疑惑：是加强还是削弱？

The traditional treatment of strep infections has been a seven-day course of antibiotics, either penicillin or erythromycin. However, since many patients stop taking those drugs within three days, reinfection is common in cases where these drugs are prescribed. A new antibiotic requires only a three-day course of treatment. Therefore, reinfection will probably be less common in cases where the new antibiotic is prescribed than in cases where either penicillin or erythromycin is prescribed.

Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?

A.    Some of people who are allergic to penicillin are likely to be allergic to the new antibiotic.

B.    A course of treatment with the new antibiotic costs about the same as a course of treatment with either penicillin or erythromycin.

C.    The new antibiotic has been shown to be effective in eradicating bacterial infections other than strep.

D.    Some physicians have already begun to prescribe the new antibiotic instead of penicillin or erythromycin for the treatment of some strep infections

E.     Regardless of whether they take a traditional antibiotic or the new one, most patients feel fully recovered after taking the drug for three days.

Answer:E

在JJ上看到一题，问加强。我觉得E 答案是削弱或者是ASSUMPTION的答案，但5个选项中的确没有加强的答案啊。

可能是说：P或E治疗S病规定是7天

          但是一些病人3天后停止用药（估计后4天是巩固恢复情况）

       结果：重新感染

         有一新药治疗S病规定3天（不需要后四天巩固）

         所以重新感染的少了

        E说：不管是新药还是P E ，大部分病人都在3天之后感觉好了。也就是说能保证新药所规定的3天，所以加强

只是个人看法，等待N人指点啊

“E说：不管是新药还是P E ，大部分病人都在3天之后感觉好了，也就是说能保证新药所规定的3天。”

我也在这里疑惑的，如果新药和PE作用都一样，就不能保证新药比PE效果好了，怎么会是加强呢？盼讨论！

因为新药3天就可以完成treatment 过程，不需要第4天继续吃。

而从题干中的信息看，原来的药应该不止吃3天。

吃3天大家效果一样，新药不用继续吃，旧药不继续吃会重新感染，所以新药比旧药好。

这个题目是有点assumption的感觉啊，不过MINDFREE的帖子里说过，assumption的答案是support答案的子集，所以应该也算support吧。