【每日逻辑练习第二季】【2-17】

mahaofei001 · 发表于 2012-1-14 21:01:12

精炼

In humans, ingested protein is broken down into
amino acids, all of which must compete to enter the
brain. Subsequent ingestion of sugars leads to the
production of insulin, a hormone that breaks down
the sugars and also rids the bloodstream of residual
amino acids, except for tryptophan. Tryptophan then
slips into the brain uncontested and is transformed
into the chemical serotonin, increasing the brain’s
serotonin level. Thus, sugars can play a major role in
mood elevation, helping one to feel relaxed and
anxiety-free.
Which one of the following is an assumption on
which the argument depends?
(A) Elevation of mood and freedom from anxiety
require increasing the level of serotonin in
the brain.
(B) Failure to consume foods rich in sugars results
in anxiety and a lowering of mood.
(C) Serotonin can be produced naturally only if
tryptophan is present in the bloodstream.
(D) Increasing the level of serotonin in the brain
promotes relaxation and freedom from
anxiety.
(E) The consumption of protein-rich foods results
in anxiety and a lowering of mood.

prep
77. (30754-!-item-!-188;#058&005525)

Which of the following most logically completes the argument below?
Twenty percent of the stores in Morganville's downtown shopping district will fail within five years because they will be competing directly with the SaveMart discount department store newly opened in East Morganville. The downtown shopping district has lost business at this rate before and has always completely rebounded. Confidence that it will rebound again from the losses it is now about to suffer is ill founded, however, because __________.
A. the stores likely to be put out of business by direct competition from SaveMart are the downtown shopping district's anchor stores, on whose ability to draw shoppers many of the other downtown stores depend
B. the bus line that has long connected the downtown area of Morganville with East Morganville has a tradition of carrying shoppers who reside in East Morganville into downtown Morganville to shop
C. when the downtown shopping district has rebounded before, the business premises of a failed business were typically taken over by a business of the same kind as had been there before
D. SaveMart's business plan for the East Morganville store is based on earning low profits, if any, during the first five years of the store's existence
E. it is conceivable that the downtown shopping district could shrink substantially without collapsing altogether

78. (24029-!-item-!-188;#058&000661)

To improve the long-term savings rate of the citizens of Levaska, the country's legislature decided to implement a plan that allows investors to save up to $1,000 per year in special accounts without paying taxes on the interest earned unless withdrawals are made before the investor reaches age sixty-five. Withdrawals from these accounts prior to age sixty-five would result in the investor's having to pay taxes on all the accumulated interest at the time of withdrawal.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the prediction that the legislature's plan will have its intended effect?
A. The money saved in the tax-free savings accounts will be deposited primarily in those banks and financial institutions that supported the legislation instituting the plan.
B. The majority of people choosing to take advantage of the tax-free savings accounts will withdraw their money prior to age sixty-five.
C. A significant number of the citizens of Levaska will invest in the tax-free savings accounts well before they reach the age of sixty-five.
D. During the ten years prior to implementation of the plan, Levaskans deposited an increasingly smaller percentage of their annual income in long-term savings accounts.
E. People who are not citizens of Levaska are not eligible to invest in the tax-free savings accounts, even if their income is taxable in Levaska.

79. (30610-!-item-!-188;#058&005469)

In Europe, many large animal species, such as mammoths, became extinct soon after humans first migrated to the animals' areas of habitation. The spread of such extinctions closely followed the pattern of human migration. However, since humans tended to migrate to areas as the climate in those areas began to warm, the extinctions might have been precipitated by the climatic warming rather than by human migration.
Which of the following, if true, provides the best evidence that it was human migration and not climatic change that precipitated the extinctions?
A. Many animal species, such as deer and bison, continued to thrive in Europe even after humans migrated there.
B. Several periods of marked climatic warming have occurred in Europe, during which many large animal species that lived there became extinct.
C. Many animal species that became extinct in Europe survived longer in areas that were isolated from human populations but that experienced intense climatic warming.
D. In some areas of Europe, only a few archaeological sites have yielded evidence that shows an overlap between the arrival of humans and the extinction of large animals.
E. Some large animals had become extinct in Europe even before humans migrated there.

80. (24979-!-item-!-188;#058&001383)

In many scientific disciplines, scientists generally do not do highly creative work beyond the age of forty, a tendency that has normally been taken to show that aging carries with it a loss of creative capacity. However, by the age of forty most scientists have been working in their chosen field for at least fifteen years, so an alternative explanation is that spending too long in a single field reduces the opportunity for creative thought.
Investigating which of the following would be most useful in choosing between the competing explanations described above?
A. Whether among those scientists who do highly creative work beyond age forty a large proportion entered their field at a considerably later age than is common
B. Whether scientists' choice of research projects tends to be influenced by their own belief that their most creative work will be done relatively early in their career
C. Whether scientists who are older than forty tend to find more satisfaction in other activities, such as teaching and mentoring, than they do in pursuing their own research
D. Whether funding agencies are more inclined to award research grants to scientists who are veterans in their field than to scientists who are relative newcomers
E. Whether there is significant variation among scientific fields in the average age at which scientists working in those fields are at their most productive

mahaofei001 · 发表于 2012-1-14 21:03:53

The importance of this problem is not just in answering it correctly, but also in answering it quickly. A
major portion of LSAT success is speed related, and a question like this is an opportunity to gain time. Th
first step is to recognize the argument structure:
Premise: In humans, ingested protein is broken down into amino acids, all of which must
compete to enter the brain.
Premise: Subsequent ingestion of sugars leads to the production of insulin, a hormone that break
down the sugars and also rids the bloodstream of residual amino acids, except for
tryptophan.
Premise: Tryptophan then slips into the brain uncontested and is transformed into the chemical
serotonin, increasing the brain’s serotonin level.
Conclusion: Sugars can play a major role in mood elevation, helping one to feel relaxed and
anxiety-free.
At this point in your preparation, you should constantly be on the lookout for new elements that appear in
the conclusion. This problem contains the new conclusion element of “a major role in mood elevation,
helping one to feel relaxed and anxiety-free.” Because this element immediately follows the assertion that
the brain’s serotonin level has been increased, you should attack the answer choices by looking for an
answer that fits the Supporter relationship that an increase serotonin leads to an elevated mood. Only
answer choices (A) and (D) contain these two elements, and you should examine them first as you seek to
accelerate through this problem:
Answer choice (A): Although the author assumes that raising the level of serotonin is sufficient to elevate
mood, this answer claims that it is necessary. Hence, this answer is incorrect.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer. The author states that after the action of the sugars, more
serotonin enters the brain. The author then concludes that this leads to a mood elevation. Thus, the author
assumes that serotonin has an effect on the mood level.
Answer choice (B): The argument refers to what happens when sugars are ingested. No assumption is
made about what occurs when foods rich in sugars are not ingested.
Answer choice (C): Although the argument states that tryptophan is transformed into serotonin, no
assumption is made that this is the only way serotonin is produced.
Answer choice (E): The author does not assume the statement in this answer. We know from the first
sentence of the stimulus that ingested protein is broken down into amino acids which compete to enter the
brain. This competition could result in mood elevation even without the ingestion of sugars since some
amino acids will enter the brain (some could be tryptophan, for example). Thus, since the author’s
argument contains a scenario that would allow for the opposite of this answer choice to occur, this answer
is not an assumption of the argument.

mahaofei001 · 发表于 2012-1-14 21:04:38

prep答案
ACCA

fox0923 · 发表于 2012-1-14 23:37:19

吗啡，错啦，是2-17~

myancamel · 发表于 2012-1-15 00:27:48

premise:
protein->amino acids
sugars->insulin->rid the residual amino acids->except T->T increase brain serotonin level

这种assumption大部分会是supporter型，补充一个逻辑，搭桥

(A) Elevation of mood and freedom from anxiety
require increasing the level of serotonin in
the brain.
是两个逻辑
(B) Failure to consume foods rich in sugars results
in anxiety and a lowering of mood.
无关
(C) Serotonin can be produced naturally only if
tryptophan is present in the bloodstream.
无关
(D) Increasing the level of serotonin in the brain
promotes relaxation and freedom from
anxiety.
correct
(E) The consumption of protein-rich foods results
in anxiety and a lowering of mood.

UlysessHope · 发表于 2012-1-15 11:33:13

啊！昨天应该我发来？不好意思！晚上过生日出去了很晚才回来可耻的忘了。。。。等轮过一周来补上。。

xeyyxzty · 发表于 2012-1-15 22:34:44

P: In humans, ingested protein is broken down into amino acids, all of which must compete to enter the brain. Subsequent ingestion of sugars leads to the production of insulin, a hormone that breaks down the sugars and also rids the bloodstream of residual amino acids, except for tryptophan. Tryptophan then slips into the brain uncontested and is transformed into the chemical serotonin, increasing the brain’s serotonin level.
C: sugars can play a major role in mood elevation, helping one to feel relaxed and anxiety-free.
Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
(A) Elevation of mood and freedom from anxiety require increasing the level of serotonin in the brain.--irrelevant
(B) Failure to consume foods rich in sugars results in anxiety and a lowering of mood.--irrelevant
(C) Serotonin can be produced naturally only if tryptophan is present in the bloodstream.--irrelevant
(D) Increasing the level of serotonin in the brain promotes relaxation and freedom from anxiety.--right
(E) The consumption of protein-rich foods results in anxiety and a lowering of mood.--irrelevant
At this point in your preparation, you should constantly be on the lookout for new elements that appear in the conclusion. This problem contains the new conclusion element of “a major role in mood elevation, helping one to feel relaxed and anxiety-free.” Because this element immediately follows the assertion that the brain’s serotonin level has been increased, you should attack the answer choices by looking for an answer that fits the Supporter relationship that an increase serotonin leads to an elevated mood.
Answer choice (E): The author does not assume the statement in this answer. We know from the first sentence of the stimulus that ingested protein is broken down into amino acids which compete to enter the brain. This competition could result in mood elevation even without the ingestion of sugars since some
amino acids will enter the brain (some could be tryptophan, for example). Thus, since the author’s argument contains a scenario that would allow for the opposite of this answer choice to occur, this answer is not an assumption of the argument.

77. (30754-!-item-!-188;#058&005525)
Which of the following most logically completes the argument below?
Twenty percent of the stores in Morganville's downtown shopping district will fail within five years because they will be competing directly with the SaveMart discount department store newly opened in East Morganville. The downtown shopping district has lost business at this rate before and has always completely rebounded. Confidence that it will rebound again from the losses it is now about to suffer is ill founded, however, because __________.
A. the stores likely to be put out of business by direct competition from SaveMart are the downtown shopping district's anchor stores, on whose ability to draw shoppers many of the other downtown stores depend--irrelevant
B. the bus line that has long connected the downtown area of Morganville with East Morganville has a tradition of carrying shoppers who reside in East Morganville into downtown Morganville to shop--weaken
C. when the downtown shopping district has rebounded before, the business premises of a failed business were typically taken over by a business of the same kind as had been there before--???right???--irrelevant???
D. SaveMart's business plan for the East Morganville store is based on earning low profits, if any, during the first five years of the store's existence--irrelevant
E. it is conceivable that the downtown shopping district could shrink substantially without collapsing altogether--irrelevant

78. (24029-!-item-!-188;#058&000661)
To improve the long-term savings rate of the citizens of Levaska, the country's legislature decided to implement a plan that allows investors to save up to $1,000 per year in special accounts without paying taxes on the interest earned unless withdrawals are made before the investor reaches age sixty-five. Withdrawals from these accounts prior to age sixty-five would result in the investor's having to pay taxes on all the accumulated interest at the time of withdrawal.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the prediction that the legislature's plan will have its intended effect?
A. The money saved in the tax-free savings accounts will be deposited primarily in those banks and financial institutions that supported the legislation instituting the plan.
B. The majority of people choosing to take advantage of the tax-free savings accounts will withdraw their money prior to age sixty-five.
C. A significant number of the citizens of Levaska will invest in the tax-free savings accounts well before they reach the age of sixty-five.
D. During the ten years prior to implementation of the plan, Levaskans deposited an increasingly smaller percentage of their annual income in long-term savings accounts.
E. People who are not citizens of Levaska are not eligible to invest in the tax-free savings accounts, even if their income is taxable in Levaska.

79. (30610-!-item-!-188;#058&005469)

In Europe, many large animal species, such as mammoths, became extinct soon after humans first migrated to the animals' areas of habitation. The spread of such extinctions closely followed the pattern of human migration. However, since humans tended to migrate to areas as the climate in those areas began to warm, the extinctions might have been precipitated by the climatic warming rather than by human migration.
Which of the following, if true, provides the best evidence that it was human migration and not climatic change that precipitated the extinctions?
A. Many animal species, such as deer and bison, continued to thrive in Europe even after humans migrated there.
B. Several periods of marked climatic warming have occurred in Europe, during which many large animal species that lived there became extinct.
C. Many animal species that became extinct in Europe survived longer in areas that were isolated from human populations but that experienced intense climatic warming.
D. In some areas of Europe, only a few archaeological sites have yielded evidence that shows an overlap between the arrival of humans and the extinction of large animals.
E. Some large animals had become extinct in Europe even before humans migrated there.

80. (24979-!-item-!-188;#058&001383)

In many scientific disciplines, scientists generally do not do highly creative work beyond the age of forty, a tendency that has normally been taken to show that aging carries with it a loss of creative capacity. However, by the age of forty most scientists have been working in their chosen field for at least fifteen years, so an alternative explanation is that spending too long in a single field reduces the opportunity for creative thought.
Investigating which of the following would be most useful in choosing between the competing explanations described above?
A. Whether among those scientists who do highly creative work beyond age forty a large proportion entered their field at a considerably later age than is common
B. Whether scientists' choice of research projects tends to be influenced by their own belief that their most creative work will be done relatively early in their career
C. Whether scientists who are older than forty tend to find more satisfaction in other activities, such as teaching and mentoring, than they do in pursuing their own research
D. Whether funding agencies are more inclined to award research grants to scientists who are veterans in their field than to scientists who are relative newcomers
E. Whether there is significant variation among scientific fields in the average age at which scientists working in those fields are at their most productive
今天没感觉~明天补上

evamimi · 发表于 2012-1-18 17:03:14

P: In humans, ingested protein is broken down into
amino acids, all of which must compete to enter the
brain.

P: Subsequent ingestion of sugars leads to the
production of insulin, a hormone that breaks down
the sugars and also rids the bloodstream of residual
amino acids, except for tryptophan

P: Tryptophan then slips into the brain uncontested and is transformed
into the chemical serotonin, increasing the brain’s
serotonin level.

C: sugars can play a major role in
mood elevation, helping one to feel relaxed and
anxiety-free.

Prephase: Sugar breakdown into T, increasing S level-???---- Sugar helps one to feel relax and anxiety –free

Type : Assumption

Answer: D

leewonting · 发表于 2012-7-3 20:40:35

167
背景：Ingested protein is broken down and fights for entering the brain, so as sugars.
条件：Tryptophan slips into the brain uncontested and is transformed into the chemical serotonin,
结论：Sugars help relaxing human
推测：something is related to link anxiety-free to chemical!
D

168
Which of the following most logically completes the argument below?
Twenty percent of the stores in Morganville's downtown shopping district will fail within five years because they will be competing directly with the SaveMart discount department store newly opened in East Morganville. The downtown shopping district has lost business at this rate before and has always completely rebounded. Confidence that it will rebound again from the losses it is now about to suffer is ill founded, however, because __________.
A. the stores likely to be put out of business by direct competition from SaveMart are the downtown shopping district's anchor stores, on whose ability to draw shoppers many of the other downtown stores depend
B. the bus line that has long connected the downtown area of Morganville with East Morganville has a tradition of carrying shoppers who reside in East Morganville into downtown Morganville to shop
C. when the downtown shopping district has rebounded before, the business premises of a failed business were typically taken over by a business of the same kind as had been there before
D. SaveMart's business plan for the East Morganville store is based on earning low profits, if any, during the first five years of the store's existence
E. it is conceivable that the downtown shopping district could shrink substantially without collapsing altogether
背景：20% stores in Morganville’s downtown shopping district will fail within 5 years
条件：They will compete with SaveMart and the shopping district has lost business at this rate before
结论：They will lose benefit again?
推测：on the contrary? The stores won’t lose?
E

169
背景：To improve the long-term savings rate of the citizens of Levaska, the country’s legislature decide to implement a plan that allows investors to save up to $1000 without any taxes
条件：They have to keep them in bank till they are 65 years old.
结论：This legislature will succeed.
推测：people were healthy and wealthy, or the tax is high
C

170
背景：In Europe, much extinction of large animal species follows with human migration.
条件：The weather seemed to become warmer that place.
结论：Human migration affects the large animals more than warmer weather
推测：Warmer weather did not lead to any extinction
C

171
背景：people who are older than 40 seem to have little creative work.
条件：about the aging or about the loss of creative thought?
结论：it relates to how ?
推测：褒贬各一
A

jetyxo · 发表于 2012-7-7 16:43:55

1 32" premise: sugar make hy go into brain, and then transform into s----> s'level increase in brain
conclusion: sugar paly a important roal in mood elevation,and help people feel relax
assumption? when s'level increased, people will feel relax
answer: D
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2 58" background: in E downtown, stores always fail because can not competed with S in east E
premsie: the fail happend in downtown but will rebound,however, rebound will not continue,reason ??
C D E irrelevant; answer: A
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3 39" background: in order to increase long-term savings, goverment allow peopel who save 1000per year to avoid interest rate
support: this plan will be effective?
answer: C
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4 38" background: mammoth extincted when human immigrated in thier habitat, at the same time, climate became warm
support: mammoth extinction is caused by human and not by climate change?
answer: C
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5 33" fact: reaschers beyond 40 are less innovative than reashcers under it
explation 1: aging take away creative capacity
explation 2: long-term working in a fied reduces the opportunity for creative thought.
evaluate? A

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