LSAT-9-1-4,LSAT-9-1-13,LSAT-9-1-14,LSAT-9-1-15

michelle84

4.     The case of the French Revolution is typically regarded as the best evidence for the claim that societies can reap more benefit than harm from a revolution. But even the French Revolution serves this role poorly, since France at the time of the Revolution had a unique advantage. Despite the Revolution, the same civil servants and functionaries remained in office, carrying on the day-to-day work of government, and thus many of the disruptions that revolutions normally bring were avoided.

Which one of the following most accurately characterizes the argumentative strategy used in the passage?

(A) demonstrating that the claim argued against is internally inconsistent

(B) supporting a particular position on the basis of general principles

(C) opposing a claim by undermining evidence offered in support of that claim

(D) justifying a view through the use of a series of persuasive examples（C）

(E) comparing two positions in order to illustrate their relative strengths and weaknesses

这道题我读题都有点读不明白

13.   Five years ago, during the first North American outbreak of the cattle disease CXC, the death rate from the disease was 5 percent of all reported cases, whereas today the corresponding figure is over 18 percent. It is clear, therefore, that during these past 5 years, CXC has increased in virulence.

Which one of the following, if true, most substantially weakens the argument?

(A) Many recent cattle deaths that have actually been caused by CXC have been mistakenly attributed to another disease that mimics the symptoms of CXC.

(B) During the first North American outbreak of the disease, many of the deaths reported to have been caused by CXC were actually due to other causes.

(C) An inoculation program against CXC was recently begun after controlled studies showed inoculation to be 70 percent effective in preventing serious cases of the illness.

(D) Since the first outbreak, farmers have learned to treat mild cases of CXC and no longer report them to veterinarians or authorities.（D）

(E) Cattle that have contracted and survived CXC rarely contract the disease a second time.

这道题是不是用他因进行WEAKEN?

Questions 14-15

Economist: Some policymakers believe that our country’s continued economic growth requires a higher level of personal savings than we currently have. A recent legislative proposal would allow individuals to set up savings accounts in which interest earned would be exempt from taxes until money is withdrawn from the account. Backers of this proposal claim that its implementation would increase the amount of money available for banks to loan at a relatively small cost to the government in lost tax revenues. Yet, when similar tax-incentive programs were tried in the past, virtually all of the money invested through them was diverted from other personal savings, and the overall level of personal savings was unchanged.

14.   The passage as a whole provides the most support for which one of the following conclusions?

(A) Backers of the tax-incentive proposal undoubtedly have some motive other than their expressed aim of increasing the amount of money available for banks to loan.

(B) The proposed tax incentive is unlikely to attract enough additional money into personal savings accounts to make up for the attendant loss in tax revenues.

(C) A tax-incentive program that resulted in substantial loss of tax revenues would be likely to generate a large increase in personal savings.

(D) The economy will be in danger unless some alternative to increased personal savings can be found to stimulate growth.（B）

(E) The government has no effective means of influencing the amount of money that people are willing to put into savings accounts.

15.   The author criticizes the proposed tax-incentive program by

(A) challenging a premise on which the proposal is based

(B) pointing out a disagreement among policymakers

(C) demonstrating that the proposal’s implementation is not feasible

(D) questioning the judgment of the proposal’s backers by citing past cases in which they had advocated programs that have proved ineffective（A）

(E) disputing the assumption that a program to encourage personal savings is needed

这两题我还是在读题上有问题,麻烦大家了,感谢

rhod

Q1. 写个大概意思。法国大革命经常被作为用来证明革命利大于弊。但是，用法国大革命这个例子来证明这个，实际上差强人意。。。

Q2. 这是个数学问题。Death Rate = Death number / Infected Number. Since the farmers do not report some infected cases, the Infected number is lower and thereby the Death rate is higher.

Q3,4. 原文提了个方法，然后被否了，因为以前类似的方法就没管用。