GRE考试英语高分冲刺试题及答案

The following is a recommendation from thepersonnel director to the president of Acme Publishing Company.

"Many other companies have recentlystated that having their employees take the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course hasgreatly improved productivity. One graduate of the course was able to read a500-page report in only two hours; another graduate rose from an assistantmanager to vice president of the company in under a year. Obviously, the fasteryou can read, the more information you can absorb in a single over, Easy Read would cost Acme only $500 per employee—a small price to paywhen you consider the benefits. Included in this fee is a three-week seminar inSpruce City and a lifelong subscription to the Easy Read newsletter. Clearly,to improve productivity, Acme should require all of our employees to take theEasy Read course."

Write a response in which you discuss whatquestions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the advice andthe argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how theanswers to these questions would help to evaluate the advice.

解析

step 1：

文章共6句话，各自的核心意思是：

1、许多其他公司称，参加ER课程后，生产效率提高;

2、一个人能在2小时内读500页，另一人1年内从助理到副总裁;

3、所以读得越快，吸收信息越多;

4、该课程每人只收500块钱;

5、费用包含培训班和赠阅项目;

6、为了提高生产率，A也要参加培训班。

step 2：

文章的结构是：

1、2 、3、4、5 推导出 6

step 3：

寻找逻辑错误

a. 因果关系：2小时读500页不是因为培训班，而是其他原因;

b. 因果关系：1年内从助理到副总裁，不是因为培训班;

c. 数据问题：2个人不具备代表性;

d. 数据问题：500块钱不一定便宜;

e. 条件错误：A参加培训班不一定能提高生产效率。

难点总结

本题难度中等。难点在于：“一个人……另一个人……”之中能否看出数据问题。尽管写不写这个错是另一回事，但是能不能看出来，是对大家基本功的考验。