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自测试题二（1） Time -30 minutes 　　25 Questions 　　1. Soft Drink Manufacturer：Our new childrens soft 　　drink， RipeCal， is fortified with calcium. 　　Since calcium is essential for developing 　　healthy bones， drinking RipeCal regularly 　　will help make children healthy. 　　Consumer Advocate：But RipeCal also contains large 　　amounts of sugar， and regularly consuming 　　large amounts of sugar is unhealthful， especially 　　for children. 　　In responding to the soft drink manufacturer， the 　　consumer advocate does which of the following？ 　　（A）Challenges the manufacturers claim about the 　　nutritional value of calcium in childrens diets 　　（B）Argues that the evidence cited by the manufac- 　　turer， when properly considered， leads to a 　　conclusion opposite to that reached by the 　　manufacturer. 　　（C）Implies that the manufacturer of a product is 　　typically unconcerned with the nutritional value 　　of that product. 　　（D）Questions whether a substance that is healthful 　　when eaten in moderation can be unhealthful 　　when eaten in excessive amounts. 　　（E）Presents additional facts that call into question 　　the conclusion drawn by the manufacturer. 　　2.Over a period of several months， researchers attached 　　small lights to the backs of wetas-flightless insects 　　native to New Zealand-enabling researchers for the 　　first time to make comprehensive observations of the 　　insects nighttime activities.Thus， since wetas forage 　　only at night， the researchers observations will 　　significantly improve knowledge of the normal 　　foraging habits of wetas. 　　Which of the following is an assumption on which 　　the argument depends？ 　　（A） Researchers were interested only in observing 　　the wetas foraging habits and so did not keep 　　track of other types of behavior. 　　（B） No pattern of behavior that is exhibited by wetas 　　during the nighttime is also exhibited by wetas 　　during the daytime. 　　（C）Attaching the small lights to the wetas backs 　　did not greatly alter the wetas normal night- 　　time foraging ha