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Thefollowingdatasufficiencyproblemsconsistofaquestionandtwostatements,labeled(1)and(2),inwhichcertaindataaregiven.Youhavetodecidewhetherthedatagiveninthestatementsaresufficientforansweringthequestion.Usingthedatagiveninthestatementsplusyourknowledgeofmathematicsandeverydayfacts(suchasthenumberofdaysinJulyorthemeaningofcounterclockwise),youmustindicatewhetherA.Statement(1)ALONEissufficient,butstatement(2)aloneisnotsufficient.B.Statement(2)ALONEissufficient,butstatement(1)aloneisnotsufficient.C.BOTHstatementsTOGETHERaresufficient,butNEITHERstatementALONEissufficient.D.EACHstatementALONEissufficient.E.Statements(1)and(2)TOGETHERareNOTsufficient.

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Thequestionsinthisgrouparebasedonthecontentofapassage.Afterreadingthepassage,choosethebestanswertoeachquestion.Answerallquestionsfollowingthepassageonthebasisofwhatisstatedorimpliedinthepassage.　　Historianssometimesforgetthathistoryiscontinuallybeingmadeandexperiencedbeforeitisstudied,interpreted,andread.Theselatteractivitieshavetheirownhistory,ofcourse,whichmayimpingeinunexpectedwaysonpublicevents.Itisdifficulttopredictwhen“newpasts”willoverturnestablishedhistoricalinterpretationsandchangethecourseofhistory.　　Inthefallof1954,forexample,C.VannWoodwarddeliveredalectureseriesattheUniversityofVirginiawhichchallengedtheprevailingdogmaconcerningthehistory,continuity,anduniformityofracialsegregationintheSouth.HearguedthattheJimCrowlawsofthelatenineteenthandearlytwentiethcenturiesnotonlycodifiedtraditionalpracticebutalsowereadeterminedefforttoerasetheconsiderableprogressmadebyBlackpeopleduringandafterReconstructioninthe1870’s.ThisrevisionistviewofJimCrowlegislationgrewinpartfromtheresearchthatWoodwardhaddonefortheNAACPlegalcampaignduringitspreparationforBrownv.BoardofEducation.TheSupremeCourthadissueditsrulinginthisepochaldesegregationcaseafewmonthsbeforeWoodward’slectures.　　Thelecturesweresoonpublishedasabook—TheStrangeCareerofJimCrow.Tenyearslater,inaprefacetothesecondrevisededition,Woodwardconfessedwithironicmodestythatthefirstedition“hadbeguntosufferundersomeofthehandicapsthatmightbeexpectedinahistoryoftheAmericanRevolutionpublishedin1776.”ThatwasabitlikehearingThomasPaineapologizeforthetimingofhispamphletCommonSense,whichhadacomparableimpact.AlthoughCommonSensealsohadamassreadership,Painehadintendedtoreachandinspire:hewasnotahistorian,andthusnotconcernedwithaccuracyorthedangersofhistoricalanachronism.Yet,likePaine,Woodwardhadanunerringsenseoftherevolutionarymoment,andofhowhistoricalevidencecouldunderminethemythologicaltraditionthatwascrushingthedreamsofnewsocialpossibilities.MartinLutherKing,Jr.testifiedtotheprofoundeffectofTheStrangeCareerofJimCrowonthecivilrightsmovementbypraisingthebookandquotingitfrequently.

Thefollowingdatasufficiencyproblemsconsistofaquestionandtwostatements,labeled(1)and(2),inwhichcertaindataaregiven.Youhavetodecidewhetherthedatagiveninthestatementsaresufficientforansweringthequestion.Usingthedatagiveninthestatementsplusyourknowledgeofmathematicsandeverydayfacts(suchasthenumberofdaysinJulyorthemeaningofcounterclockwise),youmustindicatewhetherA.Statement(1)ALONEissufficient,butstatement(2)aloneisnotsufficient.B.Statement(2)ALONEissufficient,butstatement(1)aloneisnotsufficient.C.BOTHstatementsTOGETHERaresufficient,butNEITHERstatementALONEissufficient.D.EACHstatementALONEissufficient.E.Statements(1)and(2)TOGETHERareNOTsufficient.

Thefollowingquestionspresentasentence,partofwhichorallofwhichisunderlined.Beneaththesentence,youwillfindfivewaysofphrasingtheunderlinedpart.Thefirstoftheserepeatstheoriginal;theotherfouraredifferent.Ifyouthinktheoriginalisbest,choosethefirstanswer;otherwisechooseoneoftheothers.　　Thesequestionstestcorrectnessandeffectivenessofexpression.Inchoosingyouranswer,followtherequirementsofstandardwrittenEnglish;thatis,payattentiontogrammar,choiceofwords,andsentenceconstruction.Choosetheanswerthatproducesthemosteffectivesentence;thisanswershouldbeclearandexact,withoutawkwardness,ambiguity,redundancyorgrammaticalerror.

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Thefollowingquestionspresentasentence,partofwhichorallofwhichisunderlined.Beneaththesentence,youwillfindfivewaysofphrasingtheunderlinedpart.Thefirstoftheserepeatstheoriginal;theotherfouraredifferent.Ifyouthinktheoriginalisbest,choosethefirstanswer;otherwisechooseoneoftheothers.　　Thesequestionstestcorrectnessandeffectivenessofexpression.Inchoosingyouranswer,followtherequirementsofstandardwrittenEnglish;thatis,payattentiontogrammar,choiceofwords,andsentenceconstruction.Choosetheanswerthatproducesthemosteffectivesentence;thisanswershouldbeclearandexact,withoutawkwardness,ambiguity,redundancyorgrammaticalerror.

Forthefollowingquestions,selectthebestoftheanswerchoicesgiven.　　AtaxidriverpurchasedfourtiresoftheToughgripbrandforhiscab.Withinsixmonthsofhispurchasingthesetires,threeofthemsufferedirreparableblowouts.Despitethepoortrackrecordofthesefires,thedriverreplacedallthreeofthedamagedtireswithnewToughgriptires.

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