考试时间：2010330

考试地点：成都

Issue：

"Facts are stubborn things. They cannot be altered by our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions."

"Many people know how to attain success, but few know how to make the best use of it."

Argument：

The following is a recommendation from the director of personnel to the president of Professional Printing Company. “In a recent telephone survey of automobile factory workers, older employees were less likely to report that having a supervisor present increases their productivity. Among workers aged 18 to 29, 27 percent said that they are more productive in the presence of their immediate supervisor, compared to 12 percent for those aged 30 or over, and only 8 percent for those aged 50 or over. Clearly, if our printing company hires mainly older employees, we will increase productivity and save money because of the reduced need for supervisors. "

第二次

考试时间：20100816

考试地点：成都

Issue：

"It is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information from the public."

"Tradition and modernization are incompatible. One must choose between them."

Argument：

The following appeared in a business magazine. “As a result of numerous consumer complaints of dizziness and nausea, Promofoods requested that eight million cans of tuna be returned for testing last year. Promofoods concluded that the cans did not, after all, contain chemicals that posed a health risk. This conclusion is based on the fact that the chemists from Promofoods tested samples of the recalled cans and found that, of the eight chemicals most commonly blamed for causing symptoms of dizziness and nausea, five were not found in any of the tested cans. The chemists did find that the three remaining suspected chemicals are naturally found in all other kinds of canned foods."