[求助]gwd29-27

jean1280

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skigorush

froglegdiva

We sometimes call this type of question "relevant information".


        

Relevant information questions are a hybrid str/wkn question type. What
we're really asked to determine is which answer choice is most inside
the scope of the stimulus.


        
The choices are almost always questions. In the correct choice, one
answer to the question will strengthen the argument and the opposite
answer will weaken the argument. The 4 wrong choices will all be
outside the scope (i.e. irrelevant).


        
In the question quoted above, we're trying to figure out why the
gel is more effective than the lozenge. The author's explanation
focuses on where cold viruses congregate. In any argument in which an
author is explaining a phenomenon, we should always wonder if there are
any other viable explanations.


        
Answer (D) addresses that last point, raising the possibility that
there are other factors responsible for the difference in effectiveness
of the two remedies.


        
If the gel/lozenge DO contain ingredients that impact the
effectiveness of the zinc, the author's argument is weakened, since
those ingredients could be responsible for the difference in
effectiveness.


        
if the gel/lozenge DO NOT contain such ingredients, the author's
argument is weakened, since we've eliminated another possible
explanation.


        
(B) is outside the scope - we don't really care if there are any
non-zinc effective oral remedies, since we have no clue how they work
(for all we know, those oral remedies shoot antibiotics up into your
nasal passage).
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vickyye

我觉得之前在比较两种药时,都把ZINC的量定下来,然后再比较. 可是B直接就把前提给改了.是在ZINC不存在的情况下,比较到底口服有用还是用在鼻子里有用.

那这样无论B的回答是YES OR NO,都无法完全应用到推断这两种药为什么效果有差异上去了.

lzj1209

依然没有确切的答案麽？~~

lzj1209

开始选择B~~现在我prefer D~~~
我想这个小z的activity是不是和原文的effectiveness对应呢？如果是这样，对选项回答“YES”：那么gel和lozenges都含有对小z活性有影响的成分，则结论的原因被削弱，并不是(mustbe)病毒的集中位置不同导致了effectiveness的不同，而是有他因；回答“NO”，则就没有会影响小z活性的成分，排除了他因，肯定了原文的原因，支持理解结论。

苏27

当对B的回答是No的时候，可能是因为病毒不在嘴里，也可能是别的药对病毒没有作用，所以不能评价

wlcheer

这个题目考过好几次啊，答案是d，每次都要说区别不同

irenemoon

b肯定不对 我在想e...