OG-189

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189.
Studies have shown that elderly people who practice a religion are much more likely to die
immediately after an important religious holiday period than immediately before one.
Researchers have concluded that the will to live can prolong life, at least for short periods of
time.
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the researchers’ conclusion?
(A) Elderly people who practice a religion are less likely to die immediately before or during an
important religious holiday than at any other time of the year.
(B) Elderly people who practice a religion appear to experience less anxiety at the prospect of
dying than do other people.
(C) Some elderly people who do practice a religion live much longer than most elderly people
who do not.
(D) Most elderly people who participate in religious holidays have different reasons for
participating than young people do.
(E) Many religions have important holidays in the spring and fall, seasons with the lowest
death rates for elderly people.

答案为A，我不明白A为何加强？E为何不对呢？

谢谢。

深海的小美人鱼

A在这里排除了因为季节或者其他原因造成的死亡或者加速死亡. E是削弱,不是加强.给出了它因

kuaiyunzhi

agree with  深海的小美人鱼

JerryGuan

我选了B选项，我觉得它是直接加强结论。


A选项只是重复了一下事实，并加了during这个期间，也算加强？

xionghuixh

我也是选B

可OG解释:

B is incorrect since this information applies to all times of the year, not just to holiday times, and so
provides no support for the conclusion.

可我觉得尽管this information applies to all times of the year, not just to holiday times

但还是对原结论是支持的??

不懂/???

Euodia

顶上来。我的问题是：

为什么加强一定要和holiday挂钩？

我觉得题目有一个隐含假设，holiday可以增强people who practice a religion的will to live（因为想过节嘛）。然后题目才说：过节的时候有信仰的人撑得长。结论是will可以使人活得长。

B表达的是：有信仰可以使人活得长。并没有说到the power of will，所以B错了。

但是OG不是从这个角度说B的，而是说B和holiday这个period的联系有问题，所以B错了。

如果我把B改成：宗教信仰可以增强人的will，避开holiday，但是说到了will，是否就正确了呢？

偶表达不好，希望妞妞能够看懂。谢谢

sea-level

我的想法：

逻辑推导：

After>before

Conclusion: will->prolong

Strength

A/ holiday(=will)>any other time of the year

B/ religion->less anxiety dying

C/ religion->live longer

D/ elderly>young

E/ less in spring and fall

So A

Euodia

还是不太明白，那加强的时候避不开holiday？？

直接加强will可以吗？？

谢谢……

bryan0806

講一下我的想法

原文大意說 "意志力"使人活的更長 而舉了宗教的例子 說祭典后比祭典前容易翹頭

A 加強說 祭典前與中間 比 全年其他時間更不容易翹頭 說明意志力作用所以加強

B 的比較對象是別人 很明顯不能拿來說明"自己"的意志力

E 也沒對意志力有什麼作用  有可能是巧合

Euodia

bryan,thanks a lot ^_^