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We have heard a good deal in recent years about the declining importance of the two major political parties. It is the mass media, we are told, that decide the outcome of elections, not the power of the parties. But it is worth noting that no independent or third-party candidate has won any important election in recent years, and in the last nationwide campaign, the two major parties raised and spent more money than ever before in support of their candidates and platforms. It seems clear that reports of the imminent demise of the two-party system are premature at best.

(A) The amount of money raised and spent by a political party is one valid criterion for judging the influence of the party.

(B) A significant increase in the number of third-party candidates would be evidence of a decline in the importance of the two major parties.

(D) The mass media tend to favor an independent or third-party candidate over a candidate from one of the two major parties.

(E) The mass media are relatively unimportant in deciding the outcome of most elections.

文章：
最近几年，我们听到很多关于两党重要性在下降。我们知道是mass media决定了选举的结果。（有个隐含的意思，及影响力影响了大选的结果）但是最近几年，独立党和第三党却从来没有获胜过，去年两大政党比以往投入了更多的钱。因此说两党制的将灭亡是不成熟的。
问：assumption
1.mass media 决定结果
2.第三党没有获胜
可知，mass media没有支持第三党
同时另外两党投入了很多的钱，而且其中之一获胜了
可知：钱的投入的多少，和其产生的影响力有关系。影响力成就了其中一党的胜利。
则相对于第三党来说，两党的投入的钱，是其获胜的因素。因此钞票决定竞选的结果。
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那就是A了
B：削弱结论。文章第一句话是argument challenge的。因此B错
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PS：
大全从A～E，罗马字母I～III，都是LSAT的逻辑题，且年代比较久远
如果你考的是GMAT，
则这些题你可以不作。
其它的大全的题是可以一做的。

-- by 会员 gonghao (2006/8/22 12:46:00)