The following two questions are based on the following passage:The Southfork Steel Company is in trouble. Since 1960 it has made guaranteed payments to retirees out of a pension fund paid into by current employees as a percentage of their salaries. The restructuring of the Southfork workforce, however, has meant that fewer employees are now needed to produce the same amount of work as in the days of the retired employees. Since current employees are unwilling to pay a larger percentage of their salaries into the pension system than their predecessors did, the pension fund will inevitably go bankrupt. Which of the following, if true, suggests that the passage is correct in its conclusion that the pension fund will inevitably go bankrupt ?()
A. Employees who retire today will, on average, live five years longer than those who retired in the 1960s.
B. The workers’ union has consistently vetoed any efforts on the part of management to cut tire level of pension payments to retired employees.
C. Although Southfork Steel now produces almost twice as much steel as it did during the 1960s, overseas competition has driven the price of steel, adjusted for inflation, to less than one-third of its price in the 1960s, and there is no indication that prices will increase at any time in the future.
D. Consultants have advised Southfork management that it can improve efficiency at the plant by implementing further workforce restructuring that could decrease the total number of employees by approximately 10 percent.
E. Southfork employees in management do not take part in the general pension system, but instead pay into and collect from a separate system that guarantees higher payments.
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passage oneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
A. By filtering sea water.
By treating sea water with chemicals.
C. By taking salt out of sea water.
D. By drying up sea water.
The following data sufficiency problems consist of a question and two statements, labeled (1) and (2), in which certain data are given. You have to decide whether the data given in the statements are sufficient for answering the question. Using the data given in the statements plus your knowledge of mathematics and everyday facts (such as the number of days in July or the meaning of counterclockwise), you must indicate whether. Ajar contains 30 coins, of which 20 are nickels and 10 are dimes. If 7 coins are removed, how many nickels are left ?() (1) More nickels are removed than dimes. (2) The remaining coins in the jar are worth $1.55.
A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
How many children were there in the school
A. 114.
B. About 200.
C. 900
D. More than 1,000.
Questions 25 to 26 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news What appeal has Kofi Annan made to NATO
A. To send more troops to Afghanistan.
B. To ensure peace and order in Afghanistan.
C. Not to intervene in Afghanistan’s general elections .
D. To offer humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.