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cathycathyhan

题目很短，但是逻辑性很强。
Some people take their moral cues from governmental codes of law; for them, it is inconceivable that something that is legally permissible could be immoral.
Those whose view is described above hold inconsistent beliefs if they also believe that
(A) law does not cover all circumstances in which one person morally wrongs another
(B) a legally impermissible action is never morally excusable
(C) governmental officials sometimes behave illegally
(D) the moral consensus of a society is expressed in its laws
(E) some governmental regulations are so detailed that they are burdensome to the economy

sdcar2010

Must be true type question. The answer has to be true according to the passage. In this case it's simple math.

Total available coal supplies in 1991 = total available coal supplies in 1990 + amount mined in 1991 - amount consumed in 1991.

If Total available coal supplies in 1991 < total available coal supplies in 1990, then (amount mined in 1991 - amount consumed in 1991) < 0, then amount mined in 1991 < amount consumed in 1991

B) is correct.

LCD1989

Each December 31 in Country Q, a tally is made of the country’s total available coal supplies- that is, the total amount of coal that has been mined throughout the country but not consumed. In 1991 that amount was considerably lower than it had been in 1990. Furthermore, Country Q has not imported or exported coal since 1970.

If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them?
(A) In country Q, more coal was mined in 1990 than was mined in 1991.
(B) In country Q, the amount of coal consumed in 1991 was greater than the amount of coal mined in 1991.
(C) in country Q, the amount of coal consumed in 1990 was greater than the amount of coal consumed in 1991.
(D) in country Q, the amount of coal consumed in 1991 was greater than the amount of coal consumed in 1990.
(E) in country Q, more coal was consumed during the first half of 1991 than was consumed during the first half of 1990.

what's the logic that they are trying to test u in this question?

JDreamer

The key of the question in #14 is B.
Am I right?
I'm new here~

cathycathyhan

用数学方法交集也可以分析，一个圈子是law,里面一部分是immoral,另一个部分是moral事情，那答案就显而易见了。
类似的题目还有：
Any fruit that is infected is also rotten. No fruit that was inspected is infected. Therefore, any fruit that was inspected is safe to eat.
The conclusion of the argument follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
A. It is not safe to eat any fruit that is rotten.
B. It is safe to eat any fruit that is not rotten.
C. It would have been safe to eat infected fruit if it ihad been inspected.
D. It is not safe to eat any fruit that is infected.
E. It is safe to eat any fruit that is unifected.

Daken

看错鸟= =多谢指正。。我是瞎子 啊啊啊

sdcar2010

Some circumstances which is morally wrong is leagally permissible.
可以改写成
Some moral thing are illegal.

No. It should be:
Some immoral thing are legal.

Daken

Some people take their moral cues from governmental codes of law; for them, it is inconceivable that something that is legally permissible could be immoral.
Those whose view is described above hold inconsistent beliefs if they also believe that
(A) law does not cover all circumstances in which one person morally wrongs another
(B) a legally impermissible action is never morally excusable
(C) governmental officials sometimes behave illegally
(D) the moral consensus of a society is expressed in its laws
(E) some governmental regulations are so detailed that they are burdensome to the economy

额，你们都喜欢用英文做analysis，我还是习惯用中文，一些人认为道德来自于法律，这些人不认为法律允许做的事情会是不道德的。题目问下列选项哪个和上面提到人的意见不一致。

第一句好像是木有什么用，第二句实际就是这些人不同的观点，找paraphrase。第二句提到的相反的观点的Reverse negation应该是
Moral things couldn't be legally impermissible.

先分析B选项，B选项是反对意见的reverse negation的reverse的观点。所以不对。

C 政府官员和题目木有什么关系，不代表law也不代表morality，argument是讨论leagal permissible 和 moral action的关系，无视之。

D 道德的‘共同意见’（标准是不是会好些）在法律中得到表达，这个是support的吧。ban掉

E 看到economy就宣布死刑吧。

回头看A law does not cover all circumstances in which one person morally wrongs another
法律并没对不道德的行为进行规定。额 只能根据common sense，法无明文规定不为罪，所以law没cover的应该算作permissible，所以这句话可以改成
Some circumstances which is morally wrong is leagally permissible.
可以改写成
Some moral thing are illegal.
根据bible中对于some句型的分析，这句可以改写成
Some illegal things are moral. 直接符合原文中第二句提出的反对意见，所以选这个。

分析完了继续潜水~

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cathycathyhan

She is the law student in columbia university. Which law school do you belong to?