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GRE - Reading Comprehension - Test 8

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Read the passage and choose the option that best answer each question.
 
An Australian group named Action Council on Smoking and Health (ACSH) has recently lobbied to make warnings on cigarette packets more graphic. The council proposed that striking visual photos of diseased organs should be put on at least

1. It can be inferred from the passage

A. That cigarette manufacturers would comply with regulations ordering them to add graphic pictures of diseased organs to their outside packaging.
B. That society will not continue to condone smoking if it is proven even more dangerous than was previously assumed.
C. That smoking cigarettes causes damage to the internal organs of the body.
D. That if the written warnings were less bland and ineffectual, smokers would not take more notice of them.
E. That smokers look at their cigarette packages each time they take out a cigarette.

2. The author cites studies conducted at McKean University to account for why

A. A presentation of facts and figures is more effective at influencing future behavior than evidence related to one's own experience.
B. A presentation of facts and figures is less effective at influencing future behavior than evidence related to one's own experience.
C. Evidence related to one's own experience has a more long-lasting effect than future behavior.
D. The ACSH claim that graphic visual pictures of diseased organs would not be more effective than stating facts about the consequences to the body of long- term smoking.
E. The ACSH claim that graphic visual pictures of diseased organs would not be less effective than stating facts about the consequences to the body of long- term smoking.

3. Which of the following, if true, would be most useful in supporting the claims made by the ACSH?

A. There is firm evidence that information communicated in a textual format is more convincing than the same information conveyed in the form of visual depictions.
B. There is firm evidence that information conveyed in the form of visual depictions is more convincing than the same information communicated in a textual format.
C. A study of over 3000 individuals shows a statistically significant relationship between levels of nicotine in cigarettes and pulmonary damage.
D. A study of over 3000 individuals shows a statistically significant relationship between smoking and pulmonary damage.
E. A survey reveals that 79% of smokers look at their cigarette packages when taking out a cigarette.

4. The passage does NOT state which of the following about smoking warnings.

A. Current graphic warnings are effective.
B. The addition of graphic warnings would be an impetus to smokers to relinquish their habit.
C. Current written warnings are not adequate.
D. Current written warnings are not effective.
E. Current written warnings are not as exhaustive as those that accompany common analgesics.