GWD-26-31 待讨论

tonyyuan

有没人向医生，最好是native的一声咨询一下“mask

the symptoms”的确切意思是什么？我觉得这个可能是关键。

jamesyeah

看了楼上的发言，我觉得A 应该是正确答案吧，结合13楼中引用lawyer的话，然后把A中and连接的内容倒过来看，是不是A会更容易理解一些呢？

A.     in the communities studied, women were much more likely to do regular volunteer work than men were, and women tend to live longer than men do.

倒过来

 in the communities studied，women tend to live longer than men do,and women were much more likely to do regular volunteer work than men were,

倒过来

 in the communities studied，women tend to live longer than men do,and women were much more likely to do regular volunteer work than men were,

gonghao

Time is passing and get back to this question

I felt that A is make a misleading vision to the readers that women do volunteer works more than men do so that makes the longer life.

Still stick to C.

amor924

support 15th.

honghongyuyu

支持A

OG中特别强调了factual的作用：而OG所有题目也证实，所有factual不可以作为论证内容。

在原文中，分泌物E的作用是作为factual呈现。

而C只是对 分泌物E作用的某一方面的说明，本质上是原文已经明示的fuatual，不可以作为论证内容。

而至于A，原文的...however...是一个明显的转折，这个转折完全可以支持“参加义工的人活得长”得一个新的原因：性别。这个转折非常好得说明前面得调查是 “没有实际价值"的。

hohoo

肯定A是对的

只不过A的转弯比较大，很多人没有看懂罢了。

however其实就是表明了削弱观点，怎么削弱观点呢？因为sample space有问题啊，刚好调查的volunteer都是女人啊，女人本来就活得长，所以不能证明longevity。

lawyer真是厉害！这个题目很见本事，佩服佩服！我开始选错了。

morning715

严重支持A...

题目就是要求找出不是因为做义工而长寿的其他原因啊...明显A是找出了一个原因嘛...

完全不能理解其他选项有什么好混淆视听的...C...一个看起来能掩盖疾病症状的功能...跟长寿有关系吗?

......不知道是因为我思维太简单了....还是大家想太复杂了...

lb1900

d

wingkim

GWD26-Q31

Which of the following most logically completes the argument??

When people engage in activities that help others ,their brain releases endorphins, the brain’s natural opiates, which induce in people a feeling of well-being. It has been suggested that regular release of endorphins increases people’s longevity. And a statistic on adults who regularly engage in volunteer work helping others shows that they live longer, on average, than adults who do not volunteer. However, that statistic would be what we would expect even if volunteering does not boost longevity, because          .

A.     in the communities studied, women were much more likely to do regular volunteer work than men were, and women tend to live longer than men do.

B.     the number of young adults who do regular volunteer work is on the increase

C.     the feelings of well-being induced by endorphins can, at least for a time, mask the symptoms of various conditions and diseases, provided the symptoms are mild.

D.     it is rare for a person to keep up a regular schedule of volunteer work throughout his or her life.

E.      Some people find that keeping a commitment to do regular volunteer work becomes a source of stress in their lives.

理解的问题，原文前面是废话，和题目问题无关。后半部分：统计表明义务工作的人比不义务工作的人长寿。但是，虽然事实上义务工作不会促进长寿，这个统计仍然会我们期望的一样（统计表明义务工作的人比不义务工作的人长寿），因为——————。

题目问的根本和长寿无关，题目实际上问的是：给出一个原因使得结论的让步条件存在的情况下，结论仍然成立。结论是什么？结论不就是统计结果还是会出现。为什么还是会出现这个不合理的结果呢？因为统计的对象有问题啊，样本本身就不对等。

eileenmu木

支持A，典型的它因解释

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