The author’s argument concerning the effect of the official sale of duplicate artifacts on illegal excavation is based on which of the following assumptions？
A．Prospective purchasers would prefer to buy authenticated artifacts.
B．The price of illegally excavated artifacts would rise.
C．Computers could be used to trace sold artifacts.
D．Illegal excavators would be forced to sell only duplicate artifacts.
E．Money gained from selling authenticated artifacts could be used to investigate and prosecute illegal excavators.
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A．The deer population was smaller in the late nineteenth century than in the mid-twentieth century.
B．Interest in outdoor recreation began to grow in the late nineteenth century.
C．In recent years the suburbs have stopped growing.
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A．The mosquito Aedes aegypti was newly introduced into Asia.
B．The mosquito Aedes aegypti became more numerous.
C．The mosquito Aedes albopictus became infected with the dengue virus.
D．Individuals who would normally acquire immunity to the dengue virus as infants were not infected until later in life.
E．More people began to visit and inhabit areas in which mosquitos live and breed. -
Brand R coffee costs $3. 25 per pound and brand T coffee costs $ 2. 50 per pound.
Column A Column B
The number of pounds of brand R in a 1. 2
mixture of brands R and T that costs
$3. 00 per pound
A．if the quantity in Column A is greater
B．if the quantity in Column B is greater
C．if the two quantity are equal
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Excess inventory, a massive problem for many busi-
nesses, has several causes, some of which are unavoidable.
Overstocks may accumulate through production overruns or
errors. Certain styles and colors prove unpopular. With
（5) some products—computers and software, toys, and
books—last year’s models are difficult to move even at
huge discounts. Occasionally the competition introduces a
better product. But in many cases the public’s buying tastes
simply change, leaving a manufacturer or distributor with
（10 ) thousands （or millions) of items that the fickle public no
longer wants.
One common way to dispose of this merchandise is to
sell it to a liquidator, who buys as cheaply as possible and
then resells the merchandise through catalogs, discount
（15) stores, and other outlets. However, liquidators may pay less
for the merchandise than it cost to make it. Another way to
dispose of excess inventory is to dump it. The corporation
takes a straight cost write-off on its taxes and hauls the
merchandise to a landfill. Although it is hard to believe,
（20) there is a sort of convoluted logic to this approach. It is
perfectly legal, requires little time or preparation on the
company’s part, and solves the problem quickly. The draw-
back is the remote possibility of getting caught by the news
media. Dumping perfectly useful products can turn into a
（25) public relations nightmare. Children living in poverty are
freezing and XYZ Company has just sent 500 new snow-
suits to the local dump. Parents of young children are
barely getting by and QPS Company dumps 1,000 cases of
disposable diapers because they have slight imperfections.
（30) The managers of these companies are not deliberately
wasteful; they are simply unaware of all their alternatives.
In 1976 the Internal Revenue Service provided a tangible
incentive for businesses to contribute their products to char-
ity. The new tax law allowed corporations to deduct the
（35)cost of the product donated plus half the difference
between cost and fair market selling price, with the proviso
that deductions cannot exceed twice cost. Thus, the federal
government sanctions—indeed, encourages—an above-cost
federal tax deduction for companies that donate inventory
to charity.
The author mentions each of the following as a cause of excess inventory EXCEPT__
A．production of too much merchandise
B．inaccurate forecasting of buyers’ preferences
C．unrealistic pricing policies
D．products’ rapid obsolescence
E．availability of a better product -
A printer numbered consecutively the pages of a book, beginning with 1 on the first page. In numbering the pages, he printed a total of 189 digits.
Column A Column B
The number of pages 100
in the book
A．if the quantity in Column A is greater
B．if the quantity in Column B is greater
C．if the two quantity are equal
D．if the relationship cannot be determined from the information given