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Psychologist: Some astrologers claim that our horoscopes completely determine our personalities, but this claim is false, I concede that identical twins---who are, of course, born at practically the same time---often do have similar personalities. However, birth records were examined to find two individuals who were born 40 years ago on the same day and at exactly the same time---one in a hospital in Toronto and one in a hospital in New York. Personalities of these two individuals are in fact different.

Which one of the following is an assumption on which the psychologist’s argument depends?

(A) Astrologers have not subjected their claims to rigorous experimentation.

(B) The personality differences between the two individuals cannot be explained by the cultural difference between Toronto and New York.

(C) The geographical difference between Toronto and New York did not result in the two individuals having different horoscopes.

(D) Complete birth records for the past 40 years were kept at both hospitals.

(E) Identical twins have identical gen  etic structures and usually have similar home environments. 答案是C 但C取非的意思是地理差异导致了不同星座?难以理解

dick_yang

这么分析：题目是说：Horoscopes can determine personalities.  Psychologist想要反对这个结论。于是举例：1> identical twins 是support的，2>不同地点，别的情况相同的这个例子，来weaken。 那么这里的assumption就是：地点不同不影响这个例子的有效性。