Which of the following, if true, would provide most support for concluding from the survey

nsurance companies to make a reasonable profit. Under the regulations, the rate any individual driver pays never depends on the actual distance driven by that driver each year. Therefore, Argonians who drive less than average partially subsidize the insurance of those who drive more than average. The conclusion above would be properly drawn if it were also true that in Argonia

A．the average accident insurance rate for all drivers rises whenever a substantial number of new drivers buy insurance.

B．the average cost to insurance companies of insuring drivers who drive less than the annual average is less than the average cost of insuring drivers who drive more than the annual average.

C．the lower the age of a driver, the higher the insurance rate paid by that driver.

D．insurance company profits would rise substantially if drivers were classified in terms of the actual number of miles they drive each year.

E．drivers who have caused insurance companies to pay costly claims generally pay insurance rates that are equal to or lower than those paid by other drivers.

nts of Ungava Bay?

A．They were almost all killed by the 1952 epidemic.

B．They were immunologically defenseless against measles.

C．They were the last native people to be struck by a virgin-soil epidemic.

D．They did not come into frequent contact with white Americans until the twentieth century.

E．They had been inoculated against measles.

kinds of "handicaps" referred to in line 39?

A．A history of an auto manufacturing plant written by an employee during an auto-buying boom.

B．A critique of a statewide school-desegregation plan written by an elementary school teacher in that state.

C．A newspaper article assessing the historical importance of a United States President written shortly after the President has taken office.

D．A scientific paper describing the benefits of a certain surgical technique written by the surgeon who developed the technique.

E．Diary entries narrating the events of a battle written by a soldier who participated in the battle.

It can be inferred from the passage that the "prevailing dogma"(line 14)held that

A．Jim Crow laws were passed to give legal status to well-established discriminatory practices in the South.

B．Jim Crow laws were passed to establish order and uniformity in the discriminatory practices of different southern states.

C．Jim Crow laws were passed to erase the social gains that Black people had achieved since Reconstruction.

D．the continuity of racial segregation in the South was disrupted by passage of Jim Crow laws.

E．the Jim Crow laws of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were passed to reverse the effect of earlier Jim Crow laws.

Which of the following best describes the organization of the first paragraph?

A．A thesis is presented and supporting examples are provided.

B．Opposing views are presented, classified, and then reconciled.

C．A fact is stated, and an explanation is advanced and then refuted.

D．A theory is proposed, considered, and then amended.

E．An opinion is presented, qualified, and then reaffirmed.

of the following would be the case?

A．The equipment used in Japanese automobile plants would be different from the equipment used in United States plants.

B．Japanese workers would be trained to do several different production jobs.

C．Culture would not have an influence on the productivity levels of workers.

D．The workers in Japanese-run plants would have higher productivity levels regardless of where they were located.

E．The production levels of Japanese-run plants located in the United States would be equal to those of plants run by United States companies.

utomobile industry. Some observers of Japan have assumed that Japanese firms use the same manufacturing equipment and techniques as United States firms but have benefited from the unique characteristics of Japanese employees and the Japanese culture. However, if this were true, then one would expect Japanese auto plants in the United States to perform. no better than factories run by United States companies. This is not the case, Japanese-run automobile plants located in the United States and staffed by local workers have demonstrated higher levels of productivity when compared with factories owned by United States companies. Other observers link high Japanese productivity to higher levels of capital investment per worker. But a historical perspective leads to a different conclu- sion. When the two top Japanese automobile makers matched and then doubled United States productivity levels in the mid-sixties, capital investment per employee was comparable to that of United States firms. Furthermore, by the late seventies, the amount of fixed assets required to produce one vehicle was roughly equivalent in Japan and in the United States. Since capital invest - ment was not higher in Japan, it had to be other factors that led to higher productivity. A more fruitful explanation may lie with Japanese production techniques. Japanese automobile producers did not simply implement conventional processes more effectively: they made critical changes in United States procedures. For instance, the mass-product ion phi- losophy of United States automakers encouraged the production of huge lots of cars in order to utilize fully expensive, component-specific equipment and to occupy fully workers who have been trained to execute one operation efficiently. Japanese automakers chose to make small-lot production feasible by introducing several departures from United States practices, including the use of flexible equipment that could be altered easily to do several different production tasks and the training of workers in multiple jobs. Automakers could schedule the production of different compo- nents or models on single machines, thereby eliminating the need to store the buffer stocks of extra components that result when specialized equipment and workers are kept constantly active.

The primary purpose of the passage is to

A．present the major steps of a process.

B．clarify an ambiguity.

C．chronicle a dispute.

D．correct misconceptions.

E．defend an accepted approach.

to the adoption of the Europe 1992 program?

A．There were restrictions on commerce between the member nations.

B．The economic policies of the member nations focused on global trading issues.

C．There were few impediments to trade between the member nations and the United States.

D．The flow of goods between the member nations and Canada was insignificant.

E．Relations between multinational corporations and the governments of the member nations were strained.

own assessment of the American economic system(lines 42-72)?

A．A windmill.

B．A waterfall.

C．A treadmill.

D．A gyroscope.

E．A bellows.

isenfranchised "a piece of the action "(line 46)is

A．a compassionate, if misdirected, legislative measure.

B．an example of Americans" resistance to profound social change.

C．an innovative program for genuine social reform.

D．a monument to the efforts of industrial reformers.

E．a surprisingly "Old World" remedy for social ills.