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Q39:
In 2000, a mere two dozen products accounted for half the increase in spending on
prescription drugs, a phenomenon that is explained not just because of more expensive
drugs but by the fact that doctors are writing many more prescriptions for higher-cost
drugs.
A. a phenomenon that is explained not just because of more expensive drugs but by
the fact that doctors are writing
B. a phenomenon that is explained not just by the fact that drugs are becoming more
expensive but also by the fact that doctors are writing
C. a phenomenon occurring not just because of drugs that are becoming more
expensive but because of doctors having also written
D. which occurred not just because drugs are becoming more expensive but doctors
are also writing
E. which occurred not just because of more expensive drugs but because doctors
have also written
Answer:
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Q40:
Community activist: If Morganville wants to keep its central shopping district healthy, it
should prevent the opening of a huge SaveAll discount department store on the outskirts
of Morganville. Records from other small towns show that whenever SaveAll has
opened a store outside the central shopping district of a small town, within five years the
town has experienced the bankruptcies of more than a quarter of the stores in the
shopping district.
The answer to which of the following would be most useful for evaluating the community
activist’s reasoning?
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A. Have community activists in other towns successfully campaigned against the
opening of a SaveAll store on the outskirts of their towns?
B. Do a large percentage of the residents of Morganville currently do almost all of
their shopping at stores in Morganville?
C. In towns with healthy central shopping districts, what proportion of the stores in
those districts suffer bankruptcy during a typical five-year period?
D. What proportion of the employees at the SaveAll store on the outskirts of
Morganville will be drawn form Morganville?
E. Do newly opened SaveAll stores ever lose money during their first five years of
operation?
Answer:
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Q41:
In ancient Thailand, much of the local artisans’ creative energy was expended for the
creation of Buddha images and when they constructed and decorated the temples that
enshrined them .
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