【正文】 the remainder of the increase ingC. heavily accounted for almost half of the $ billion increase in drug spending last year, the remainder of the increase ing D. heavily, accounting for almost half of the $ billion increase in drug spending last year, while the remainder of the increase cameE. heavily, which accounted for almost half of the $ billion increase in drug spending last year, with the remainder of it ingGWD8Q19: GWD212Which of the following most logically pletes the passage?Concerned about financial wellbeing of its elderly citizens, the government of Runagia decided two years ago to increase by 20 percent the governmentprovided pension paid to all Runagians over 65. Inflation in the intervening period has been negligible, and the increase has been duly received by all eligible Runagians. Nevertheless, many of them are no better off financially than they were before the increase, in large part because ________.A. They rely entirely on the government pension for their ineB. Runagian banks are so inefficient that it can take up to three weeks to cash a pension checkC. They buy goods whose prices tend to rise especially fast in times of inflationD. The pension was increased when the number of elderly Runagians below the poverty level reached an alltime highE. In Runagia children typically supplement the ine of elderly parents, but only by enough to provide them with a fortable livingGWD8Q20:Not only did the systematic clearing of forests in the United States create farmland (especially in the Northeast) and gave consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but it also caused erosion and very quickly deforested whole regions.A. Not only did the systematic clearing of forests in the United States create farmland (especially in the Northeast) and gave consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but it alsoB. Not only did the systematic clearing of forests in the United States create farmland (especially in the Northeast), which gave consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but alsoC. The systematic clearing of forests in the United States, creating farmland (especially in the Northeast) and giving consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but alsoD. The systematic clearing of forests in the United States created farmland (especially in the Northeast) and gave consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but it alsoE. The systematic clearing of forests in the United States not only created farmland (especially in the Northeast), giving consumers relatively inexpensive houses and furniture, but itGWD8Q21:GWD218Last year all refuse collected by Shelbyville city services was incinerated. This incineration generated a large quantity of residue ash. In order to reduce the amount of residue ash Shelbyville generates this year to half of last year’s total, the city has revamped its collection program. This year city services will separate for recycling enough refuse to reduce the number of truckloads of refuse to be incinerated to half of last year’s number. Which of the following is required for the revamped collection program to achieve its aim?A. This year, no materials that city services could separate for recycling will be incinerated.B. Separating recyclable materials from materials to be incinerated will cost Shelbyville less than half what it cost last year to dispose of the residue ash.C. Refuse collected by city services will contain a larger proportion of recyclable materials this year than it did last year.D. The refuse incinerated this year will generate no more residue ash per truckload incinerated than did the refuse incinerated last year.E. The total quantity of refuse collected by Shelbyville city services this year will be no greater than that collected last year.GWD8Q22:When storing Renaissance oil paintings, museums conform to standards that call for careful control of the surrounding temperature and humidity, with variations confined within narrow margins. Maintaining this environment is very costly, and recent research shows that even old oil paint is unaffected by wide fluctuations in temperature and humidity. Therefore, museums could relax their standards and save money without endangering their Renaissance oil paintings.Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?A. Renaissance paintings were created in conditions involving far greater fluctuations in temperature and humidity than those permitted by current standards.B. Under the current standards that museums use when storing Renaissance oil paintings, those paintings do not deteriorate at all.C. Museum collections typically do not contain items that are more likely to be vulnerable to fluctuations in temperature and humidity than Renaissance oil paintings.D. None of the materials in Renaissance oil paintings other than the paint are vulnerable enough to relatively wide fluctuations in temperature and humidity to cause damage to the paintings.E. Most Renaissance oil paintings are stored in museums located in regions near the regions where the paintings were created.GWD8Q23:A New York City ordinance of 1897 regulated the use of bicycles, mandated a maximum speed of eight miles an hour, required of cyclists to keep feet on pedals and hands on handlebars at all times, and it granted pe