标题: 请教reasoning！！！8.27 [打印本页] 作者: lihaolan 时间: 2012-8-27 21:28 标题: 请教reasoning！！！8.27 12. In discussing the pros and cons of monetary union among several European nations, some politicians have claimed that living standards in the countries concerned would first have to converge if monetary union is not to lead to economic chaos This claim is plainly false, as is demonstrated by the fact that living standards diverge widely between regions within countries that nevertheless have stable economies. In attempting to refute the politicians' claim, the author does which one of the following？ （A） argues that those making the claim are mistaken about a temporal relationship that has been observed （B） presents an earlier instance of the action being considered in which the predicted consequences did not occur （C） argues that the feared consequence would occur regardless of what course of action was followed （D） gives an example of a state of affairs, assumed to be relevantly similar, in which the allegedly incompatible elements coexist （E） points out that if an implicit recommendation is followed, the claim can be neither shown to be true nor shown to be false 我纠结在B和D。答案是D 我想知道B哪里不够好！！！谢谢作者: 玛莎丁丁 时间: 2012-8-27 23:25
这个argument的main point在于，不一样生活水平的前提下，货币统一措施是否会带来欧洲地区经济不稳定。为了否定之，作者通过一国内部的例子进行类比。
按B的意思，action指monetary union，predicted consequences指economic chaos，一来，这个choice没有点到核心，也就是论证方式为“类似情况”下的“类比”，也即忽略了关键部分：differences of living standards，二来，我认为B所表现的论证方式可以体现为：In the beginning of the 19th century, living standards among Euro countries differ from each other greatly yet the monetary union policy promoted by XXX brought about a long-term economic stability.作者: 玛莎丁丁 时间: 2012-8-27 23:32
补充一句：LSAT要我们选的是the best choice，可能其他选项也不错，但必须选出最贴切的