one lr question. 3x

breew

consumer advocate; the introduction of a new drug into the marketplace should be contingent upon our having a good understanding of its social impact. however, the social impact of the newly marketed antihistamine is far from clear. it is obvious, then, that there should bea general reduction in the pace of bringing to the marketplace new drugs that are now being tested.

whichone of the following , if true . most strnegthens the argument?

a: the social impact of the new antihistamine is much better understood thant that of most enw drugs being tested

b: the new antihistamine should be on the market only if most new drugs being tested should be on the market also.

the answer choice is a, but i think b should be right, so could someone help me out? thanks

jnchasedream

consumer advocate; the introduction of a new drug into the marketplace should be contingent upon our having a good understanding of its social impact. however,

consumer advocate; the introduction of a new drug into the marketplace should be contingent upon our having a good understanding of its social impact. however, the social impact of the newly marketed antihistamine is far from clear. it is obvious, then, that there should bea general reduction in the pace of bringing to the marketplace new drugs that are now being tested.

whichone of the following , if true . most strnegthens the argument?

a: the social impact of the new antihistamine is much better understood thant that of most enw drugs being tested

b: the new antihistamine should be on the market only if most new drugs being tested should be on the market also.

the answer choice is a, but i think b should be right, so could someone help me out? thanks

. it is obvious, then, that there should bea general reduction in the pace of bringing to the marketplace new drugs that are now being tested.

whichone of the following , if true . most strnegthens the argument?

a: the social impact of the new antihistamine is much better understood thant that of most enw drugs being tested

b: the new antihistamine should be on the market only if most new drugs being tested should be on the market also.

the answer choice is a, but i think b should be right, so could someone help me out? thanks

To strengthen the argument, the best answer is supposed to make the conclusion more reasonable, as (a) does. Note that the precondition for a new drug into marketplace is "a good understanding of its social impact", since the stimulus says that "the social impact of the newly marketed antihistamine is far from clear", even thougn, as (a) says, the new antihistamine is much better understood than new drugs, which suggests that new drugs are not good understood as well so far.

(b) means if antihistamine is on the market, then new durgs should be on the market (i.e. antihistamine-->new drugs) which is actually contrary to the conclusion of the stimulus which suggests a reduction in the pace of new drugs into the marketplace. 

unclekin

主要还是个理解的问题吧？题目是说标准是A（good understanding），然后说某药不达到这个A标准（far from clear)。然后结论就跳到正在测试的药不要上市。那中间的gap就是这些药的效果达不到A标准。答案的说法加强了这个推理，因为这些药连某药的标准都达不到（某药is better than 正在测试的），那就更达不到good understanding 的标准了。

B其实是无关的，因为结论说的是正在测试的药不要上市，和某药是否上市关系不大。