SECTION III

Time—35 minutes

25 Questions

Directions: The questions in this section are based on the reasoning contained in brief statements or passages. For some questions, more than one of the choices could conceivably answer the question. However, you are to choose the best answer, that is, the response that most accurately and completely answers the question. You should not make assumptions that are by commonsense standards implausible, superfluous, or incompatible with the passage. After you have chosen the best answer, blacken the corresponding space on your answer sheet.

1. Everyone sitting in the waiting room of the school s athletic office this morning at nine o clock had just registered for a beginners tennis clinic. John, Mary, and Teresa were all sitting in the waiting room this morning at nice o clock. No accomplished tennis player would register for a beginners tennis clinic.

　　If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them?

(A) None of the people sitting in the school s athletic office this morning at nine 　　o clock had ever played tennis.
(B) Everyone sitting in the school s athletic office this morning at nine o clock 　　registered only for a beginners tennis clinic.
(C) John, Mary, and Teresa were the only people who registered for a beginners 　　tennis clinic this morning.
(D) John, Mary, and Teresa were the only people sitting in the waiting room of 　　the school s athletic office this morning at nine o clock
(E) Neither John nor Teresa is an accomplished tennis player.

2. Most people who ride bicycles for pleasure do not ride until the warm weather of spring and summer arrives. Yet it is probably more effective to advertise bicycles earlier in the year. Most bicycles are purchased in the spring, but once shoppers are ready to shop for a bicycle, they usually have already decided which brand and model of bicycle they will purchase. By then it is generally too late to induce them to change their minds.

The main point of the argument is that

(A) bicycle advertisements are probably more effective if they appear before the 　　arrival of warm spring weather
(B) most bicycle purchasers decide on the brand and model of bicycle that they 　　will buy before beginning to shop for a bicycle
(C) more bicycles are purchassed in the spring than at any other time of year.
(D) in general, once a bicycle purchaser has decided which bicycle he or she 　　intends to purchase, it is difficult to bring about a change in that decision
(E) spring and summer are the time of year in which bicycle riding as a leisure 　　activity is most popular

3. During 1991 the number of people in the town of Bayburg who received municipal food assistance doubled, even though the number of people in Bayburg whose incomes were low enough to qualify for such assistance remained unchanged.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resove the apparent discrepancy in the information above?

(A) In 1990 the Bayburg Town Council debated whether or not to alter the 　　eligibility requirements for the food assistance program but ultimately 　　decided not to change them.
(B) In 1990 the Bayburg social service department estimated the number of 　　people in Bayburg who might be eligible for the food assistance program 　　and then informed the Bayburg Town Council of the total amount of 　　assistance likely to be needed.
(C) During 1991 many residents of a nearby city lost their jobs and moved to 　　Bayburg in search of work.
(D) During 1991 the number of applicants for food assistance in Bayburg who 　　were rejected on the basis that their incomes were above the maximum 　　allowable limit was approximately the same as it had been in 1990.

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