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When storing Renaissance oil paintings, museums conform to standards that call for careful control of the surrounding temperature and humidity, with variations confined within narrow margins. Maintaining this environment is very costly, and recent research shows that even old oil paint is unaffected by wide fluctuations in temperature and humidity. Therefore, museums could relax their standards and save money without endangering their Renaissance oil paintings.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?

A. Renaissance paintings were created in conditions involving far greater fluctuations in temperature and humidity than those permitted by current standards.

B. Under the current standards that museums use when storing Renaissance oil paintings, those paintings do not deteriorate at all.

C. Museum collections typically do not contain items that are more likely to be vulnerable to fluctuations in temperature and humidity than Renaissance oil paintings.

D. None of the materials in Renaissance oil paintings other than the paint are vulnerable enough to relatively wide fluctuations in temperature and humidity to cause damage to the paintings.

E. Most Renaissance oil paintings are stored in museums located in regions near the regions where the paintings were created.[D]

I choose B  instead, when i use negate of B , the conclusion is unhold.

So what is wrong with B?

Thanks.

mindfree

Can you be specific how the argument no longer holds if B is not true. B appears irrelvant to me.

leeon

This question we discussed before, B said those paintings do not deteriorate at all, it does not mean that those paintings will not be endangered, thus, if B is not true, it's possible that those paitings will still not be endangered.

D mentioned no other materials are vulnerable enough to cause damage to the paintings. It should be assumed.

paopao

mindfree ,. leeon, thank you for your response.

I will list the follwing reason

evidence: 1Maintaining this environment is very costly

2.even old oil paint is unaffected by wide fluctuations in temperature and humidity

conclusion:museums could relax their standards and save money without endangering their Renaissance oil paintings

i negate B, that is  Under the current standards that museums use when storing Renaissance oil paintings, those paintings do deteriorate at all.

from the above sentence , those paintings are endangered , of course.

so i think b is also assumption. and the conslusion is unhold.

of course, D is also assumption.

I was totally confused , even if i use negation to rest in b and d. and both seem ok.

leeon

B is a confused choice for the word "deteriorate".

deteriorate:  V.    deteriorate  deteriorates  deteriorating  deteriorated      
      If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way.  

endanger:    V.      endanger  endangers  endangering  endangered      
      To endanger something or someone means to put them in a situation where they might be harmed or destroyed completely.
  
Something is deteriorated do not mean it is endangered. So B is not a required condition to get the conclusion.

mindfree

I see your reasoning. However, it is apparent that the argument is comparing two situations. So endangering the painting is comparative. You chose B because you think there is a gap in the argument: current standard is used --> would not endanger the painting. My take is that it is not the point or focus of the argument. You should choose D when you see it.

paopao

以下是引用leeon在2004-10-21 9:57:00的发言：

B is a confused choice for the word "deteriorate".

deteriorate:  V.    deteriorate  deteriorates  deteriorating  deteriorated      
      If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way.  

endanger:    V.      endanger  endangers  endangering  endangered      
      To endanger something or someone means to put them in a situation where they might be harmed or destroyed completely.
  
Something is deteriorated do not mean it is endangered. So B is not a required condition to get the conclusion.

leeon:

from longman

to put someone or something in danger of being hurt, damaged, or destroyed
Smoking during pregnancy endangers your baby's life .

ￚendangered adjective The lizards are classed as an endangered species (=one that soon may no longer exist) .

ￚendangerment noun [uncountable] legal charges of child endangerment

deteriorate:to become worse
Ethel's health has deteriorated. America's deteriorating economy

i don't think there are great difference between two words.

leeon, i search for the discussion of this question, but i cannot find it .

if possible, would you please be kindly help me to find the post?

thank you very much.

leeon

The post we dicussed before was also replyed by Mindfree, I think what he said is exactly correct.

We should reconsider this question, especially the conclusion:

Therefore, museums could relax their standards and save money without endangering their Renaissance oil paintings.

Not endangering their Renaissance oil paintings--relax their standards and save money.

So the current standards is irrevant to the conclusion. Whether it is true, it can not effect the conclusion that museums could relax their standards as long as the environment which follows the relaxed standards not endangers their Renaissance oil paintings.

paopao

leeon, 如果方便的话 能否帮我找一下以前的链接 我查找了 没找到

仍是不明白 为何B不对

leeon

关键是放松标准只要不危及油画，与现在的标准没有关系。

FYI:

http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardid=24&star=2&replyid=575148&id=65803&skin=0&page=1