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考试历年全真试题
aANALYSIS OF AN ARGUMENT
Time
—
30
minutes
Directions: In this
section, you will be asked to
write
a
critique
of
the
argument
presented
below.
note
that you are not being
asked to present your own views
on the
subject. Instead, you may need to consider what
questionable assumptions underlie the
thinking, what
alternative
explanations
or
counterexamples
might
weaken the conclusion, or what sort of
evidence could
help strengthen or
refute the argument.
Read
the
argument
and
the
instructions
that
follow
it,
and then make any notes in your test booklet that
will help you plan your response. Begin
writing your
response on the separate
answer document. Make sure
that you use
the answer document that goes with this
writing task.
The
following appeared in a memorandum from the
directors
of
a
security
and
safety
consulting
service.
research
indicates
that
over
the
past
six
years
no
incidents
of
employee
theft
have
been
reported
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within
ten
of
the
comparnies
that
have
been
our
clients.
In
analyzing
the
security
practices
of
these
ten
companies, we have further learned that
each of them
requires its employees to
wear photo identification
badges while
at
work.
In
the
future,
therefore,
we
should
recommend
the
use
of
such
identification
badges
to all of our clients.
Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument.
In your discussion, be sure to analyze
the line of
reasoning and the use of
evidence in the argument. You
can also
discuss
what,
if
anything,
would
make
the
argument
more sound and persuasive or would help you
to better evaluate its conclusion.
ANALYSIS OF AN ISSUE
Time
—
30 minutes
Directions:
In
this
section,
you
will
need
to
analyze
the
issue
presented
below
and
explain
your
views
on
it.
The
question
has
no
answer.
Instead, you should consider various
perspectives as
you develop your own
position on the issue.
Read
the
statement
and
the
instructions
that
follow
it,
and then make any notes in your test bo
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will help you plan your response.
Begin
writing
your
response
on
the
separate
answer
document. Make sure that you use the
answer docurmtne
that goes with this
writing task.
people:
self-interest and fear.
Discuss the
extent to which you agree or disagree
with the opinion stated above. Support
your position
with reasons and/or
examples from your own experience
observations, or reading.
SECTION 1
Time
—
25 minutes
18 Questions
Traditionally, the
first firm to commercialize a
new
technology
has
benefited
from
the
unique
opportunity
to
shape
product
definitions,
forcing
followers
to
adapt
to
a
standard
or
invest
in
an
unproven alternative. Today, however.
(5) the largest payoffs may go to
companies that
lead
in
ceveioping
integrated
approaches
for
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successful
mass groduction and distrioution.
Producers of the Beta format for videocassentte
recorders (VCR s) for example, were
first to develop
the VCR com
(10)
nearcially
in
1975,
but
producers
of
the
rival
VHS
(Video
Home
System)
format
proved
to
be
more
successful at forming strategic
alliances with other
producers and
distributors to manufacture and market
their
VCR
format.
Seeking
to
maintain
exclusive
control
over VCR distri
(15)
bution.
Beta
producers
were
reluctant
to
form
such
alliances
and
eventually
lost
ground
to
VHS
in
the
competition for the global VCR market.
Despite
Beta
s
Substantial
technological
head
start and the fact that VHS was neither
technically
better nor cheaper
(20) than Beta, deveiopers of VHS
quickly turned
a slight early lead in
sales into a dominant position.
Strategic
alignments
with
producers
of
prerecorded
tapes
reinforced
the
VHS
advantage.
The
perception
among
consumers
that
prerecorded
tapes
were
more
available in VHS format further
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(25)
expanded
VHS
s
share
of
the
market.
By
the
end
of the 1980 s. Beta was
no longer in production.
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primarily concerned with
which of the
following?
(A) Evaluating two
competing technologies
(B)
Tracing
the
impact
of
a
new
technology
by
narrating a sequence of events
(C)
Reinterpreting
an
event
from
contemporary
business
history
(D) illustrating a business
strategy by means of
a case history
(E) Proposing an innovative
approach to business
planning
2. According to the passage, today
s successful
firms, unlike successful
firms in the past, may earn
the
greatest profits by
(A)
investing
in
research
to
produce
cheaper
versions of existing te
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