2006年考試之GMAT閱讀練習(xí)(9)(2)

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(40) cences and impressions, incomplete as they may be, are
    likely to throw more light on the working of the mind
    and emotions than any amount of speculation from an
    ethnologist or ethnological theorist from another
    culture.
    1. Which of the following best describes the organization
    of the passage?
    (A) The historical backgrounds of two currently used
    research methods are chronicled.
    (B) The validity of the data collected by using two
    different research methods is compared.
    (C) The usefulness of a research method is questioned
    and then a new method is proposed.
    (D) The use of a research method is described and the
    limitations of the results obtained are discussed.
    (E) A research method is evaluated and the changes
    necessary for its adaptation to other subject areas are
    discussed.
    2. Which of the following is most similar to the actions of
    nineteenth-century ethnologists in their editing of the
    life stories of Native Americans?
    (A) A witness in a jury trial invokes the Fifth
    Amendment in order to avoid relating personally
    incriminating evidence.
    (B) A stockbroker refuses to divulge the source of her
    information on the possible future increase in a
    stock's value.
    (C) A sports announcer describes the action in a team
    sport with which he is unfamiliar.
    (D) A chef purposely excludes the special ingredient
    from the recipe of his prizewinning dessert.
    (E) A politician fails to mention in a campaign speech
    the similarities in the positions held by her opponent
    for political office and by herself.