LSAT-11-4-10

10. Decision makers tend to have distinctive styles. One such style is for the decision maker to seek the widest possible input from advisers and to explore alternatives while making up his or her mind. In fact, decision makers of this sort will often argue vigorously for a particular idea, emphasizing its strong points and downplaying its weaknesses, not because they actually believe in the idea but because they want to see if their real reservations about it are idiosyncratic or are held independently by their advisers.

Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the statement above?

(A) If certain decision makers’ statements are quoted accurately and at length; the content of the quote could nonetheless be greatly at variance with the decision eventually make.

(B) Certain decision makers do not know which ideas they do not really believe in until after they have presented a variety of ideas to their advisers

(C) If certain decision makers dismiss an idea out of hand, it must be because its weaknesses are more pronounced than any strong points it may have.

(D) Certain decision makers proceed in a way that makes it likely that they will frequently decide in favor of ideas in which they do not believe.

(E) If certain decision makers’ advisers know the actual beliefs of those they advise, those advisers will give better advice than they would if they did not know those beliefs.

答案：A

以下是Lawyer_1对最后一句话和A的解释，（虽然我不喜欢恭维别人，但翻译得的确不错：））

1.最后的话：这种做决定的人常常为某个主意强烈辩护，强调它的好处，故意忽略它的坏处。他们这样做并不是因为他们相信这个主意，而是他们想看看他们对这个主意的保留意见（reservation）只有自己有，还是提建议的人也独立持有这个保留意见。其实原文说的是这种人口是心非，强烈为之辩护的观点，其实自己也有保留。

A。如果做决定的人的表述被精确和详尽的引述，这种表述可能和最后的决定大大不同。

我的问题是A为什么加强了，是不是因为如果Advisers知道Decision makers的真实想法后就会附和恭维，从而没有提供客观真实的input?

C的错误在哪里呢？不也是说decision maker口是心非吗？

谢谢，但如果是must be true就很好理解C是无关了。但A呢？是不是像我说的也是推测出来的--因为如果Advisers知道Decision makers的真实想法后就会附和恭维，从而没有提供客观真实的input?