以下将为正在备战GMAT考试的同学们整理一些经典的GMAT阅读试题，并分多个合集推出，希望能够为正在备考GMAT考试的考生提供或多或少的帮助。

　　Q 13:

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　　choices for this question.

　　According to the passage, which of the following is true about the role played by ground squirrels in the ecology of grassland-wetland complexes?

　　A. While not important in the diet of raccoons or striped skunks, ground squirrels are a significant source of food for other waterfowl-nest predators.

　　B. Whereas ground squirrels are typically important as predators of songbird nests, their opportunistic predation on waterfowl nests also has an observable fect on waterfowl nesting success.

　　C. Although most waterfowl-nest predators prey on small mammals such as mice and ground squirrels, populations of ground squirrels tend to increase quickly enough to compensate for this level of predation.

　　D. Although ground squirrels have been known to prey on songbird nests, a larger portion of their diets is usually provided by predation on waterfowl nests.

　　E. Since larger predators tend to prer small mammals to songbird eggs as a food source, a large population of ground squirrels plays an important role in controlling opportunistic predation on songbird nests.

　　Neither raccoons nor striped skunks consume ground squirrels, which are important predators of songbird nests.

　　ground squirrels are important in the diet of many waterfowl-nest predators and can themselves be important predators of songbird nets.

　　本题比较难，需要两处的文字对应才能做出来，特别需要注意的是：一般意义上的文字对应法不适合此题，因为在第二段又一次提到了suqirrels。

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　　Q 14:

　　Which of the following best describes the function of the sentence “Neither raccoons…songbird nests” (lines 34-37) in the context of the passage as a whole?

　　A. It raises questions about the validity of a theory described in the first paragraph.

　　B. It points out an oversimplification that is inherent in the argument presented in

　　the first paragraph.

　　C. It introduces information that may help explain the results of the experiment that are presented earlier in the paragraph.

　　D. It provides a specific example of the type of data collected in the experiment described earlier in the paragraph.

　　E. It anticipates a potential objection to the conclusions drawn by the researchers involved in the experiment described earlier in the paragraph.

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　　Q 15:

　　The primary purpose of the passage is to

　　A. describe some procedures used for wildlife management and consider some problems associated with the execution of those procedures

　　B. outline a problem related to a wildlife management procedure and offer potential explanations for the results of an experiment bearing on that problem

　　C. present experimental results that illustrate the need for certain wildlife management procedures and point out some inconsistencies in those results

　　D. argue that a certain procedure used for wildlife management should be modified because of its unintended consequences

　　E. propose that further experiments be performed to assess the long-term fects of certain wildlife management proceduresuplands enough to allow detection.　　

以上就是本期GMAT试题的所有内容，考生可以此为据并进行针对性的练习，逐步掌握GMAT阅读的解题规律及技巧，以达到迅速提高GMAT考试成绩的目的。 相关链接：

1.GMAT考试资料：GWD试题合集（四十三）

2.GMAT考试资料：GWD试题合集（四十二）

3.GMAT考试资料：GWD试题合集（四十一）

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