标题: lsat 5 四 9，20 [打印本页] 作者: 绿绿 时间: 2003-7-29 23:59 标题: lsat 5 四 9，20 9. An easy willingness to tell funny stories or jokes about oneself is the surest of supreme self-confidence. This willingness, often not acquired until late in life, is even more revealing than is good-natured acquiescence in having others poke fun at one. Which one of the following inference is most supported by the statements above? (A) A person who lacks self-confidence will enjoy neither telling nor hearing funny stories about himself or herself. (B) People with high self-confidence do not tell funny stories or jokes about others. (C) Highly self-confident people tell funny stories and jokes in order to let their audience know that they areself-confident. (D) Most people would rather tell a funny story or joke than listen to one being told. (E) Telling funny stories or jokes about people in their presence is a way of expressing one’s respect for them. 为什么是A呢？
20. Politician: Homelessness is a serious social problem, but further government spending to provide low-income housing is not the cure for homelessness. The most cursory glance at the real-estate section of any major newspaper is enough to show that there is no lack of housing units available to rent. So the frequent claim that people are homeless because of a lack of available housing is wrong. That homelessness is a serious social problem figures in the argument in which one of the following ways? (A) It suggests an alternative perspective to the one adopted in the argument. (B) It sets out a problem the argument is designed to resolve. (C) It is compatible either with accepting the conclusion or with denying it. (D) It summarizes a position the argument as a whole is directed toward discrediting. (E) It is required in order to establish the conclusion. 为什么是C?
20 Figure: 扮演什么角色或者有什么作用。我认为是句子作用题。 其它选项很容易排除了。 C:分析Politician推理过程：首先摆出:Homelessness is a serious social problem.接着语气一转，but ....,提出论据，得出结论。 可以看出：Homelessness is a serious social problem只是作者得到其结论一个引子。对推理没有直接作用。也就是作者的结论不依赖于这句话