lsat 4-3-5

wawa0916

5. Animals with a certain behavioral disorder have unusually high level of aluminum in their brain tissue. Since a silicon-based compound binds to aluminum and prevents it from affecting the brain tissue. Animals can be cured of the disorder by being treated with the compound.

The argument is based on which one of the following assumptions?

(A) Animals with the disorder have unusually high but invariable levels of aluminum in their brain tissue.

(B) Aluminum is the cause of the disorder rather than merely an effect of it.

(C) Introducing the compound into the brain tissue has no side effects.

(D) The amount of the compound needed to neutralize the aluminum in an animal’s brain tissue varies depending upon the species.（B）

(E) Aluminum is never present in normal brain tissue

為什麼答案是B ,還有C錯在哪裡   謝謝

[此贴子已经被作者于2006-10-14 19:44:15编辑过]

fredshen

The stem presents a correlation between Alumnium and brain disease, and then the conclusion says aluminum reducing compound can cure the disease. It must assume there is causal relation between aluminum and the disease.

C is way off. Side effects is no where brought up in the stem. Avoid this kind of choices.