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qierliu

26. It is commonly accepted that we should be concerned about our own physical health. The desire to take responsibility for all aspects of our physical condition, however, produces a number of negative consequences. By focusing exclusively on our physical health, we tend to ignore out mental health. Therefore, although we can derive physical benefits from our preoccupation with physical health, we often do so at the expense of our mental health.

The author establishes her position in the passage by doing which one of the following?

(A) She defends her position and then extends it into a second area.

(B) She reveals a contradiction in a position commonly held to be correct.

(C) She supports a commonly held point of view by providing additional evidence

(D) She first states her position and then qualifies it with a number of concessions

(E) She argues that a popular position can lead to problems if taken to an extreme

答案是E，文章里有说到extreme了吗？为什么是E呢
谢谢！

applemusic

不要光是想着技巧那一套，关键要理解题目的意思，题干，大概就是说，我们要锻炼身体，保持自己身体的物理健康，这样怎么怎么好，我们要不惜一切的锻炼锻炼，但是这样又会使我们忽略了精神健康，虽然我们从身体物理健康上是一匪浅，但是我们还是需要精神健康的（就象我们说的两个文明一起抓）
答案当然是5了，不能太极端啊，如果你一方面的抓身体健康就会忽略精神健康是不是就要导致一些健康问题啦？？明白了没

Snazzy

hi, the first sentence reveals it's popular (by saying commonly) to believe we should look after our physical health. then she cites the desire can go negative when it's taken extremely (by saying take responsibility for ALL aspects of our physical condition). the other words are just further explanation.

mariezhu

commonly accepted的只是we should concern about our physical health, 但作者说的是focus EXTREMELY on our physical health,可见他举了个极端的例子

superkun

我认为关键词是excusively，什么都不关注而仅仅只关注physical health，就是EXTREMELY

ygjm

同意楼上， 主要是exclusively决定了这个extreme。

weiyu

exclusively, I agree.

Bensontuo

qierliu 发表于 2003-11-30 00:23
26. It is commonly accepted that we should be concerned about our own physical health. The desire to ...

Spot the question type - Method of the reasoning.

Core of the argument:

What has been accepted by general public if be applied by focusing exclusively would inevitably lead to the negative consequences.

1. Arthur does not agree with what be accepted commonly.

2. Arther claims that if apply what be accepted by " focusing exclusively " would lead to undesirable circumstances.

Let us dive into the answers.

A. First of all,  She does not defend her position, since in order to defend the position, you must offer the position first for you to defend it. Apparently, she does " refute " and " argue " a position, but she does not defend " the position of her own " Secondly, Does she extend it into a second area ? No, she extend the argument into the extreme situation of the same area.

B. There is no any contradiction between physical health and mental health. If she said that by focusing exclusively on physical heath would result in reducing physical health, then it is contradiction.

C. Well... She does not support it...

D. She does not state her position first; instead, she state the position she about to refute.

E. Just as what we explained. Bingo !