Logi
cal
reasoni
ng
Ver
balr
easoni
ng
1.Vi
ncenthasapaperr oute.Eachmor
ning,hedel
iv
ers37newspaper stocustomersin
hi
snei ghborhood.I
ttakesVincent50minut
estodeliv
eral
lthepapers.I
fVincenti
ssick
orhasot herplans,
hisfr
iendThomas,wholivesonthesamestreet
,will
somet i
mes
del
iverthepaper sf
orhim.
A.Vi
ncentandThomasl
i
vei
nthesamenei
ghbor
hood.
B.I
ttakesThomasmor
ethan50mi
nut
est
odel
i
vert
hepaper
s.
C.I
tisdar
kout
sidewhenVi
ncentbegi
nshi
sdel
i
ver
ies.
D.Thomaswoul
dli
ket
ohav
ehi
sownpaperr
out
e.
Answer
:Opt
ionA
Thef
actt
hatVincentandThomasli
veonthesamestreeti
ndicat
est hatt
heyl
i
vei
nthe
samenei
ghbor
hood.Thereisnosuppor
tforanyoft
heotherchoices.
2.ThePaci
ficyewisanev er
greentreethatgrowsinthePacif
icNorthwest
.ThePaci
fi
c
yewhasafleshy,
poi sonousfrui
t.Recentl
y,taxol
,asubst
ancef oundint
hebarkoft
he
Paci
fi
cyew,wasdi scoveredtobeapr omi si
ngnewant i
cancerdrug.
A.Taxol
ispoi
sonouswhent
akenbyheal
thypeopl
e.
B.Taxol
hascur
edpeopl
efr
om v
ari
ousdi
seases.
C.Peopl
eshoul
dnoteatt
hef
rui
toft
hePaci
fi
cyew.
D.ThePaci
fi
cyewwasconsi
der
edwor
thl
essunt
ilt
axol
wasdi
scov
ered.
Answer
:Opt
ionC
Giventhei nfor
mationpr
esented,
theonlystat
ementthatcoul
dbeconsideredtr
ueis
thatthefruitshoul
dnotbeeatenbecauseitispoi
sonous.Thereisnosuppor
tthatt
axol
i
spoi sonousort hatt
axolhascuredany
one( choi
cesaandb) .Ther
eisnosupportf
or
choiced.
3.Er
ini
stwelveyear
sold.Fort
hreeyear
s,shehasbeenaskingherparent
sforadog.
Herpar
entshavetol
dherthatt
heybeli
eveadogwoul dnotbehappyinanapart
ment,
butt
heyhavegivenherper
missi
ontohaveabird.Er
inhasnotyetdeci
dedwhatkindof
bi
rdshewouldli
ketohave.
, A.Er
in'
spar
ent
sli
kebi
rdsbet
tert
hant
heyl
i
kedogs.
B.Er
indoesnotl
i
kebi
rds.
C.Er
inandherpar
ent
sli
vei
nanapar
tment
.
D.Er
inandherpar
ent
swoul
dli
ket
omov
e.
Answer
:Opt
ionC
SinceErin'
spar
entst
hinkadogwoul dnotbehappyi
nanapartment,wecanreasonabl
y
concludethatt
hefamil
yli
vesinanapartment.WedonotknowifEr
in'
sparentsdi
sli
ke
dogs( choi
cea)ori
fEri
ndisl
ikesbi
rds(choi
ceb).
Ther
eisnosupportforchoi
ced.
4.Tim'scommutenev erbother
edhim becausether
ewer ealwaysseatsav ai
labl
eonthe
trai
nandhewasabl etospendhi s40minutescomfort
ablyreadingthenewspaperor
catchinguponpaperwork.Eversi
ncethetrai
nschedul
echanged, thetrainhasbeen
extremelycr
owded,andbyt heti
methedoor sopenathisstati
on,ther
ei sn'
taseatt
obe
found.
A.Ti
m woul
dbebet
terof
ftaki
ngt
hebust
owor
k.
B.Ti
m'scommut
eisl
esscomf
ort
abl
esi
ncet
het
rai
nschedul
echanged.
C.Manycommut
erswi
l
lcompl
ainaboutt
henewt
rai
nschedul
e.
D.Ti
m wi
l
lli
kel
ylookf
oranewj
obcl
osert
ohome.
Answer
:Opt
ionB
Thepassaget el
lsust hatTim'scommutedidn'
tbotherhim becausehewasal way sabl
e
tositdownandcomf ortabl
yreadordopaperwork.Theref
ore, i
tisreasonableto
assumet hatTim'scommut ehasbecomelesscomf or
tabl
esi ncetheschedul echange,
becauseitisverycrowdedandhecannol ongerfindaseat.Ther eisnoi nf
ormation
giv
ent hatsupport
schoi cesa,c,andd.
5.Whent heyhear
dnewsoft hehur r
icane,MayaandJuli
andeci dedtochangethei
r
vacati
onplans.I
nsteadoftr
av el
ingtotheisl
andbeachresort
,theybookedar oom ata
fancynewspai nthemountains.Theirpl
answereabitmor eexpensive,butt
hey'
dheard
wonderfulthi
ngsaboutthespaandt heywererel
ievedt
of i
ndav ail
abi
lit
yonsuchshort
noti
ce.
A.May
aandJul
i
ant
akebeachv
acat
ionsev
eryy
ear
.
B.Thespai
sov
erpr
iced.
cal
reasoni
ng
Ver
balr
easoni
ng
1.Vi
ncenthasapaperr oute.Eachmor
ning,hedel
iv
ers37newspaper stocustomersin
hi
snei ghborhood.I
ttakesVincent50minut
estodeliv
eral
lthepapers.I
fVincenti
ssick
orhasot herplans,
hisfr
iendThomas,wholivesonthesamestreet
,will
somet i
mes
del
iverthepaper sf
orhim.
A.Vi
ncentandThomasl
i
vei
nthesamenei
ghbor
hood.
B.I
ttakesThomasmor
ethan50mi
nut
est
odel
i
vert
hepaper
s.
C.I
tisdar
kout
sidewhenVi
ncentbegi
nshi
sdel
i
ver
ies.
D.Thomaswoul
dli
ket
ohav
ehi
sownpaperr
out
e.
Answer
:Opt
ionA
Thef
actt
hatVincentandThomasli
veonthesamestreeti
ndicat
est hatt
heyl
i
vei
nthe
samenei
ghbor
hood.Thereisnosuppor
tforanyoft
heotherchoices.
2.ThePaci
ficyewisanev er
greentreethatgrowsinthePacif
icNorthwest
.ThePaci
fi
c
yewhasafleshy,
poi sonousfrui
t.Recentl
y,taxol
,asubst
ancef oundint
hebarkoft
he
Paci
fi
cyew,wasdi scoveredtobeapr omi si
ngnewant i
cancerdrug.
A.Taxol
ispoi
sonouswhent
akenbyheal
thypeopl
e.
B.Taxol
hascur
edpeopl
efr
om v
ari
ousdi
seases.
C.Peopl
eshoul
dnoteatt
hef
rui
toft
hePaci
fi
cyew.
D.ThePaci
fi
cyewwasconsi
der
edwor
thl
essunt
ilt
axol
wasdi
scov
ered.
Answer
:Opt
ionC
Giventhei nfor
mationpr
esented,
theonlystat
ementthatcoul
dbeconsideredtr
ueis
thatthefruitshoul
dnotbeeatenbecauseitispoi
sonous.Thereisnosuppor
tthatt
axol
i
spoi sonousort hatt
axolhascuredany
one( choi
cesaandb) .Ther
eisnosupportf
or
choiced.
3.Er
ini
stwelveyear
sold.Fort
hreeyear
s,shehasbeenaskingherparent
sforadog.
Herpar
entshavetol
dherthatt
heybeli
eveadogwoul dnotbehappyinanapart
ment,
butt
heyhavegivenherper
missi
ontohaveabird.Er
inhasnotyetdeci
dedwhatkindof
bi
rdshewouldli
ketohave.
, A.Er
in'
spar
ent
sli
kebi
rdsbet
tert
hant
heyl
i
kedogs.
B.Er
indoesnotl
i
kebi
rds.
C.Er
inandherpar
ent
sli
vei
nanapar
tment
.
D.Er
inandherpar
ent
swoul
dli
ket
omov
e.
Answer
:Opt
ionC
SinceErin'
spar
entst
hinkadogwoul dnotbehappyi
nanapartment,wecanreasonabl
y
concludethatt
hefamil
yli
vesinanapartment.WedonotknowifEr
in'
sparentsdi
sli
ke
dogs( choi
cea)ori
fEri
ndisl
ikesbi
rds(choi
ceb).
Ther
eisnosupportforchoi
ced.
4.Tim'scommutenev erbother
edhim becausether
ewer ealwaysseatsav ai
labl
eonthe
trai
nandhewasabl etospendhi s40minutescomfort
ablyreadingthenewspaperor
catchinguponpaperwork.Eversi
ncethetrai
nschedul
echanged, thetrainhasbeen
extremelycr
owded,andbyt heti
methedoor sopenathisstati
on,ther
ei sn'
taseatt
obe
found.
A.Ti
m woul
dbebet
terof
ftaki
ngt
hebust
owor
k.
B.Ti
m'scommut
eisl
esscomf
ort
abl
esi
ncet
het
rai
nschedul
echanged.
C.Manycommut
erswi
l
lcompl
ainaboutt
henewt
rai
nschedul
e.
D.Ti
m wi
l
lli
kel
ylookf
oranewj
obcl
osert
ohome.
Answer
:Opt
ionB
Thepassaget el
lsust hatTim'scommutedidn'
tbotherhim becausehewasal way sabl
e
tositdownandcomf ortabl
yreadordopaperwork.Theref
ore, i
tisreasonableto
assumet hatTim'scommut ehasbecomelesscomf or
tabl
esi ncetheschedul echange,
becauseitisverycrowdedandhecannol ongerfindaseat.Ther eisnoi nf
ormation
giv
ent hatsupport
schoi cesa,c,andd.
5.Whent heyhear
dnewsoft hehur r
icane,MayaandJuli
andeci dedtochangethei
r
vacati
onplans.I
nsteadoftr
av el
ingtotheisl
andbeachresort
,theybookedar oom ata
fancynewspai nthemountains.Theirpl
answereabitmor eexpensive,butt
hey'
dheard
wonderfulthi
ngsaboutthespaandt heywererel
ievedt
of i
ndav ail
abi
lit
yonsuchshort
noti
ce.
A.May
aandJul
i
ant
akebeachv
acat
ionsev
eryy
ear
.
B.Thespai
sov
erpr
iced.
