Passage 1

Recent years have brought minority-owned businesses in the United States unprecedented opportunities-as well as new and significant risks. Civil rights activists have long argued that one of
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Both consume valuable time and resources, and a small company0s efforts must soon result in orders, or both the morale and the financial health of the business will suffer. ( second risk is that 5hite-owned companies may seek to cash in on the increasing apportion(45)

the principal reasons why Blacks, ispanics, and other minority groups have difficulty establishing themselves in business is that they lack access to the si!able orders and subcontracts that are generated by large companies. "ow Congress, in appar-

ments through formation of .oint ventures with minority-owned concerns. 6f course, in many instances there are legitimate reasons for .oint ventures7 clearly, 5hite and minority enterprises can team up to ac#uire business that neither could

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ent agreement, has re#uired by law that businesses awarded federal contracts of more than $%&&,&&& do their best to find minority subcontractors and record their efforts to do so on forms filed with the government. 'ndeed, some federal and local agen(50)

ac#uire alone. But civil rights groups and minority business owners have complained to Congress about minorities being set up as 8fronts9 with 5hite backing, rather than being accepted as full partners in legitimate .oint ventures.

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cies have gone so far as to set specific percentage goals for apportioning parts of public works contracts to minority enterprises. Corporate response appears to have been substantial. (ccording to figures collected in )*++,
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-hird, a minority enterprise that secures the business of one large corporate customer often run the danger of becoming--and remaining:dependent. ;ven in the best of circumstances, fierce competition from larger, more established companies

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the total of corporate contracts with minority businesses rose from $++ million in )*+, to $). lbillion in )*++. -he pro.ected total of corporate contracts with minority businesses for the early )*/&0s is estimated to be over %1 billion per year with no
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makes it difficult for small concerns to broaden their customer bases< when such firms have nearly guaranteed orders from a single corporate benefactor, they may truly have to struggle against complacency arising from their current success.

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letup anticipated in the ne2t decade. 3romising as it is for minority businesses, this increased patronage poses dangers for them, too. 4irst, minority firms risk e2panding too fast and overe2tending themselves financially, since most

). -he primary purpose of the passage is to =(> present a commonplace idea and its inaccuracies =B> describe a situation and its potential drawbacks =C> propose a temporary solution to a problem =?> analy!e a fre#uent source of disagreement =;> e2plore the implications of a finding ,. -he passage supplies information that would answer which of the following #uestions@ =(> 5hat federal agencies have set percentage goals for -1-

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are small concerns and, unlike large businesses, they often need to make substantial investments in new plants, staff, e#uipment, and the like in order to perform work subcontracted to them. 'f, thereafter, their subcontracts are for some reason

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reduced, such firms can face potentially crippling fi2ed e2penses. -he world of corporate purchasing can be frustrating for small entrepreneurs who get re#uests for elaborate formal estimates and bids.

the use of minority-owned businesses in public works contracts@ =B> -o which government agencies must businesses awarded federal contracts report their efforts to find minority subcontractors@ =C> ow widespread is the use of minority-owned concerns as 8fronts9 by 5hite backers seeking to obtain subcontracts@ =?> ow many more minority-owned businesses were there in )*++ than in )*+,@ =;> 5hat is one set of conditions under which a small business might find itself financially overe2tended@ 1. (ccording to the passage, civil rights activists maintain that one disadvantage under which minority- owned businesses have traditionally had to labor is that they have =(> been especially vulnerable to governmental mismanagement of the economy =B> been denied bank loans at rates comparable to those afforded larger competitors =C> not had sufficient opportunity to secure business created by large corporations =?> not been able to advertise in those media that reach large numbers of potential customers =;> not had ade#uate representation in the centers of government power A. -he passage suggests that the failure of a large business to have its bids for subcontracts result #uickly in orders might cause it to =(> e2perience frustration but not serious financial harm =B> face potentially crippling fi2ed e2penses =C> have to record its efforts on forms filed with the government =?> increase its spending with minority subcontractors =;> revise its procedure for making bids for federal -2-

contracts and subcontracts %. -he author implies that a minority-owned concern that does the greater part of its business with one large corporate customer should =(> avoid competition with larger, more established concerns by not e2panding =B> concentrate on securing even more business from that corporation =C> try to e2pand its customer base to avoid becoming dependent on the corporation =?> pass on some of the work to be done for the corporation to other minority-owned concerns =;> use its influence with the corporation to promote subcontracting with other minority concerns B. 't can be inferred from the passage that, compared with the re#uirements of law, the percentage goals set by 8some federal and local agencies 9=lines )A)%> are =(> more popular with large corporations =B> more specific =C> less controversial =?> less e2pensive to enforce =;> easier to comply with +. 5hich of the following, if true, would most weaken the author0s assertion that, in the )*+&0s, corporate response to federal re#uirements =lines )/-)*> was substantial =(> Corporate contracts with minority-owned businesses totaled $, billion in )*+*. =B> Between )*+& and )*+,, corporate contracts with minority-owned businesses declined by ,% percent. =C> -he figures collected in )*++ underrepresented the e2tent of corporate contracts with minorityowned businesses. =?> -he estimate of corporate spending with minority-owned businesses in )*/& is

appro2imately $)& million too high. =;> -he $).) billion represented the same percentage of total corporate spending in )*++ as did $++ million in )*+,.
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defended or attacked. -he United States, it was believed, had no status quo ante. 6ur only 8station9 was the turning of a stationary wheel, spinning faster and faster. 5e did not base our system on property but opportunity---which meant we based it not on stability but on mobility. -he more things changed, that is, the more rapidly the wheel turned, the steadier we would be. -he conventional picture of class politics is
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/. -he author would most likely agree with which of the following statements about corporate response to working with minority subcontractors@ =(> (nnoyed by the proliferation of 8front9 organi!ations, corporations are likely to reduce their efforts to work with minority-owned subcontractors in the near future. =B> (lthough corporations showed considerable interest in working with minority businesses in the )*+&0s, their aversion to government paperwork made them reluctant to pursue many government contracts. =C> -he significant response of corporations in the )*+&0s is likely to be sustained and conceivably be increased throughout the )*/&0s. =?> (lthough corporations are eager to cooperate with minority-owned businesses, a shortage of capital in the )*+&0s made substantial response impossible. =;> -he enormous corporate response has all but eliminated the dangers of overe2pansion that used to plague small minority-owned businesses.
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of the aves, who want a stability to

keep what they have, and the ave-"ots, who want a touch of instability and change in which to scramble for the things they have not. But (mericans imagined a condition in which speculators, self-makers, runners are always using the new opportunities given by our land. -hese economic leaders =front-runners> would thus he mainly agents of change. -he nonstarters were considered the ones who wanted stability, a strong referee to give them some position in the race, a regulative hand to calm manic speculation7 an authority that can call things to a halt, begin things again from compensatorily staggered 8starting lines.9 8Reform9 in (merica has been sterile because it can imagine no change e2cept through the e2tension of this metaphor of a race, wider inclusion of competitors, 8a piece of the action,9 as it were, for the disenfranchised. -here is no
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Passage 2
5oodrow 5ilson was referring to the liberal idea of the economic market when he said that the free enterprise system is the most efficient economic system. Ca2imum freedom means
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attempt to call off the race. Since our only stability is change, (merica seems not to honor the #uiet work that achieves social interdependence and stability. -here is, in our legends, no heroism of the office clerk, no stable industrial work

productiveness7 our 8openness9 is to

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be the measure of our stability. 4ascination with this ideal has made (mericans defy the 86ld 5orld9 categories of settled possessiveness versus unsettling deprivation, the cupidity of retention
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force of the people who actually make the system work. -here is no pride in being an employee =5ilson asked for a return to the time when everyone was an employer>. -here has been no boasting about our social workers---they are

versus the cupidity of sei!ure, a 8status #uo9 -3-

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merely signs of the system0s failure, of opportunity denied or not taken, of things to be eliminated. 5e have no pride in our growing interdependence, in the fact that our system can serve others, that we are able to help those in

=;> ( government inspector A. -he author sets off the word 8Reform9 =line 1%> with #uotation marks in order to =(> emphasi!e its departure from the concept of settled possessiveness =B> show his support for a systematic program of change =C> underscore the fle2ibility and even amorphousness of United States society. =?> indicate that the term was one of 5ilson0s favorites =;> assert that reform in the United States has not been fundamental %. 't can be inferred from the passage that the author most probably thinks that giving the disenfranchised 8a piece of the action 9 =line 1/> is =(> a compassionate, if misdirected, legislative measure =B> an e2ample of (mericans0 resistance to profound social change =C> an innovative program for genuine social reform =?> a monument to the efforts of industrial reformers =;> a surprisingly 86ld 5orld9 remedy for social ills B. 5hich of the following metaphors could the author most appropriately use to summari!e his own assessment of the (merican economic system =lines 1%-B&>@ =(> ( windmill =B> ( waterfall =C> ( treadmill =?> ( gyroscope =;> ( bellows +. 't can be inferred from the passage that 5oodrow 5ilson0s ideas about the economic market =(> encouraged those who 8make the system work9 =lines A%-AB> =B> perpetuated traditional legends about (merica -4-

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need7 empty boasts from the past make us ashamed of our present achievements, make us try to forget or deny them, move away from them. -here is no honor but in the 5onderland race we must all run, all trying to win, none

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winning in the end =for there is no end>.

). -he primary purpose of the passage is to =(> critici!e the infle2ibility of (merican economic mythology =B> contrast 86ld 5orld9 and 8"ew 5orld9 economic ideologies =C> challenge the integrity of traditional political leaders =?> champion those (mericans whom the author deems to be neglected =;> suggest a substitute for the traditional metaphor of a race ,. (ccording to the passage, 86ld 5orld9 values were based on =(> ability =B> property =C> family connections =?> guild hierarchies =;> education 1. 'n the conte2t of the author0s discussion of regulating change, which of the following could be most probably regarded as a 8strong referee9 =line 1&> in the United States@ =(> ( school principal =B> ( political theorist =C> ( federal court .udge =?> ( social worker

=C> revealed the pre.udices of a man born wealthy =?> foreshadowed the stock market crash of )*,* =;> began a tradition of presidential proclamations on economics /. -he passage contains information that would answer which of the following #uestions@ .5hat techni#ues have industrialists used to manipulate a free market@ .'n what ways are 8 "ew 5orld9 and 8 6ld 5orld9 economic policies similar@ . as economic policy in the United States tended to reward independent action@ =(> only =B> only =C> only =?> and only =;> and only *. 5hich of the following best e2presses the author0s main point@ =(> (mericans0 pride in their .obs continues to give them stamina today. =B> -he absence of a status quo ante has undermined United States economic structure. =C> -he free enterprise system has been only a useless concept in the United States =?> -he myth of the (merican free enterprise system is seriously flawed. =;> 4ascination with the ideal of 8openness9 has made (mericans a progressive people.
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under oceans and continents are sufficient to produce convection in the mantle of the earth with rising convection currents under the mid(10) ocean

ridges and sinking currents under the con-

tinents. -heoretically, this convection would carry the continental plates along as though they were on a conveyor belt and would provide the forces needed to produce the split that occurs
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the ridge. -his view may be correct< it has

the advantage that the currents are driven by temperature differences that themselves depend on the position of the continents. Such a backcoupling, in which the position of the moving
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has an impact on the forces that move it,

could produce complicated and varying motions. 6n the other hand, the theory is implausible because convection does not normally occur along lines. and it certainly does not occur along
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broken by fre#uent offsets or changes in

direction, as the ridge is. (lso it is difficult to see how the theory applies to the plate between the Cid-(tlantic Ridge and the ridge in the 'ndian 6cean. -his plate is growing on both sides, and since there is no intermediate trench, the two ridges must be moving apart. 't would be odd if the rising convection currents kept e2act pace with them. (n alternative theory is that the sinking part of the plate, which is denser than the
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surrounding mantle, pulls the rest of the

plate after it. (gain it is difficult to see how this applies to the ridge in the South (tlantic, where neither the (frican nor the (merican plate has a sinking part.
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Passage 3
"o very satisfactory account of the mechanism that caused the formation of the ocean basins has yet been given. -he traditional view supposes that the upper mantle of the earth behaves as a
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(nother possibility is that the sinking plate cools the neighboring mantle and produces convection currents that move the plates. -his last theory is attractive because it gives some hope of e2plaining the enclosed seas, such as the Sea of

li#uid when it is sub.ected to small forces for long periods and that differences in temperature

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-hese seas have a typical oceanic floor,

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e2cept that the floor is overlaid by several kilometers of sediment. -heir floors have probably been sinking for long periods. 't seems possible that a sinking current of cooled mantle material
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by back-coupling =;> account for the rising currents under certain midocean ridges A. -he author regards the traditional view of the origin of the oceans with =(> slight apprehension =B> absolute indifference =C> indignant anger =?> complete disbelief =;> guarded skepticism %. (ccording to the passage, which of the following are separated by a plate that is growing on both sides@ =(> -he 3acific 6cean and the Sea of Dapan =B> -he South (tlantic Ridge and the "orth Sea Ridge =C> -he Eulf of Ce2ico and the South (tlantic Ridge =?> -he Cid-(tlantic Ridge and the 'ndian 6cean Ridge =;> -he Black Sea and the Sea of Dapan B. 5hich of the following, if it could be demonstrated, would most support the traditional view of ocean formation@ =(> Convection usually occurs along lines. =B> -he upper mantle behaves as a dense solid. =C> Sedimentation occurs at a constant rate. =?> Sinking plates cool the mantle. =;> 'sland arcs surround enclosed seas. +. (ccording to the passage, the floor of the Black Sea can best be compared to a =(> rapidly moving conveyor belt =B> slowly settling foundation =C> rapidly e2panding balloon =?> violently erupting volcano =;> slowly eroding mountain /. 5hich of the following titles would best describe the content of the passage@ -6-

on the upper side of the plate might be the cause of such deep basins. -he enclosed seas are an important feature of the earth0s surface, and seriously re#uire e2planation in because, addition to the enclosed seas that are developing at present behind island arcs, there are a number of

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older ones of possibly similar origin, such as the Eulf of Ce2ico, the Black Sea, and perhaps the "orth Sea.

). (ccording to the traditional view of the origin of the ocean basins, which of the following is sufficient to move the continental plates@ =(> 'ncreases in sedimentation on ocean floors =B> Spreading of ocean trenches =C> Covement of mid-ocean ridges =?> Sinking of ocean basins =;> ?ifferences in temperature under oceans and continents ,. 't can be inferred from the passage that, of the following, the deepest sediments would be found in the =(> 'ndian 6cean =B> Black Sea =C> Cid-(tlantic =?> South (tlantic =;> 3acific 1. -he author refers to a 8conveyor belt 9 in line )1 in order to =(> illustrate the effects of convection in the mantle =B> show how temperature differences depend on the positions of the continents =C> demonstrate the linear nature of the Cid-(tlantic Ridge =?> describe the complicated motions made possible

=(> ( ?escription of the 6ceans of the 5orld =B> Several -heories of 6cean Basin 4ormation =C> -he -raditional Fiew of the 6ceans =?> Convection and 6cean Currents =;> -emperature ?ifferences (mong the 6ceans of the 5orld

(lthough scales typically cover reptiles, the pterosaurs probably had hairy coats. -. . u2ley reasoned that flying vertebrates must have been warmblooded because flying implies a high rate of
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which in turn implies a high internal tem-

perature. u2ley speculated that a coat of hair would insulate against loss of body heat and might streamline the body to reduce drag in flight. -he recent discovery

Passage 4
-he fossil remains of the first flying vertebrates, the pterosaurs, have intrigued paleontologists for more than two centuries. ow such large creatures, which weighed in some cases as much as a piloted hang-glider
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of a pterosaur specimen covered in long, dense, and

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thick hairlike fossil material was the first clear

evidence that his reasoning was correct. ;fforts to e2plain how the pterosaurs became airborne have led to suggestions that they launched themselves by .umping from cliffs, by dropping from trees.
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had wingspans from / to ), meters, solved the

problems of powered flight, and e2actly what these creatures were--reptiles or birds-are among the #uestions scientists have pu!!led over. 3erhaps the least controversial assertion about the
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even by rising into light winds from the crests of

waves. ;ach hypothesis has its difficulties. -he first wrongly assumes that the pterosaurs0 hind feet resembled a bat0s and could serve as hooks by which the animal could hang in preparation for flight. -he second
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is that they were reptiles. -heir skulls,

pelvises, and hind feet are reptilian. -he anatomy of their wings suggests that they did not evolve into the class of birds. 'n pterosaurs a greatly elongated fourth finger of each forelimb supported a winglike membrane.
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hypothesis seems unlikely because large pterosaurs could not have landed in trees without damaging their wings. -he third calls for high waves to channel updrafts. -he wind that made such waves however, might have been too strong for the pterosaurs to

-he other fingers were short and reptilian, with sharp claws. 'n birds the second finger is the principal strut of the wing, which consists primarily of feathers. 'f the pterosaurs walked on all fours, the three short fingers may have been employed for grasping. 5hen a
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control their flight once airborne.

). 't can be inferred from the passage that scientists now generally agree that the =(> enormous wingspan of the pterosaurs enabled them to fly great distances close evolutionary relationship to bats =C> fossil remains of the pterosaurs reveal how they solved the problem of powered flight =?> pterosaurs were reptiles =;> pterosaurs walked on all fours

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pterosaur walked or remained stationary, the fourth finger, and with it the wing, could only turn upward in animal0s body. -he pterosaurs resembled both birds and bats in

an e2tended inverted F-shape along each side of the =B> structure of the skeleton of the pterosaurs suggests a

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overall structure and proportions. -his is not sur-

prising because the design of any flying vertebrate is sub.ect to aerodynamic constraints. Both the pterosaurs and the birds have hollow bones, a feature that repre-

sents a savings in weight. 'n the birds, however, these ,. -he author views the idea that the pterosaurs
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bones are reinforced more massively by internal struts. -7-

became airborne by rising into light winds created

by waves as =(> revolutionary =B> unlikely =C> unassailable =?> probable =;> outdated 1. (ccording to the passage, the skeleton of a pterosaur can be distinguished from that of a bird by the =(> si!e of its wingspan =B> presence of hollow spaces in its bones =C> anatomic origin of its wing strut =?> presence of hooklike pro.ections on its hind feet =;> location of the shoulder .oint .oining the wing to its body A. -he ideas attributed to -. . u2ley in the passage suggest that he would most likely agree with which of the following statements@ =(> (n animal0s brain si!e has little bearing on its ability to master comple2 behaviors. =B> (n animal0s appearance is often influenced by environmental re#uirements and physical capabilities. =C> (nimals within a given family group are unlikely to change their appearance dramatically over a period of time. =?> -he origin of flight in vertebrates was an accidental development rather than the outcome of speciali!ation or adaptation. =;> -he pterosaurs should be classified as birds, not reptiles. %. 't can be inferred from the passage that which of the following is characteristic of the pterosaurs@ =(> -hey were unable to fold their wings when not in use. =B> -hey hung upside down from branches as bats do before flight. =C> -hey flew in order to capture prey.

=?> -hey were an early stage in the evolution of the birds. =;> -hey lived primarily in a forestlike habitat. B.5hich of the following best describes the organi!ation of the last paragraph of the passage@ =(> "ew evidence is introduced to support a traditional point of view. =B> -hree e2planations for a phenomenon are presented, and each is disputed by means of specific information. =C> -hree hypotheses are outlined, and evidence supporting each is given. =?> Recent discoveries are described, and their implications for future study are pro.ected =;> ( summary of the material in the preceding paragraphs is presented, and conclusions are drawn. +. 't can be inferred from the passage that some scientists believe that pterosaurs =(> lived near large bodies of water =B> had sharp teeth for tearing food =C> were attacked and eaten by larger reptiles =?> had longer tails than many birds =;> consumed twice their weight daily to maintain their body temperature

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ow many really suffer as a result of labor market problems@ -his is one of the most critical yet contentious social policy #uestions. 'n many ways, our social statistics e2aggerate the degree of hard(5)

ship. Unemployment does not have the same dire conse#uences today as it did in the )*1&0s when most of the unemployed were primary breadwinners, when income and earnings were usually much closer to the margin of subsistence, and when there

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were no countervailing social programs for those failing in the labor market. 'ncreasing affluence, the rise of families with more than one wage earner, the growing predominance of secondary earners among the unemployed, and improved social welfare pro(50)

(s a result of such contradictory evidence, it is uncertain whether those suffering seriously as a

result

of thousands or the tens of millions, and,

hence, whether high levels of .oblessness can be tolerated or must be countered by .ob creation and
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have un#uestionably mitigated the conse-

economic stimulus. -here is only one area of agreement in this debate---that the e2isting poverty, employment, and earnings statistics are inade#uate for one their primary applications, measuring the conse#uences of labor market problems.

#uences of .oblessness. ;arnings and income data also overstate the dimensions of hardship. (mong the millions with hourly earnings at or below the minimum wage level, the overwhelming ma.ority
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are from multiple-earner, relatively affluent families. Cost of those counted by the poverty statistics are elderly or handicapped or have family responsibilities which keep them out of the labor force, so the poverty statistics are by no means an ). 5hich of the following is the principal topic of the passage@ =(> 5hat causes labor market pathologies that result in suffering =B> 5hy income measures are imprecise in measuring degrees of poverty =C> 5hich of the currently used statistical procedures are the best for estimating the incidence of hardship that is due to unemployment =?> 5here the areas of agreement are among poverty, employment, and earnings figures =;> ow social statistics give an unclear picture of the degree of hardship caused by low wages and insufficient employment opportunities ,. -he author uses 8labor market problems9 in lines )-, to refer to which of the following@ =(> -he overall causes of poverty =B> ?eficiencies in the training of the work force =C> -rade relationships among producers of goods =?> Shortages of .obs providing ade#uate income =;> Strikes and inade#uate supplies of labor 1. -he author contrasts the )*1&0s with the present in order to show that =(> more people were unemployed in the )*1&0s =B> unemployment now has less severe effects =C> social programs are more needed now =?> there now is a greater proportion of elderly and -9-

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accurate indicator of labor market pathologies. Get there are also many ways our social statistics underestimate the degree of labor-market-related hardship. -he unemployment counts e2clude the millions of fully employed workers whose wages are

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so low that their families remain in poverty. How wages and repeated or prolonged unemployment
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interact to undermine the capacity for

self-support. Since the number e2periencing .oblessness at some time during the year is several times
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number unemployed in any month, those who

suffer as a result of forced idleness can e#ual or e2ceed average annual unemployment, even though only a minority of the .obless in any month really suffer. 4or every person counted in the monthly
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unemployment tallies, there is another working part-time because of the inability to find full-time work, or else outside the labor force but wanting a
.ob.

4inally, income transfers in our country have neglecting the needs of the working poor, so the dramatic e2pansion of cash and in-kind does not necessarily mean that those fail-

always focused on the elderly, disabled, and depen(45)dent, that

transfers ing

in the labor market are ade#uately protected.

handicapped people among those in poverty =;> poverty has increased since the )*1&0s A.5hich of the following proposals best responds to the issues raised by the author@ =(> 'nnovative programs using multiple approaches should be set up to reduce the level of unemployment. =B> ( compromise should be found between the positions of those who view .oblessness as an evil greater than economic control and those who hold the opposite view. =C> "ew statistical indices should be developed to measure the degree to which unemployment and inade#uately paid employment cause suffering. =?> Consideration should be given to the ways in which statistics can act as partial causes of the phenomena that they purport to measure. =;> -he labor force should be restructured so that it corresponds to the range of .ob vacancies. %.-he author0s purpose in citing those who are repeatedly unemployed during a twelve-month period is most probably to show that =(> there are several factors that cause the payment of low wages to some members of the labor force =B> unemployment statistics can underestimate the hardship resulting from .oblessness =C> recurrent inade#uacies in the labor market can e2ist and can cause hardships for individual workers =?> a ma.ority of those who are .obless at any one time to not suffer severe hardship =;> there are fewer individuals who are without .obs at some time during a year than would be e2pected on the basis of monthly unemployment figures B. -he author states that the mitigating effect of social

programs involving income transfers on the income level of low-income people is often not felt by =(> the employed poor =B> dependent children in single-earner families =C> workers who become disabled =?> retired workers =;> full-time workers who become unemployed +. (ccording to the passage, one factor that causes unemployment and earnings figures to overpredict the amount of economic hardship is the =(> recurrence of periods of unemployment for a group of low-wage workers =B> possibility that earnings may be received from more than one .ob per worker =C> fact that unemployment counts do not include those who work for low wages and remain poor =?> establishment of a system of record-keeping that makes it possible to compile poverty statistics =;> prevalence, among low-wage workers and the unemployed, of members of families in which others are employed /. -he conclusion stated in lines 11-1* about the number of people who suffer as a result of forced idleness depends primarily on the point that =(> in times of high unemployment, there are some people who do not remain unemployed for long =B> the capacity for self-support depends on receiving moderate-to-high wages =C> those in forced idleness include, besides the unemployed, both underemployed part-time workers and those not actively seeking work =?> at different times during the year, different people are unemployed =;> many of those who are affected by unemployment are dependents of unemployed workers *. 5hich of the following, if true, is the best criticism of the author0s argument concerning why poverty - 10 -

statistics cannot properly be used to show the effects of problems in the labor market@ =(> ( short-term increase in the number of those in poverty can indicate a shortage of .obs because the basic number of those unable to accept employment remains appro2imately constant. =B> 4or those who are in poverty as a result of .oblessness, there are social programs available that provide a minimum standard of living. =C> 3overty statistics do not consistently agree with earnings statistics, when each is taken as a measure of hardship resulting from unemployment. =?> -he elderly and handicapped categories include many who previously were employed in the labor market. =;> Since the labor market is global in nature, poor workers in one country are competing with poor workers in another with respect to the level of wages and the e2istence of .obs.

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