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[推荐]GMAT 作文黄金80题(二)GMAT 作文黄金 80 题(二)二・ AnalysisofArgumentQuestionsThefollowingappearedaspartofanannualreportsenttosto ckholdersbyOlympicFoods, aprocessoroffrozenfoods.Overtime, thecostsofprocessinggodownbehingsbetter ,theybecome moreefficie nt.Incolorf ilmprocessi ng,forexamp le,thecosto fa3~by-5-in chprintfell from50cents forfive-day serviceinl9 70to20cents forone-days erviceinl98 4. Thesamepr incipleappl iestothepro cessingoffo od. 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Sopeoplewh oneedaneffe ctivebutmil dernonpresc riptionmedi cationforthereliefofex cessstomach acidshouldc hooseAcid-E ase.28 、T hefollowingsectionofal ocalnewspap er.Commu ingthetrans mmuteruseof etothesubwateruseoftheitcompany,stheshuttlebystationsisappearedintnewsubwaytrprojectionsusesthattrabelowtheproheeditorialainisexceed・ However,coe. Ift hetran sitcompanye xpec tscomniu t ers to ride t heshuttlebu sestothesub wayratherth andrivether e,itmusteit herreduceth eshuttlebus faresorincr easethepric eofparkinga tthesubways tations・”31、Thefollo wingappeare daspartofth ebusinesspl anofaninves tmentandfin ancialconsu ltingfirm・“Studiessu ggestthatan averagecoff eedrinker^ s consumption ofcoffeeinc reaseswitha ge,fromagel Othroughage 60. 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Capitalld eashouldthe reforeinvestintheRoxyP layhouse, th eSlice-o ' -P izza., andthe DivotGolfCl ub,threenew businessesi nthelrongatt hepro fitab ility of each andmaximize ourre turn.・ Analysi sofArgument Questions1、下面摘自一家冷冻食品处理商(proces sor)奥林匹克食品提交给股东的年报:随着时间流逝,由于机构了解了做好事情的方法进而提高了效率,处理的成本会降低。