GWD-2-40

Q40:

Which of the following most logically completes the argument?

A new drug, taken twice daily for one month, is an effective treatment for a certain disease.  The drug now most commonly prescribed for the disease occasionally has serious side effects such as seizures; in field tests, the new drug’s side effects, though no worse than mild nausea, turned out to be much more frequent.  Nevertheless, the new drug is clearly preferable as a treatment, since _____.

A.     people who experience nausea are prone to discontinue use of the new drug prematurely

B.     …

C.     …

D.     …

E.      there is a nonprescription medication that when taken with the new drug prevents the onset of nausea

Answer: E

A好像更有道理吧，因为他说出现有呕吐的人就不倾向与用这种药，那剩下的人就可以用了，而医院也不用担心他们会有SIDE-EFFECTS了，不是吗？

A is incorrect..

new drug->much more frequent nausea->stop using the new drug (the logic of A)->the new drug is useless, a conclusion that is against "new drug is clearly preferable as a treatment"

谢谢楼上GG的回答！

但是我觉得A不是说只是那部分对新药有NAUSEA反应的人不用这种药了吗？而不是说所有的人都不用。E说的是因为没有另外的药来抑制这种呕吐反应就PREFER继续使用新药，那难道要看着大家都继续呕吐反应下去呀？