LSAT-28-2-22

yzlinlin

22.    Most students are bored by history courses as they are usually taught, primarily because a large amount of time is spent teaching dates and statistic. The best way to teach history, therefore, is to spend most class time recounting the lives of historical figures and very little on dates and statistics.
Each of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends EXCEPT:
(A) One should avoid boring one’s students when teaching a history course.
(B) It is not incompatible with the attainable goals of teaching history to spend very little class time on dates and statistics.
(C) It is possible to recount the lives of historical figures without referring to dates and statistics.
(D) It is compatible with the attainable goals of teaching history to spend most class time recounting the lives of historical figures.
(E) Students are more bored by history courses as they are usually taught than they would be by courses that spend most class time recounting the lives of historical figures.

答案C。但我觉得C恰好是一个很完美的假设啊，因为是问EXCEPT，所以我第一个就把它排除了。WHY C？

dorbear

[face=Verdana]This is a bit more tricky. If we have the conclusion here like:

"The best way to teach history, therefore, is to spend most class time recounting the lives of historical figures and very little on dates and statistics, and we should follow it,"

then C is definitely the ASSUMPTION. However, what is laid out in the passage is only something about the "Best Way", whether it is feasible or not is out of scope, as we are NOT told we should follow the best way, instead we are only informed of what the best way is like, and the boredom of the students is not something desirable for the history class. Therefore, anything regarding the feasibility of the best way if not the ASSUMPTION for the argument validity to be hold.

Hope clarfies it.[/face]

snow_mountain

but generally speaking, it cannot be called a good one, not to say the best one, if the method is not feasible.

my opinion is that since the arguer only say "very little on dates and statistics." instead of "while avoid to mention any dates and statistics", B is not required.

further dscussions are appreciatd.

Snazzy

hey, buddy, that's reall quite an explanation!!! but folks, could we not highlight any choice to be the best one so that we would not be disatracted. thanks

horsefish

我的理解: C 用于普通方式的假设, the best way 不需要普通方式的假设,因为普通方式的假设已经隐含在里面

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lawyer_1

ASSUMPTION EXCEPT的答案是无关项



C选项成为无关项的原因是WITHOUT . 即完全否定DATES AND STATISTICS.而题干却是LITTLE.完全没有DATES AND STATISTICS的情况对题干不起任何作用

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wwwweng

excellent explanation, good work.


thanks