新gre考试阅读逻辑题练习(第二套)_GRE阅读

新gre考试阅读逻辑题练习(第二套)

　　 Periods when the agrarian economy was compar-atively strong and the industrial economy com-paratively weak were associated with a particu-larly rapid decline in the rural population.

　　 Periods when the agrarian and industrial econo-mies were both strong were associated with particularly rapid growth in the urban popula-tion.

　　 The periods of greatest strength in the agrarian economy were associated with relatively slow growth in the urban population.

　　5 Politician：Each year, small businesses create more jobs than do large established businesses. Therefore, in order to reduce unemployment in the long term, we should provide incentives for starting small businesses rather than for expanding established large businesses.

　　Which of the following, if true, casts the most doubt on the politicians argument?

　　 In general, people employed by small businesses report higher job satisfaction than do people employed by large businesses.

　　 Among the currently unemployed are many people with sufficient job skills to perform the jobs that small businesses would create.

　　 Providing an effective incentive for starting a business generally costs significantly less than providing an effective incentive for expanding a large business.