Questions 80-81 are based on the following.
The program to control the entry of illegal drugs into the country was a failure in 1987. If the program had been successful, the wholesale price of most illegal drugs would not have dropped substantially in 1987.
80. The argument in the passage depends on which of the following assumptions?
(A) The supply of illegal drugs dropped substantially in 1987.
(B) The price paid for most illegal drugs by the average consumer did not drop substantially in 1987.
(C) Domestic production of illegal drugs increased at a higher rate than did the entry of such drugs into the country.
(D) The wholesale price of a few illegal drugs increased substantially in 1987.(E)
(E) A drop in demand for most illegal drugs in 1987 was not the sole cause of the drop in their wholesale price.
81. The argument in the passage would be most seriously weakened if it were true that
(A) in 1987 smugglers of illegal drugs, as a group, had significantly more funds at their disposal than did the country’s customs agents
(B) domestic production of illegal drugs increased substantially in 1987
(C) the author’s statements were made in order to embarrass the officials responsible for the drug-control program
(D) in 1987 illegal drugs entered the country by a different set of routes than they did in 1986(B)
(E) the country’s citizens spent substantially more money on illegal drugs in 1987 than they did in 1986
这两题我做题是这样理解的
我首先认为这是一个因果形
80:
the program was a failure (cause) ------> the wholesale price drop(evidence)
那么assumption可以是去除他因,答案e说a drop in demand was not the cause of the drop in their wholesale price.
81:
weaken是他因削弱那么答案b说domestic production of illegal drugs increased substantially in 1987那么就削弱了the program to control the the entry of illegal drug这个原因
可是做完题看看og解释思考了一下我发现一些问题,到底是谁在推谁?
题目中说 If the program had been successful, the wholesale price of most illegal drugs would not have dropped substantially in 1987
这是一个虚礼语气也就是说program successful -->price would not have dropped
逆否命题price had dropped ----> program was a failure 这才是真实的情况。
而program was a failure 也就是第一句 “The program to control the entry of illegal drugs into the country was a failure in 1987.“
因此我感觉最初的推导有疑问,并得到了以下结论
price had dropped (evidence) ----> program was a failure(conclusion)
此时我感觉文中的推导是一个前提结论型。而且似乎这个解释更加科学一点,但如果这样去理解这道题的推导过程的话似乎会给解题带来极大的麻烦。比如说80题吧,“E) A drop in demand for most illegal drugs in 1987 was not the sole cause of the drop in their wholesale price”明确提到了这是一个他因,按照前提结论简直是无法解题的
我现在考虑的是这道题是不是就是所谓前提推出结论,而结论解释前提的那种类型呢?
新东方狒狒说的那个第三种类型的文章是不是就是这种类型呀?
现在搞得有点晕,还请大家帮忙指点一下!
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