GMAT Verbal Practice 1

Question 1

The Hollis co-working chain added on-site childcare at its twelve largest locations. In the six months that followed, membership at those twelve locations grew 18 percent, while membership at Hollis locations without childcare stayed roughly flat. A survey of new members who joined the childcare locations during that period found that 70 percent were parents of children under the age of five.

Which of the following conclusions is most strongly supported by the statements above?

Accepted Answer

At least some of the membership growth at the twelve locations came from parents of young children.

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The addition of childcare was the sole cause of the entire 18 percent increase in membership.

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Hollis locations without childcare will begin losing members unless they add childcare of their own.

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Most members across the entire Hollis chain are parents of children under the age of five.

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Parents of young children generally prefer co-working spaces to working from home.

Question 2

«Switching the harbor ferry fleet from diesel to electric vessels would cut the operator's fuel costs by roughly 40 percent.» On that basis, the operator's finance director recommends converting all twelve ferries within two years. But the electric vessels require dedicated charging berths that the harbor does not yet have, and building those berths would cost more than a decade's worth of the projected fuel savings. «Converting the entire fleet on the proposed two-year timeline would therefore raise the operator's total costs rather than lower them.»

In the argument as a whole, the two portions in «bold» play which of the following roles?

Accepted Answer

The first is a consideration that supports a recommendation the argument rejects; the second is the conclusion the argument draws.

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The first states the argument's main conclusion; the second offers support for that conclusion.

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The first is a finding the argument uses to establish its conclusion; the second is that conclusion.

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The first and the second are both conclusions that the argument endorses.

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The first is the conclusion of the argument; the second is evidence presented against it.

Question 3

After the city of Marden completed a two-year program repairing potholes on its main roads, traffic engineers expected the number of cyclists to rise, since smoother pavement is safer for bicycles. Instead, over the same period the number of daily cyclists on those roads fell by about 12 percent.

Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain the decline in cycling on Marden's main roads?

Accepted Answer

To carry out the repairs, the city removed several protected bike lanes from the main roads and widened them for automobile traffic.

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Smoother road surfaces reduce the risk of bicycle accidents caused by uneven pavement.

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The pothole-repair program was funded partly by a new tax on automobile registrations.

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On Marden's residential streets, which were not part of the repair program, cycling increased during the same period.

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Most people who cycle in Marden do so for recreation rather than for commuting.

Question 4

Which of the following best describes the primary purpose of the passage?

Accepted Answer

To explain how genetic evidence overturned an earlier archaeological hypothesis about the origin of domestic horses

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To argue that the Botai culture never domesticated any animals

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To describe the invention of the chariot in the Bronze Age

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To compare horse domestication methods used in Kazakhstan and Europe today

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To dispute the value of ancient DNA analysis in archaeology

Question 5

According to the passage, what evidence originally supported the hypothesis that horse domestication began with the Botai culture?

Accepted Answer

Corrals, bit-wear on horse teeth, and pottery residues suggesting mare's milk consumption

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Genetic sequencing of Przewalski's horse

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Written records of Volga-Don trade routes

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Radiocarbon dating of chariot wheels

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Comparative anatomy of horse skeletons found across Europe

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