研究，那 些公司高管报告说每天睡眠不足 6小时的公司利润更高并 且发展更快。这些结果表明如果公司想蓬勃发展，他们就 必须只雇佣那些每天睡眠不足 6小时的管理人员。 15/51/130/131/133..The following memorandum is from the business manager of Happy Pancake House restaurants. "Recently, butter has been replaced by margarine in Happy Pancake House restaurants throughout the southwestern United States. This change, however, has had little impact on our customers. In fact, only about 2 percent of customers have complained, indicating that an average of 98 people out of 100 are happy with the change. Furthermore, many servers have reported that a number of customers who ask for butter do not complain when they are given margarine instead. Clearly, either these customers do not distinguish butter from margarine or they use the term 'butter' to refer to either butter or margarine." Happy Pancake House在美国西南部的餐厅用人造黄 油代替了天然黄油。但是这种改变对顾客的影响非常小因 为只有大约 2％的顾客投诉，这说明 100个人中有 98人 对于这种替换是乐于接受的。而且，很多服务生报告说很 多仍然要了天然黄油的顾客在被给予人造黄油的时候并 没有投诉。显然，这些顾客要么分不清天然黄油和人造黄 油，要么是用"天然黄油"这个词汇来指天然黄油或人造黄 油。 16.In surveys Mason City residents rank water sports (swimming, boating, and fishing) among their favorite recreational activities. The Mason River flowing through the city is rarely used for these pursuits, however, and the city park department devotes little of its budget to maintaining riverside recreational facilities. For years there have been complaints from residents about the 5555 / 23232323 quality of the river's water and the river's smell. In response, the state has recently announced plans to clean up Mason River. Use of the river for water sports is, therefore, sure to increase. The city government should for that reason devote more money in this year's budget to riverside recreational facilities. 调查显示 m市的老百姓把水上运动（游泳，划船及垂 钓）作为最受欢迎的娱乐活动。贯穿 m市的 M河很少被 用于水上运动，然而城市公园部门很少投入资金去维护沿 河的活动设施。这么多年居民们一直投诉河水的质量及味 道。为了回应这一投诉，当局最近宣布了清理 M河的计划， 因此 M河的水上活动使用将会增加。所以市政府应该增加 对河岸活动设施的资金投入。 17/93.The following appeared in a memorandum from the manager of WWAC radio station. "To reverse a decline in listener numbers, our owners have decided that WWAC must change from its current rock-music format. The decline has occurred despite population growth in our listening area, but that growth has resulted mainly from people moving here after their retirement. We must make listeners of these new residents. We could switch to a music format tailored to their tastes, but a continuing decline in local sales of recorded music suggests limited interest in music. Instead we should change to a news and talk format, a form of radio that is increasingly popular in our area." 为了扭转观众流失的局面，WWAC的老板们决定必须 要摒弃目前的摇滚乐风格。尽管我们广播区域内人口增 加，收听人数依然下降。但增加的人口主要是一些退休后 移居本地的。我们必须要抓住这些新的听众，我们可以转 变音乐风格来迎合他们，但最近本地音乐销量的持续走低 表明他们对音乐没什么兴趣。所以，我们可以变为新闻谈 话类的形式来提升我们电台在本地的人气。 18/20.The following is a memorandum from the business manager of a television station. "Over the past year, our late-night news program has devoted increased time to national news and less time to weather and local news. During this period, most of the complaints received from viewers were concerned with our station's coverage of weather and local news. In addition, local businesses that used to advertise during our late-night news program have canceled their advertising contracts with us. Therefore, in order to attract more viewers to our news programs and to avoid losing any further advertising revenues, we should expand our coverage of weather and local news on all our news programs." 去年，我们的深夜新闻节目投入了更多的时间播放全国 新闻，较少的时间播放天气预报和地方新闻。在同一时期， 我们从观众那里获得的投诉大部分是关于电视台对于天 气和地方新闻的播放的。而且，若干曾经在我们深夜新闻 节目播放广告的地方企业刚刚取消了和我们的广告契约。 因此，为吸引更多的电视观众观看我们的新闻节目并避免 失去未来的广告收入，我们应该在我们所有的新闻节目中 增加天气和地方新闻的播报。 19.Two years ago, radio station WCQP in Rockville decided to increase the number of call-in advice programs that it broadcast; since that time, its share of the radio audience in the Rockville listening area has increased significantly. Given WCQP's recent success with call-in advice programming, and citing a nationwide survey indicating that many radio listeners are quite interested in such programs, the station manager of KICK in Medway recommends that KICK include more call-in advice programs in an attempt to gain a larger audience share in its listening area. 两年前，R地区的WCQP电台决定增加在其广播节目 的电话参与节目。此后，其在 R地区的听众覆盖率急剧增 加。鉴于WCQP这种措施的成功，同时也根据一项全国 范围的调查显示很多的观众比较喜欢这样的电话参与节 目，M地区的 Kick 电台的经理建议 Kick 也应该增加类似 的电话参与节目以来扩大在其地区的听众占有率。 22/119/120/138.According to a recent report, cheating among college and university students is on the rise. However, Groveton College has successfully reduced student cheating by adopting an honor code, which calls for students to agree not to cheat in their academic endeavors and to notify a faculty member if they suspect that others have cheated. Groveton's honor code replaced a system in which teachers closely monitored students; under that system, teachers reported an average of thirty cases of cheating per year. In the first year the honor code was in place, students reported twenty-one cases of cheating; five years later, 6666 / 23232323 this figure had dropped to fourteen. Moreover, in a recent survey, a majority of Groveton students said that they would be less likely to cheat with an honor code in place than without. Thus, all colleges and universities should adopt honor codes similar to Groveton's in order to decrease cheating among students. 通过最近一次报告，大学作弊现象显著增加。然而 G 大学却通过采取诚信 制度 关于办公室下班关闭电源制度矿山事故隐患举报和奖励制度制度下载人事管理制度doc盘点制度下载 的方式使该校学生作弊现象减 少。该制度要求同学同意在学业中不作弊，并且但他们怀 疑别人作弊是告知老师。G大学的诚信制度取代了原有的 老师严密监管的老体制，在老体制中平均每年有 30起作 弊被上报。而在实施新制度后的第一年，学生上报了 21 起。五年后，这一数字更是下降到 14起。另外，最近一 项调查显示，G大学绝大多数学生表示有了诚信制度以后 比以前更不可能作弊了。因此，所有的大学都应该采取与 G大学类似的诚信制度来降低学生作弊现象。 24.A recently issued twenty-year study on headaches suffered by the residents of Mentia investigated the possible therapeutic effect of consuming salicylates. Salicylates are members of the same chemical family as aspirin, a medicine used to treat headaches. Although many foods are naturally rich in salicylates, food-processing companies also add salicylates to foods as preservatives. The twenty-year study found a correlation between the rise in the commercial use of salicylates and a steady decline in the average number of headaches reported by study participants. At the time when the study concluded, food-processing companies had just discovered that salicylates can also be used as flavor additives for foods, and, as a result, many companies plan to do so. Based on these study results, some health experts predict that residents of Mentia will suffer even fewer headaches in the future. 最近一项 20年关于M地区百姓头痛的研究正在探寻水 杨酸的潜在治疗作用。水杨酸酯和用来治疗头痛的药物-- 阿司匹林是同一类化合物。尽管很多食品天然富含水杨酸 酯，食品加工公司仍然在食品中加入它来作为防腐剂。这 种水杨酸酯在商业上的使用被发现与我们为期 20年研究 的参加者所报告的头痛发病的平均数量下降是相关的。但 研究结束时，食品加工公司却刚刚发现水杨酸酯也可以被 用作食品香料, 因此很多公司准备这样添加。依