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1.At one time, European and Japanese companies tried to imitate their American rivals. Today, American appliance manufacturers import European scientists to lead their research staffs; American automakers design cars that mimic the styling of German, Italian, and French imports; and American electronics firms boast in their advertising of “Japanese-style” devotion to quality and reliability. In the world of high technology, America has lost the battle for international prestige.Each of the following statements, if true, would help to support the claim above EXCEPT:(A) An American camera company claims in its promotional literature to produce cameras “as fine as the best Swiss imports.”(B) An American maker of stereo components designs its products to resemble those of a popular Japanese firm.(C) An American manufacturer of video games uses a brand name chosen because it sounds like a Japanese word.(D) An American maker of televisions studies German-made televisions in order to adopt German manufacturing techniques.（E）(E) An American maker of frozen foods advertises its dinners as “Real European-style entrees prepared by fine French and Italian chefs.”2.A law requiring companies to offer employees unpaid time off to care for their children will harm the economic competitiveness of our nations businesses. Companies must be free to set their own employment policies without mandated parental-leave regulations.Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion of the argument above?(A) A parental-leave law will serve to strengthen the family as a social institution in this country.(B) Many businesses in this country already offer employees some form of parental leave.(C) Some of the countries with the most economically competitive businesses have strong parental-leave regulations.(D) Only companies with one hundred or more employees would be subject to the proposed parental-leave law.（C）(E) In most polls, a majority of citizens say they favor passage of a parental-leave law.3.Studies of fatal automobile accidents reveal that, in the majority of cases in which one occupant of an automobile is killed while another survives, it is the passenger, not the driver, who is killed. It is ironic that the innocent passenger should suffer for the drivers carelessness, while the driver often suffers only minor injuries or none at all.Which of the following is an assumption underlying the reasoning in the passage above?(A) In most fatal automobile accidents, the driver of a car in which an occupant is killed is at fault.(B) Drivers of automobiles are rarely killed in auto accidents.(C) Most deaths in fatal automobile accidents are suffered by occupants of cars rather than by pedestrians.(D) Auto safety experts should increase their efforts to provide protection for those in the passenger seats of automobiles.（A）(E) Automobile passengers sometimes play a contributing role in causing auto accidents.4.Are you still reading the other newspaper in town? Did you know that the Daily Bugle is owned by an out-of-town business syndicate that couldnt care less about the people of Gotham City? Read the Daily Clarion, the only real voice of the people of Gotham City!Which of the following most directly refutes the argument raised in the advertisement above?(A) Over half of the advertising revenues of the Daily Clarion come from firms whose headquarters are located outside of Gotham City.(B) The Daily Clarion usually devotes more of its pages to out-of-town news than does the Daily Bugle.(C) Nearly 40 percent of the readers of the Daily Clarion reside outside the limits of Gotham City.(D) The editor-in-chief and all the other members of the editorial staff of the Daily Bugle have lived and worked in Gotham City for ten years or more.（D）(E) The Daily Bugle has been published in Gotham City for a longer time than has the Daily Clarion.5.Alba: I dont intend to vote for Senator Frank in the next election. She is not a strong supporter of the war against crime.Tam: But Senator Frank sponsored the latest anticrime law passed by the Senate.Alba: If Senator Frank sponsored it, it cant be a very strong anticrime law.Which of the following identifies the most serious logical flaw in Albas reasoning?(A) The facts she presents do not support her conclusion that Senator Frank is soft on crime.(B) She assumes without proof that crime is the most important issue in the upcoming election.(C) She argues in a circle, using an unsupported assertion to dismiss conflicting evidence.(D) She attacks Senator Frank on personal grounds rather than on he merit as a political leader.（C）(E) In deciding not to vote for Senator Frank, she fails to consider issues other than crime.6.In the years since the city of London imposed strict air-pollution regulations on local industry, the number of bird species seen in and around London has increased dramatically. Sim