2013年4月gre考试备考：gre阅读考前热身试题（十六）

新GRE阅读考察面很多，主要考察的是学生的逻辑理解能力和推理能力，考生除了拥有大量的词汇以外，还需能够迅速了解出题者的意图。下面给大家准备了新GRE阅读短文的练习。

Joyce: Three years ago the traffic commission modified our town's busiest intersection for better visibility, a commendable effort to cut down on traffic accidents there.

Gary: Over the past three years there have been more, not fewer, traffic accidents per week at that intersection, so the modification has increased the likelihood of accidents there

The answer to which of the following questions would be most useful in evaluating Gary's argument?

(A) What proportion of the town's drivers involved in accidents that occurred prior to the modification suffered personal injury in their accidents?

(B) How long, on average, had the members of the traffic commission held their offices when the modification was implemented?

(C) Do a majority of the town's residents approve of the traffic commission's overall performance?

(D) What measures have nearby towns taken within the last three years in order to improve visibil-ity at dangerous intersections?

(E) How has the volume of traffic at the town's busiest intersection changed over the last three years?

答案：C