lsat-10-2-19,lsat-10-2-20,lsat-10-2-22,lsat-10-2-25,

leeon

No. 19, agree C,  D is incorrect. If C is not true, then the conclusion that suppressing information concerning such discoveries is incompatible with the university’s obligation to promote the free flow of ideas is untenable.

leeon

No.25: conclusion of the passage:

until a medical journal has published the research findings that have passed peer review is the price that must be paid =>a medical journal has published the research findings-->peer review occured.

A says peer review will not occur unless medical research findings are brought to peer review by a medical journal, that is,peer review occur-->medical research findings are brought to peer review by a medical journal.

anyone can tell me why should the answer A be assumed?

leeon

(A) unless medical research findings are brought to peer review by a medical journal, peer review will not occur

Now, I see A means that peer review will not occur if medical research findings are not brought to peer review by a medical journal<=>peer review will not occur-->medical research findings are not brought to peer review by a medical journal=>medical research findings are brought to peer review by a medical journal-->peer review will occur.

Thus the answer is A!

leeon

以下是引用joe11在2004-10-19 13:34:00的发言：

我来 try 一下。

A university should not be entitled to patent the inventions of its faculty members. Universities, as guarantors of intellectual freedom, should encourage the free flow of ideas and the general dissemination of knowledge. Yet a university that retains the right to patent the inventions of its faculty members has a motive to suppress information about a potentially valuable discovery until the patent for it has been secured. Clearly, suppressing information concerning such discoveries is incompatible with the university’s obligation to promote the free flow of ideas.

19. Which one of the following is an assumption that the argument makes?

(A) Universities are the only institutions that have an obligation to guarantee intellectual freedom.

    偏激 + 无关， 错。

(B) Most inventions by university faculty members would be profitable if patented.

     错，与原文(potentially valuable) 相悖。

(C) Publication of reports on research is the only practical way to disseminate information concerning new discoveries.

    错，偏激 +  与原文(general dissemination) 相悖。

(D) Universities that have a motive to suppress information concerning discoveries by their faculty members will occasionally act on that motive.

    没错，就是它了。

(E) If the inventions of a university faculty member are not patented by that university, then they will be patented by the faculty member instead

     错， out of scope.

I made a mistake in this question.Agree D.

leeon

25. Medical research finding s are customarily not made public prior to their publication in a medical journal that has had them reviewed by a panel of experts in a process called peer review. It is claimed that this practice delays public access to potentially beneficial information that, in extreme instances, could save lives. Yet prepublication peer review is the only way to prevent erroneous and therefore potentially harmful information from reaching a public that is ill equipped to \evaluate medical claims on its own. Therefore, waiting until a medical journal has published the research finding s that have passed peer review is the price that must be paid to protect the public from making decisions based on possibly substandard research.

From this paragraph, we learn the reasoning is that

protect public-->prepublication peer review=>protect public-->medical journal has published the research findings that have passed peer review.

A assumes that   peer review-->medical research findings are brought to peer review by a medical journal

Great!, thx Lawyer!