一道较难的逻辑题解答In one state, all cities and most towns have antismoking ordinances. .

bebravery

In one state, all cities and most towns have antismokingordinances. A petition entitled “Petition for Statewide Smoking Restriction” isbeing circulated to voters by campaign workers who ask only, “Do you want tosign a petition for statewide smoking restriction?” The petition advocates astate law banning smoking in most retail establishments and in governmentoffices that are open to the public.

Which of the following circumstances would make thepetition as circulated misleading to voters who understand the proposal asextending the local ordinances statewide?

A.   Health costs associated with smoking causehealth insurance premiums to rise for everyone and so affect nonsmokers.

B.   In rural areas of the state, there arerelatively few retail establishments and government offices that are open tothe public.

C.   The state law would supersede the localantismoking ordinances, which contain stronger bans than the state law does.

D.   There is considerable sentiment among votersin most areas of the state for restriction of smoking.

E.    The state law would not affect existinglocal ordinances banning smoking in places where the fire authorities havedetermined that smoking would constitute a fire hazard.

正确答案是B选项，作如下分析：
首先第一句是关键，在一个state里，所有的cities和大部分的towns有当地的禁烟条例.
这就对应问题中的的local ordinances, 问题中说 voters who understand the proposal as extending the local ordinances statewide，这些voter就是cities和towns中的voter.
那么什么情况下，请愿（petition）将宣传禁烟是statewide的一项活动，对这群voter是误导性的呢？
B选项指出rural areas没有这次请愿主张禁烟的场所，所以不可能将city和town的禁烟条例推广到全州。所以为正确选项。

大部分人选择了C，选择C的错误之处是么有理解问题的含义，问题的含义是请愿运动会让人们误以为情愿是把当地的条例（补充一句，可以推断，当地的条例就有 banning smoking in most retail establishments and in government offices that are open to the public.）推广到全国。而C选项说州法会从轻处理，但是没说这个州法能不能覆盖全州

大家对这个解释满意么？如果还有疑问欢迎探讨

bebravery

我看的是GWD的练习题,答案是B，翻了好多资料，看大部分人好像都同意B，就想着是这个答案~~不过算是有收获啦，谢谢你