OG-8: 菜鸟的问题

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8. To prevent some conflicts of interest, Congress could prohibit high-level government officials from accepting positions as lobbyists for three years after such officials leave government service. One such official concluded, however, that such a prohibition would be unfortunate because it would prevent high-level government officials from earning a livelihood for three years.

The official’s conclusion logically depends on which of the following assumptions?

A. Laws should not restrict the behavior of former government officials.

B. Lobbyists are typically people who have previously been high-level government officials.

C. Low-level government officials do not often become lobbyists when they leave government service.

D. High-level government officials who leave government service are capable of earning a livelihood only as lobbyists. D 不是其他原因导致这个结果。

E. High-level government officials who leave government service are currently permitted to act as lobbyists for only three years.

8.

The official argues that prohibiting high-level government officials from accepting positions as lobbyists for three years would prevent the officials from earning a livelihood for that period. The reasoning tacitly excludes the possibility of such officials earning a living through work other than lobbying. Therefore, D, which expresses this tacit assumption, is the best answer.

The official’s argument does not depend on the assumption in A, since the argument would not be invalidated if some restrictions on the behavior of government officials were desirable. The official’s argument does not depend on the assumption in B, since the argument would not be invalidated if lobbyists were not typically former high-level government officials. The official’s argument does not depend on the assumption in C, since the argument would not be invalidated if former low-level government officials did often become lobbyists. The official’s argument does not depend on the assumption in E, since the argument would not be invalidated if former high-level government officials could act as lobbyists indefinitely.

这个题目我知道是D，因为只有它有关联。看不懂since the argument would not be invalidated if.......，想知道这是什么意思？

从我的理解，是不是说，即使A,B,C,E的条件取非，对结论也没有影响。因为它们不是结论所依赖的条件？

刚开始看逻辑，知道这个问题问的很弱，但真的是很希望能得到NN的指点

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-10-29 10:21:05编辑过]

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