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B is incorrect since this information applies to all times of the year, not just to holiday times, and so
provides no support for the conclusion.

可我觉得尽管this information applies to all times of the year, not just to holiday times

我觉得题目有一个隐含假设，holiday可以增强people who practice a religion的will to live（因为想过节嘛）。然后题目才说：过节的时候有信仰的人撑得长。结论是will可以使人活得长。

B表达的是：有信仰可以使人活得长。并没有说到the power of will，所以B错了。

但是OG不是从这个角度说B的，而是说B和holiday这个period的联系有问题，所以B错了。

如果我把B改成：宗教信仰可以增强人的will，避开holiday，但是说到了will，是否就正确了呢？

以下是引用joywzy在2003-12-1 9:41:00的发言：
189.
Studies have shown that elderly people who practice a religion are much more likely to die
immediately after an important religious holiday period than immediately before one.
Researchers have concluded that the will to live can prolong life, at least for short periods of
time.
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the researchers’ conclusion?
(A) Elderly people who practice a religion are less likely to die immediately before or during an
important religious holiday than at any other time of the year.
(B) Elderly people who practice a religion appear to experience less anxiety at the prospect of
dying than do other people.
(C) Some elderly people who do practice a religion live much longer than most elderly people
who do not.
(D) Most elderly people who participate in religious holidays have different reasons for
participating than young people do.
(E) Many religions have important holidays in the spring and fall, seasons with the lowest
death rates for elderly people.

答案为A，我不明白A为何加强？E为何不对呢？

谢谢。

我一开始就觉得A是故意混淆视听,不像是正确答案. 跟楼主一样偏向于E.

但现在想到一点:题目中是讨论"religious people"何时更容易翘,而E中扩大了讨论范围:"elderly people"包括religious people 和 none religious people. 于是E中所述现象完全可以是由none religious people一方面造成的.这足以证明E是错误的了.

以下是引用hang13在2009-3-7 14:39:00的发言：

感觉是这样

可以按an important religious holiday 分为4个时间段

holiday前，holiday中，holiday后，全年的其他时间

题干说 holiday前>holiday后

选项A说 holiday前和holiday中>holiday后和全年的其他时间

所以支持