SECTION 2
　　Time——30minutes

　　25 Questions

　　Question 1——7

　　In a game,exactly six inverted cups stand side by side in a straight line, and each has exactly one ball hidden under it.The cups are numbered consecutively 1 through 6. Each of the balls is painted a single solid color.The colors of the balls are green, magenta,

 
　　orange, purple,red,and yellow.The balls have been hidden ynder the cups in a manner that conforms to the folowing conditions:

　　The purple ball must be hidden under a lower-numbered cup than the orange ball.

　　The red ball must be hidden under a cup immediately adjacent to the cup under

　　which the magenta ball is hidden.

　　The green ball must be hidden under cup 5.

　　1.Which of the following could be color of the balls under the cups,in order from 1 through 6?

　　(A) Green,yellow,magenta,red,purple,orange

　　(B) Magenta,green,purple,red,orange,yellow

　　(C) Magenta,red,purple,yellow,green,orange

　　(D) Red,Purple,magenta,yellow,green,orange

　　(E) Red,purple,magenta,yellow,green,orange

　　2.If the magenta ball is under cup 4, the red ball must be under cup

　　(A) 1

　　(B) 2

　　(C) 3

　　(D) 4

　　(E) 5

　　3.A ball of which of following colors could be under cup 6?

　　(A) Green

　　(B) Magenta

　　(C) Purple

　　(D) Red

　　(E) Yellow

　　4.If the purple ball is under cup 4,the orange ball must be under cup

　　(A)1

　　(B)2

　　(C)3

　　(D)5

　　(E)6

　　5.Which of the following must be true?

　　(A)The green ball is under a lower->

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　　d>(B)The orange ball is under a lower-numbered cup than the green ball.

　　(C)The purple ball is under a lower-numbered cup than the green ball.

　　(D)The purple ball is under a lower-numbered cup than the red ball.

　　(E)The red ball is under a lower-numbered cup than the yellow ball.

　　6.If the orange ball is under cup 2,balls of which of the following colors could be under cups immediately adjacent to each other?

　　(A)Green and magenta

　　(B)Green and purple

　　(C)Orange and yellow

　　(D)Purple andred

　　(E)Red and yellow

　　7.If the magenta ball is under cup 1,balls of which of the following colors must be under cups immediately adjacent to each other?

　　(A)Green and orange

　　(B)Green and yellow

　　(C)Purple and red

　　(D)Purple and yellow

　　(E)Red and yellow

　　8.The company should not be held responsible for failing to correct the control- panel problem that caused the accident.Although the problem had been mentioned earlier in a safety inspector's report,companies receive hundreds of reports of such problem,and Industry Standard No.42 requires action on those problem only when an accident is foreseeable.

 
　　If the second sentence in the paragraph above is factually correct,the answer to which of the following questions is most relevant in helping to determine whether or not the company violated Industry Standard No.42 when it failed to correct the control-panel problem?

　　(A)Was the accident serious?

　　(B)Was the control-panel problem of a type that is known to incident that an accident is likely?

　　(C)Since the accident,has the company done a special safety check on all control panels?

　　(D)Did the safety inspector mention more than one problem in the same report?

　　(E)How long was the control panel in use before the problem was discovered?

　　9.Riothamus,a fifth-century king of the Britons,was betrayed by an associate, fought bravely against the Goths but was defeated,and disappeared mysteriously .Ri>