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　　6The following appeared in an editorial in a business magazine.

　　Although the sales of Whirlwind video games have declined over the past two years, a recent survey of video-game players suggests that this sales trend is about to be reversed. The survey asked video-game players what features they thought were most important in a video game. According to the survey, players prefer games that provide lifelike graphics, which require the most up-to-date computers. Whirlwind has just introduced several such games with an extensive advertising campaign directed at people 10 to 25 years old, the age-group most likely to play video games. It follows, then, that the sales of Whirlwind video games are likely to increase dramatically in the next few months.

　　7The following appeared in the editorial section of Monroetowns local newspaper.

　　Mayor Brown was recently re-elected by a clear majority of 52 percent of Monroetowns voters. Her re-election, however, does not show that most people in our town favored Mayor Browns proposal for tax reduction over that of her opponent, Mr. Greene, who proposed raising taxes to improve education. It has been shown that voters nationwide tend to re-elect people already in office, regardless of candidates proposals. In fact, a local survey after the election showed most people in Monroetown disagreed with Mayor Browns proposal. Clearly most people in Monroetown favor improving education and therefore approve of Mr. Greenes proposal despite the fact that they did not vote for him.

　　8The following is a memorandum from the director of personnel to the president of Get-Away Airlines.

　　Since our mechanics are responsible for inspecting and maintaining our aircraft, Get-Away Airlines should pay to send them to the Quality-Care Seminar, a two-week seminar on proper maintenance procedures. I recommend this seminar because it is likely to be a wise investment, given that the automobile racing industry recently reported that the performance of its maintenance crews improved markedly after their crews had attended the seminar. These maintenance crews perform many of the same functions as do our mechanics, including refueling and repairing engines. The money we spend on sending our staff to the seminar will inevitably lead to improved maintenance and thus to greater customer satisfaction along with greater profits for our airline.

　　9The following is a letter to the editor of an environmental magazine.

　　The decline in the numbers of amphibians worldwide clearly indicates the global pollution of water and air. Two studies of amphibians in YosemiteNational Park in California confirm my conclusion. In 1915 there were seven species of amphibians in the park, and there were abundant numbers of each species. However, in 1992 there were only four species of amphibians observed in the park, and the numbers of each species were drastically reduced. The decline in Yosemite has been blamed on the introduction of trout into the parks waters, which began in 1920 . But the introduction of trout cannot be the real reason for the Yosemite decline because it does not explain the worldwide decline.

　　10The following is a letter to the editor of the Atticus City newspaper.

　　Former Mayor Durant owes an apology to the city of Atticus. Both the damage to the River Bridge, which connects Atticus to Hartley, and the traffic problems we have long experienced on the bridge were actually caused 20 years ago by Durant. After all, he is the one who approved the construction of the bridge. If he had approved a wider and better-designed bridge, on which approximately the same amount of public money would have been spent, none of the damage or problems would have occurred. Instead, the River Bridge has deteriorated far more rapidly over the past 20 years than has the much longer DerbyBridge up the river. Even though the winters have been severe in the past several years, this is no excuse for the negligence and wastefulness of Durant.

　　6尽管Whirlwind游戏公司的游戏销量在过去两年中下降了，最近一次对于电子游戏玩家的调查显示这种销售趋势可能会逆转。该调查询问游戏玩家对于一个游戏来说他们所认为的最重要特征是什么。根据调查结果，玩家倾向于那些需要最先进的电脑的，具有活灵活现图象的游戏。Whirlwind刚刚面向10-25岁的人群开展了大力的广告活动来推广若干此类游戏，10-25岁是最喜欢玩游戏的年龄层。这说明Whirlwind公司的游戏销量将会在未来几个月中猛增。

　　7 Brown市长最近获得了门罗镇全体选民52%的明显多数票而再次当选市长。然而，她的再次当选并不表明我们城市的多数市民更喜欢Brown提出的减税提案，而不是其竞争对手Greene先生提出的增加税收以促进教育的提案。已有证据表明全国的选民都倾向于再次选举那些已经在位的官员，不论候选人的竞选提案是什么。实际上，这次选举后的一次地方调查显示，门罗镇的多数市民不赞同Brown市长的提案。显然门罗镇的多数市民愿意改善教育，从而支持Greene的提案，尽管他们并没有投他的票。

　　8由于我们的机修师负责检测和维护我们的飞机，Get-Away航空公司应该花钱把他们送去参加一个为期两周的，关于合理维护流程的质量保障研讨会。我推荐这个研讨会是因为这应该是一个明智的投资，因为赛车企业最近报告说他们的维修人员的水平在他们参加完研讨会之后显著提高了。这些维修人员和我们机修师所作的工作有很多是相同的，包括加注燃油和维修引擎。我们用于把员工送去参加研讨会的花费必然会为本公司带来维护水平的提高，并带来更高的客户满意度和更大的利润。

　　9全球两栖动物数量的下降清楚地说明全球空气和水质的污染。在加州Yosemite国家公园对于两栖动物所进行的两次研究证实了我的结论。1915年公园中有7中两栖动物，每种的数量都很丰富。然而到了1992年在公园中只观察到4种两栖动物，并且每种动物的数量都显著下降。Yosemite公园两栖动物数量的下降一直被归因于始于1920年的在公园水域引入鲑鱼的行为(我们知道鲑鱼捕食两栖动物的卵)。但鲑鱼的引入不会是Yosemite两栖动物数量下降的真正原因，因为它并不能解释全球范围的数量下降。

　　10前任市长Durant应该向Atticus市道歉。连接着Atticus和Hartley两座城市的River Bridge的损害和长期困扰着我们的桥上的交通问题实际上都是20年前因Durant而导致的。无论如何，是他批准了桥梁的建造。如果他能够批准一个差不多花同样的钱的设计更好的方案的话，桥梁的损坏和交通问题都不会出现。但现在，River Bridge在过去20年间的损坏程度比上游另外一座更长的Derby Bridge更加严重。尽管近几年的冬天气候确实比较恶劣，但这也不是为Durant的过失和浪费开脱的借口。