标题: Lsat-15-1-1 [打印本页] 作者: snow_mountain 时间: 2003-12-2 22:18 标题: Lsat-15-cr1-1 1. Rainfall in the drought plagued metropolitan area was heavier than usual for the month of June. Nevertheless, by the first o July the city's water shortage was more severe than ever, and officials proposed drastic restrictions on the use of water Which one of the following, if true, helps to explain why the city's water shortage was not alleviated by the first of July? (A) Moderate restrictions on the industrial use of water had gone into effect in the metropolitan area several months earlier. (B) Because of the heavier rainfall, people watered their lawns much less in June that they usually do in the metropolitan area during that month. (C) During the drought most residents of the metropolitan area had been informed about water conservation methods that would help them to reduce their water consumption significantly with a minimal reduction in their standard of living. (D) The per capita rate of the use of water in the metropolitan area was slightly lower in June that in each of the three previous months and significantly lower that in June of the previous year.
snow_mountain 发表于 2003-12-2 22:18
1. Rainfall in the drought plagued metropolitanarea was heavier than usual for the month ofJune. Nev ...
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Spot the question type - Discrepancy
Possible prediction
a. Too randomly to have the rainfall at the month of June, and there is no any infrastructure to deal with excess rains for the efficiently usage.
b. More people has been abusing the water than previously.
A. It does not solve the conflict why it seems to have more water but fail to solve the water shortage
B. It conflicts with the infos offered. Based on this options, we should not have any water shortage.
C. Here is a really important key point to keep in mind that " most " residents would reduce the consumption significantly with a minimal reduction in their standard of living during the drought. Most = 51-100, As a result, we can predict that 1 - 50% of the residents would " not reduce the consumption even in drought period. As the same token, without the drought now due to the heavier rainfall than previously, no one would be informed to reduce the consumption significantly, and If this could be true, then it must also could be true that people might abuse the water the fact that consequently leading to the more severe water shortage of 1st of July than previously.
* It said " Help to explain " . As long as it could support just even a little bit, it should be the right answer.
D. If this is true, we should not have any water shortage.
