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bigmouse · 发表于 2003-8-24 18:43:00

7. Murray: You claim Senator Brandon has accepted gifts from lobbyists. You are wrong to make this criticism.That it is motivated by personal dislike is shown by the fact that you deliberately avoid criticizing other politicians who have done what you accuse Senator Brandon of doing.
Jan: You are right that I dislike Senator Brandon, but just because I have not criticized the same failing in others doesn’t mean you can excuse the senator’s offense.
If Murray and Jane are both sincere in what they say, then it can properly be concluded that they agree that
(A) Senator Brandon has accepted gifts from lobbyists
(B) It is wrong for politicians to accept gifts from lobbyists
(C) Jane’s criticism of Senator Brandon is motivated only by personal dislike
(D) Senator Brandon should be criticized for accepting gifts from lobbyists
(E) One or more politicians have accepted gifts from lobbyists
answer :E my choice:C
这种类型的题有什么解题思路吗？

albert · 发表于 2003-8-25 06:48:00

when you deal with "CONCLUSION" in CR, the choice should be the information mentioned by passage..

from the passsage, we know that Senator Brandon have accepted gift from lobbyists, therefore one or more politician have accepted gifts from lobbyists.

C is incorrect because from the passage we only know that Jan dislike Senator Brandon, But we can't conclude that his criticism is motivated only by personal dislike...Senator Brandon did commit the blunder after all..

mindfree · 发表于 2003-8-25 10:19:00

As Albert said, you need to reply solely on the information provided by the argument to draw the conclusion. For this particular question, both M and J need to admit to the same thing, which is the answer.

A is wrong, as M never affirmatively said that B accepted gifts.
B is wrong, as M never said it is wrong.
C is wrong, as J never admitted that it was because she disliked B.
D is wrong, same as A
E is right, as both M and J mentioned in their arguments:
M: "...other politicians who have done what you accuse Senator Brandon of doing"
J: "...the same failing in others..."

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help! Section14-III-7

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