【正文】 a prediction that municipalities will buy QuickFreeze’s purification system despite the need to maintain a conventional purification system as well?(A) fails to distinguish between purchasing and consuming(B) Cattleranching operations that are located in tropical climates are more profitable than cattleranching operations that are located in coldweather climates.(C) It cannot be taken for granted that the use of electricity is always beneficial.(D) interact frequently with each other throughout the entire workday(E) In several neighboring countries through which Parland’s rivers also flow, alligators are at risk of extinction as a result of extensive hunting.8. In virtually any industry, technological improvements increase labor productivity, which is the output of goods and services per personhour worked. In Parland’s industries, labor productivity is significantly higher than it is in Vergia’s industries. Clearly, therefore, Parland’s industries must, on the whole, be further advanced technologically than Vergia’s are.Which of the following would, if true, most help to explain the strategy of the plant breeders referred to above?(A) Whether the expected service life of LED arrays is at least as long as that of the currently used incandescent bulbs(B) Rubco holds exclusive contracts to supply Maxilux with the tires for a number of other models made by Maxilux.(B) even those bicyclists who regularly wear helmets have a poor understanding of the degree and kind of protection that helmets afford(C) The amount of packing material used in a carton does not significantly influence the ease with which a customer can unpack the package.(D) No significant beneficial effect on air quality would result if openair fires were banned within the jurisdiction covered by the proposed legislation.(E) Whether an alternative strategy might enable the automaker to enhance its profitability while holding a constant or diminishing share of the market17. Hollywood restaurant is replacing some of its standard tables with tall tables and stools. The restaurant already fills every available seat during its operating hours, and the change in seating arrangements will not result in an increase in the restaurant’s seating capacity. Nonetheless, the restaurant’s management expects revenue to increase as a result of the seating change without any concurrent change in menu, prices, or operating hours.Many people blame hunters alone for the decline in Greenrock National Forest’s deer population over the past ten years.19. A major network news organization experienced a drop in viewership in the week following the airing of a controversial report on the economy. The network also received a very large number of plaints regarding the report. The network, however, maintains that negative reactions to the report had nothing to do with its loss of viewers.Patient: Your position is inconsistent with your usual practice. You prescribe many medications that you know have serious side effects, so concern about side effects cannot be the real reason you will not prescribe melatonin.Which of the following is an assumption that supports drawing the conclusion above from the reason given for that conclusion?(A) Turning Hevelia into a fullservice airport would require not only substantial construction at the airport itself, but also the construction of new access highways.(B) Young male bowerbirds are inept at bowerbuilding and apparently spend years watching their elders before being acplished in the local bower style.(A) The majority of senior citizens whose financial position has not improved rely entirely on the government pension for their ine.(B) The drug made from ibora bark is expensive to produce.(C) An inconclusive polygraph test result is sometimes unfairly held against the examinee.(D) the condition of Greatport’s roads and streets with the condition of Fairmont’s roads and streets28. Last year a record number of new manufacturing jobs were created. Will this year bring another record? Well, a new manufacturing job is created either within an existing pany or by the startup of a new pany. Within existing firms, new jobs have been created this year at well below last year’s record pace. At the same time, there is considerable evidence that the number of new panies starting up will be no higher this year than it was last year, and surely(E) Some employers have refused to consider the results of polygraph tests when evaluating job applicants.(D) The ibora can be propagated from cuttings and grown under cultivation.(C) The prices of goods and services that meet the special needs of many senior citizens have increased at a rate much higher than the rate of inflation.(D) Bowerbirds are found only in New Guinea and Australia, where local populations of the birds apparently seldom have contact with one another.(C) Hevelia airstrip lies in a relatively undeveloped area but would, if it became a fullservice airport, be a magnet for mercial and residential development.(B) Some cabinetmakers are more concerned than others with the practical utility of the products they produce.(A) the side effects of synthetic melatonin might be different from those of naturally produced melatonin(A) The other major network news organizations reported similar reductions in viewership during the same week.In the hunter’s argument, the portion in boldface plays which of the following roles?(A) One of the taller tables takes up less floor space than one of the standard tables.Which of the following, if true about Washington County, most helps to provide a justification for the investors’ prediction?15. A certain automaker aims to increase its market share by deeply discounting its vehicles’ prices for the next several months. The discounts will cut into profits, bu