[求助]LR 95-02

95/2

Monroe, despite his general poor appetite, thoroughly enjoyed the three meals he ate at the Tip-Top restaurant, but unfortunately after each meal he became ill. The first time he ate an extra-large sausage pizza with a side order of hot peppers; the second time he took full advantage of the all-you-can-eat fried shrimp and hot pepper special; and the third time he had two of Tip-Top’s giant meatball sandwiches with hot peppers. Since the only food all three meals had in common was the hot peppers. Monroe concludes that it is solely due to Tip-Top’s hot peppers that he became ill.

要求找inference. 答案是B.

B) if at his third meal at Tip-Top, Monroe had chosen to eat the baked chicken with hot peppers, he would have become ill after that meal

C) if the next time Monroe eats one of Tip-Top’s extra-large sausage pizzas he does not have a side order of hot peppers, he will not become ill after his meal

如果理解成conditional reasoning的话，即if hot pepper, then ill. 那么答案毫无疑问是B。

但是如果理解成causal reasoning的话，hot pepper导致ill, 没有hot pepper就没有illness, 这样C也对。

最后一句conclusion到底是causal还是conditional reasoning呢？due to很明显是causal的指示词啊！！