LSAT-16-3-15/16

Questions15-16

Dr. Godfrey: Now that high school students are allowed to work more than 15 hours per week at part-time jobs, those who actually do so show less interest in school and get lower grades thin those who do not work as many hours at part-time jobs. Obviously, working long hours at part-time jobs during the school year contributes to the academic problems that many of our high school students experience.

Dr. Nash: That's not so. Many of our high school students set out to earn as much money as they can simply to compensate for their lack of academic success.

15. Dr. Nash responds to Dr. Godfrey's argument by doing which one of the following?

(A) attempting to downplay the seriousness of the problems facing academically troubled high school students

(B) offering an alternative interpretation of the evidence cited by Dr. Godfrey

(C) questioning the accuracy of the evidence on which Dr. Godfrey bases his conclusion

(D) proposing that the schools are not at fault for the academic problems facing many high school students

(E) raising the possibility that there is no relationship between academic problems among high school students and part-time employment

答案：B

我选的A。我能理解B，但A呢？我觉得Nash觉得挣钱可以补偿academic problem，他不也就是这不是什么严重的问题吗？帮忙解释一下，谢谢。

16. The answer to which one of the following would be the most helpful in determining whether the conclusion that Dr. Godfrey draws could be logically defended against Dr. Nash's counterargument?

(A) whether people who have had academic problems in high school are ultimately less successful in their careers than people who have not had such problems

(B) whether students are allowed to spend more than 15 hours per week at school-sponsored nonacademic extracurricular activities such as team sports or clubs

(C) whether the students who work more than 15 hours per week and have academic problems had such problems before they began to work that many hours

(D) whether employers and high school students typically obey all the laws that regulate the conditions under which young people may legally be employed

(E) whether high school students who have after-school jobs continue to work at those jobs after graduating from high school

答案：C

我选的A。A不是正好说如果有academic problems无论是否当时挣钱，对以后都不利吗？而C，既然Nash已经不觉得academic problems有什么了，Godfrey再比较做不做part time有没有影响还有意义吗？还有，我觉得C就是对原文第一句的重复呀？

谢谢了。

15.

Dr. Godfrey：  art-time jobs cause academic problems. 打工在先，导致学业差

Dr. Nash:   art-time jobs compensate for acdemic problems, which means part-time jobs are the effect of bad acdemic performance. 学业差，所以用打工弥补

It doesn't show whether Dr.Nash downplays the problem's seriousness. Dr.Nash just wants to correct the reason and the effect which Dr Godfrey claims to be.

16. (A) whether people who have had academic problems in high school are ultimately less successful in their careers than people who have not had such problems

在学校学业差的学生是否在以后的职业生涯中less successful ，比起学业好的学生？这跟主题无关。

二人是在争论学业好坏和打工，哪个导致哪个的问题。

C 说要看究竟那些打工，学业差的学生在没打工之前是不是也学业差。

如果没打工之前，学业不差，那就说明是打工导致了学业差。

如果没打工之前，学业差，那打工有可能导致学业更差。这样Dr. Godfrey draws could be logically defended against Dr. Nash's counterargument。 G就可以否定N的说法了。

看来还是我对文章理解的问题，看来关键是Nash的观点：学业已经差了，所以用打工来弥补。这样的话15、16题就迎刃而解了。

多谢了，sw....og