请教LSAT-Set4-SecI-Q21

nobody

21. Whenever a major political scandal erupts before an election and voters blame the scandal on all parties about equally, virtually all incumbents, from whatever party, seeking reelection are returned to office. However, when voters blame such a scandal on only one party, incumbents from that party are likely to be defeated by challengers from other parties. The proportion of incumbents who seek reelection is high and remarkably constant from election to election.

If the voters' reactions are guided by a principle, which one of the following principles would best account for the contrast in reactions described above?

(A) Whenever one incumbent is responsible for one major political scandal and another incumbent is responsible for another, the consequences for the two incumbents should be the same.

(B) When a major political scandal is blamed on incumbents from all parties, that judgment is more accurate than any judgment that incumbents from only on party are to blame.

(C) Incumbents who are rightly blamed for a major political scandal should not seek reelection, but if they do, they should not be returned to office.

(D) Major political scandals can practically always be blamed on incumbents, but whether those incumbents should be voted out of office depends on who their challengers are.

(E) When major political scandals are less the responsibility of individual incumbents than of the parties to which they belong, whatever party was responsible must be penalized when possible.
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答案E,不明白,谁能解释一下E的逻辑关系.谢谢!

  

shany

欢迎NOBODY光临梦网。

这类型在GMAT中就是解释题，LSAT却总喜欢给它戴个帽子，如principle 等等，实在有点绕人。题干现象：在职者常常会因其政党的丑闻影响连任。选项E主句提供解释或原因，丑闻政党应尽可能地受到惩罚。E中的WHEN从句是LSAT追求逻辑严密性的表现，即限定了丑闻与个人无关，仅与政党有关。有点混淆视听，与题干似乎无关。但其实其限定了主句的适用范围，更为严谨。在GMAT中，这种WHEN,IF的条件句往往也是答案的标志，可以优先选择，有时其具体内容甚至可忽略。
另外，就各选项而言，A,C,D明显过于绝对（SHOULD)，而B无关比较，也说反了。E中的when possible语气最好。

nobody

谢谢shany版主详细解释，题干中最后一句The proportion of incumbents who seek reelection is high and remarkably constant from election to election. 是无关句？我以为是找能解释这最后一句的选项，其实题目问的是解释前面的差异。不太习惯这种文法，犯晕了。

shany

以下是引用nobody在2003-3-31 12:41:00的发言：
题干中最后一句The proportion of incumbents who seek reelection is high and remarkably constant from election to election. 是无关句？

我还真没有注意到这个句子，只盯着结构词去了，应该是无关。其他朋友有何看法？

nobody

只盯着结构词去了

阅读速度乃我一大心病，不知版主有何密法心经宝典，可否传授一二？在下感激不尽。

[此贴子已经被作者于2003-4-1 13:07:10编辑过]

shany

愧不敢当！阅读速度和理解此消彼长，我也难以确保平衡。唯如前人所言，以杨鹏难句为基，伴花儿阅读分析为辅，苦练Gre readiing, 详加分析，或能突破瓶颈耳。

nobody

谢谢版主指点,不知先练速度还是理解放先?
花儿阅读何处寻?如版主能发email就好了。
nobodytest2003@yahoo.com

shany

CD论坛可以下载。先解决理解，用时可暂时放宽，然后递减。祝成功！

Zeros

以下是引用nobody在2003-4-1 23:56:00的发言：
谢谢版主指点,不知先练速度还是理解放先?
花儿阅读何处寻?如版主能发email就好了。
nobodytest2003@yahoo.com

这里：
http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=33&ID=786