新GRE考试阅读逻辑题练习(第七套)_GRE阅读

新GRE考试阅读逻辑题练习(第七套)

　　Periods of physical growth require a relatively higher level of carbohydrate consumption than otherwise.

　　Though carbohydrates are necessary for the maintenance of good health, people who consume more carbohydrates are not necessarily healthier.

　　11. Experts removed a layer of eighteenth-century red paint from a figure in a painting by a sixteenth-century Italian artist, revealing a layer of green paint underneath. Since the green paint dates from the sixteenth century, the figure must have been green, not red, when the painting was completed in 1563.Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

　　The experts had been commissioned to restore the painting to the colors it had when it was completed.

　　X-rays reveal an additional layer of paint beneath the green paint on the figure.

　　Chemical analyses were used to determine the ages of the red paint and the green paint.

　　The red paint was added in the eighteenth century in an attempt to repair damage done in the late seventeenth century.

　　Red paint on the robe of another figure in the painting dates from the sixteenth century.

　　12. Although it is assumed that peacocks magnificent tails function essentially to attract peahens, no one knows why it should be magnificent tails that give a competitive advantage in securing mates. One explanation is that peahens are more likely to mate with peacocks with magnificent tails than with peacocks that lack magnificent tails.