[求助]陈向东逻辑 反对题48

amo

    48 According to a recent cross-cultural study, married people in general have longer life                                                        

expectancies than do people who divorce and do not remarry. This fact indicates that the stress associated with divorce adversely affects health.

Which of the following, if true, points to a weakness in the argument above?

(A)         Overall the expectancies differ among countries, even among countries with similar cultures.

(B)         People often show signs of stress when undergoing a divorce.

(C)         Life expectancy varies with age-group, even among married people.

(D)     Stress of many kinds has been shown to affect health adversely.

(E)         Adults who have never married have shorter life expectancies than do married people of the same age.

答案：E

为什么E是答案呢？该如何分析？

weiyu

48 According to a recent cross-cultural study, married people in general have longer life expectancies than do people who divorce and do not remarry(conclusion). This fact indicates that the stress associated with divorce adversely affects health(premise).


A)irrelevant B)support C)irrelevant D)support E)weaken     E means married people have relative longer expctacies not because they really hold the longer expectacies but becasue their counterparts(unmarried people) have the shorter expectacies