大全2001年6月－Section III－5 一个干扰项如何排除

Columnist: A democratic society cannot exist unless its citizens have established strong bonds of mutual trust. Such bonds are formed and strengthened only by participation in civic organizations, political parties, and other groups outside the family. It is obvious then that widespread reliance on movies and electronic media for entertainment has an inherently corrosive effect on democracy.

Which one of the following is an assumption on which the columnist’s argument depends?

(A) Anyone who relies on movies and electronic media for entertainment is unable to form a strong bond of mutual trust with a citizen.

(B) Civic organizations cannot usefully advance their goals by using electronic media.

(C) Newspapers and other forms of print media strengthen, rather than weaken, democratic institutions.

(D) Relying on movies and electronic media for entertainment generally makes people less likely to participate in groups outside their families.（D）

(E) People who rely on movies and electronic media for entertainment are generally closer to their families than are those who do not.

在A和D改来改去猜对了，但是请问A为什么不对啊？

文中说：

要Democracy society --> 公民有strong bond of mutual trust

只有参加家庭以外活动才能form/strenghen such bond

所以：电影和电子娱乐媒介对Democracy有负面影响

A是不是错在"Anyone"？确实如果把A取非的话，Anyone ... is able to form a mutual trust是实现Democracy的必要而非充分条件，所以不对。我想的对不对呢？

另外，如果A改成People who relies on movies and electronic media for entertainment is GENERALLY unable to form a strong bond of mutual trust with a citizen是不是可以成为正确选项呢？

谢谢

首先我觉得选A的话没用到文中给的条件,since....完全忽略了这句话，也就是说这句话的存在与否对A完全没有影响。根据观察，ETS从来不会说废话，所以SINCE这句话肯定得用上。这是个人总结的做题本身的方法～

再来看选项内容，取非的话不是ANYONE...IS ABLE TO。。。而是NOT ALL...IS UNABLE TO...也就是说一些人IS UNABLE TO...这不能直接让结论不成立。仔细体会题目中的WIDESPREAD这个词和这句话。。。。我可能讲的不太清楚，水平有限。。。。请其他大牛看看。

嗯对的，我当时就想ETS是不会说废话的所以为了对得起他就猜D了

确实，把A取非以后对原文没有影响的

谢谢啦