GWD-8-Q4 to GWD-8-Q6:

Frazier and Mosteller assert that

medical research could be improved by

a move toward larger, simpler clinical

Line  trials of medical treatments. Currently,

(5)   researchers collect far more background

information on patients than is strictly

required for their trials—substantially more

than hospitals collect—thereby escalating

costs of data collection, storage, and

(10)  analysis. Although limiting information

collection could increase the risk that

researchers will overlook facts relevant

to a study, Frazier and Mosteller contend

that such risk, nerver entirely eliminable

(15)  from research, would still be small in most

studies. Only in research on entirely new

treatments are new and unexpected variables

likely to arise.

Frazier and Mosteller propose not

(20)  only that researchers limit data collection

on individual patients but also that

researchers enroll more patients in clinical

trials, thereby obtaining a more representative

sample of the total population with

(25)  the disease under study. Often researchers

restrict study participation to patients

who have no ailments besides those being

studied. A treatment judged successful

under these ideal conditions can then

(30)  be evaluated under normal conditions.

Broadening the range of trial participants,

Frazier and Mosteller suggest, would

enable researchers to evaluate a treatment’s

efficacy for diverse patients under

(35)  various conditions and to evaluate its

effectiveness for different patient subgroups.

For example, the value of a

treatment for a progressive disease may

vary according to a patient’s stage of

(40)  disease. Patients’ ages may also affect

a treatment’s efficacy.

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GWD-8-Q4:

According to the passage, Frazier and Mosteller believe which of the following about medical research?

A. It is seriously flawed as presently conducted because researchers overlook facts that are relevant to the subject of their research.

B. It tends to benefit certain subgroups of patients disproportionately.

C. It routinely reveals new variables in research on entirely new treatments.

D. It can be made more accurate by limiting the amount of information researchers collect.

E. It cannot be freed of the risk that significant variables may be overlooked.

--E 这句话是什么意思-？？-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

GWD-8-Q6:

The passage is primarily concerned with

A. identifying two practices in medical research that may affect the accuracy of clinical trials

B. describing aspects of medical research that tend to drive up costs

C. evaluating an analysis of certain shortcomings of current medical research practices

D. describing proposed changes to the ways in which clinical trials are conducted

E. explaining how medical researchers have traditionally conducted clinical trials and how such trials are likely to change

答案是D. ，E为什么不对？？.

明白了， 谢谢指教！！

24题还是不能理解!

刚开始选的C, 后来想想也许routinely用的不够好, 但是感觉上面E里面的significantly更错啊!

文章说的是new and unexpected variables, 没有说什么significantly啊?

请指教.

GWD-8-Q6:

The passage is primarily concerned with

A. identifying two practices in medical research that may affect the accuracy of clinical trials

B. describing aspects of medical research that tend to drive up costs

C. evaluating an analysis of certain shortcomings of current medical research practices

D. describing proposed changes to the ways in which clinical trials are conducted

E. explaining how medical researchers have traditionally conducted clinical trials and how such trials are likely to change

另外这个题为什么不能选E呢? 我觉得DE之间差别甚微啊!

请楼上认真想想上述。DE的差别必须认真分辨。这种细致的差异，必须引起重视，是考察的重点。

第二个明白了, 感谢版主, 这个问题还是没有想通?

我认为，significant不是绝对化的词汇。在文中，这些因素确实被认为是不可忽视的，从这一点出发，就可以认为是重要的了。

感谢版主的解答!

还有一个疑问, 我觉得GWD, 尤其是天山, 很多时候都是在这种小地方上面下套, 当时看到significantly就立刻排除了, 请问应该如何去把握啊?

在这一点上面，GWD的确比OG难，选项之间的混淆性蛮大，而且不能因为选项中某个词汇就否定或者肯定这个选项。

我觉得把握需要通过2方面：1是加强提高对文章的理解，这是力气活，需要花时间和精力去仔细分析各类的文章，把握文章和选项的对应

2是加强对选项的筛选和甄别，最好能做分类总结。具体到答题，我个人有2点体会，一是加强对抽象词汇的理解和认识；二是适当注意选项中的否定，这种否定是广泛的，常见的比如这里的not...,不常见的如explains something beyond XXX， far from等等。因为大家在考试的时候脑筋比较难转弯。