【正文】 the number of new jobs created this year will fall short of last year’s record.28. 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(D) the condition of Greatport’s roads and streets with the condition of Fairmont’s roads and streets(B) the cost of repairing collision damage in Greatport with the cost of repairing collision damage in FairmontIn evaluating the argument, it would be most useful to pare(E) Some employers have refused to consider the results of polygraph tests when evaluating job applicants.(C) An inconclusive polygraph test result is sometimes unfairly held against the examinee.(A) Most examinees with inconclusive polygraph test results are in fact untruthful.26. When a polygraph test is judged inconclusive, this is no reflection on the examinee. Rather, such a judgment means that the test has failed to show whether the examinee was truthful or untruthful. Nevertheless, employers will sometimes refuse to hire a job applicant because of an inconclusive polygraph test result.(D) The ibora can be propagated from cuttings and grown under cultivation.(B) The drug made from ibora bark is expensive to produce.Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?(E) The most recent pension increase was only the second such increase in the last ten years.(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.(A) The majority of senior citizens whose financial position has not improved rely entirely on the government pension for their ine.Further information: The annual rate of inflation since the pension increase has been below 5 percent, and the increased pension has been duly received by all eligible Runagians.24. Plan: Concerned about the welfare of its senior citizens, the government of Runagia decided two years ago to increase by 20 percent the governmentprovided pension paid to all Runagians age sixtyfive and older.(D) Bowerbirds are found only in New Guinea and Australia, where local populations of the birds apparently seldom have contact with one another.(B) Young male bowerbirds are inept at bowerbuilding and apparently spend years watching their elders before being acplished in the local bower style.Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion drawn by the researchers?(E) Several airlines use Greentown as a regional hub, so that most flights landing at Greentown have many passengers who then take different flights to reach their final destinations.(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.(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.22. Only a reduction of 10 percent in the number of scheduled flights using Greentown’s airport will allow the delays that are so mon there to be avoided. Hevelia airstrip, 40 miles away, would, if upgraded and expanded, be an attractive alternative for fully 20 percent of the passengers using Greentown airport. Nevertheless, experts reject the claim that turning Hevelia into a fullservice airport would end the chronic delays at Greentown.(D) An object is not an art object if its maker pays attention to the object’s practical utility.(B) Some cabinetmakers are more concerned than others with the practical utility of the products they produce.Which of the following is an assumption that supports drawing the conclusion above from the reason given for that conclusion?(E) known risks can be weighed against known benefits, but unknown risks cannot(C) sleep disorders, if left untreated, might lead to serious medical plications(A) the side effects of synthetic melatonin might be different from those of naturally produced melatoninPatient: 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.(E) Most network news viewers rely on network news broadcasts as their primary source of information regarding the economy.(C) Major network news organizations publicly attribute drops in viewership to their own reports only when they receive plaints about those reports.(A) The other major network news organizations reported similar reductions in viewership during the same week.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.(D) It provides evidence in support of the main conclusion of the argument.(B) It is a finding that the argument seeks to explain.In the hunter’s argument, the portion in boldface plays which of the following roles?Many people blame hunters alone for the decline in Greenrock National Forest’s deer population over the past ten years.(E) The standard tables being replaced by tall tables would otherwise have to be replaced with new standard tables at a greater expense.(C) Since the restaurant will replace only some of its stan