only assumption can use that method... -- by 会员 stephani (2010/1/27 8:15:52)
不一定吧
Researchers took a group of teenagers who had never smoked and for one year tracked whether they took up smoking and how their mental health changed. Those who began smoking within a month of the study’s start were four times as likely to be depressed at the study’s end than those who did not begin smoking. Since nicotine in cigarettes changes brain chemistry, perhaps thereby affecting mood, it is likely that smoking contributes to depression in teenagers.
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
A. Participants who were depressed at the study’s start were no more likely to be smokers at the study’s end than those who were not depressed.
B. Participants who began smoking within a month of the study’s start were no more likely than those who began midway through to have quit smoking by the study’s end.
C. Few, if any, of the participants in the study were friends or relatives of other participants.
D. Some participants entered and emerged from a period of depression within the year of the study.
E. The researchers did not track use of alcohol by the teenagers.
可是这道题我看大家的讨论帖的时候都说A取非与结论正好相反，所以选A。A取非后吸烟就不一定是导致depression的原因了，A排除了这种可能，所以是支持。这题应该是属于排除他因的strenthen题吧，难道不是和assumption有些相似么？ | 
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发表于 2010-1-26 22:42:20
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