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Passages and Logical Reasoning

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  1. All the students who passed the exam attended the revision course. Camille did not attend the revision course. Which conclusion follows?
  2. Anna is taller than Ben. Chloé is shorter than Ben. David is taller than Anna. Who is the second tallest?
  3. If the museum is open, then the guide is present. The guide is not present. What follows?
  4. Consider the statement: Every French citizen has the right to vote. Which statement is its logical negation?
  5. Which statement best expresses the main idea of the passage?
  6. According to the passage, how do trees help to cool a neighbourhood?
  7. Why is the link between parks and lower stress hard to prove, according to the passage?
  8. The author's attitude towards the view that parks are a luxury is best described as
  9. What choice do planners face, according to the passage?
  10. Which statement would the author most likely agree with?
  11. What is the main point of the passage?
  12. According to the passage, the difficulty of translation lies less in words than in
  13. What is a possible drawback of a literal translation, according to the passage?
  14. Where does machine translation still have difficulty, according to the passage?
  15. How do many translators view translation tools, according to the passage?
  16. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
  17. Why does the author call the comparison with a household overdraft misleading?
  18. According to the passage, what matters most about a state's debt?
  19. Under which condition can debt shrink as a share of national income even without repayment?
  20. What objection do critics raise?
  21. According to the final sentence, what is the debate really about?
  22. Which can be inferred from the passage on public debt?
  23. What is the main idea of the passage?
  24. What argument is made by those who think the press made the Reformation possible?
  25. What evidence do critics of that view give?
  26. To what do the critics credit Luther's survival?
  27. What does the cautious view in the final sentence claim?
  28. Which can be inferred from the passage on printing?

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