"Life expectancy" is the average age at death of the entire live-born population. In the middle of the nineteenth century, life expectancy in North America was 40 years, whereas now it is nearly 80 years. Thus, in those days, people must have been considered old at an age that we now consider the prime of life.
Which of the following, if true, undermines the argument above?
Example: 1. “Life expectancy” is the average age at death of the entire live-born population. In the middle of the nineteenth century, life expectancy in North America was 40 years, whereas now it is nearly 80 years. Thus, in those days, people must have been considered old at an age that we now consider the prime of life. Which of the following, if true, undermines the argument above? (A) In the middle of the nineteenth century, the population of North America was signi?cantly smaller than it is today. (B) Most of the gains in life expectancy in the last 150 years have come from reductions in the number of infants who die in their ?rst year of life. (C) Many of the people who live to an advanced age today do so only because of medical technology that was unknown in the nineteenth century. (D) The proportion of people who die in their seventies is signi?cantly smaller today than is the proportion of people who die in their eighties. (E) More people in the middle of the nineteenth century engaged regularly in vigorous physical activity than do so today. (白色部分为隐藏选项)
跟帖练习示例(做比OG解释更透彻的CR分析): 1) 计时:30s
2) 逻辑链Situation(刚开始练习先写好完整逻辑链,练习到逻辑链基本清晰的时候尝试尽量简化信息、提炼最精简的逻辑链): *完整模式: Background Information: Life expectancy is the average age at death of the whole population. Premise: Life expectancy in mid-nineteenth century North America was 40 years; now it is almost 80. Conclusion: What we think of as the prime of life must have been considered old in that earlier era. 简化模式: Life expectancy in earlier era was 40 years, but now is almost 80. Thus, what we consider young must have been considered old in that earlier era.
Example: 1. “Life expectancy” is the average age at death of the entire live-born population. In the middle of the nineteenth century, life expectancy in North America was 40 years, whereas now it is nearly 80 years. Thus, in those days, people must have been considered old at an age that we now consider the prime of life. Which of the following, if true, undermines the argument above? (A) In the middle of the nineteenth century, the population of North America was signi?cantly smaller than it is today. (B) Most of the gains in life expectancy in the last 150 years have come from reductions in the number of infants who die in their ?rst year of life. (C) Many of the people who live to an advanced age today do so only because of medical technology that was unknown in the nineteenth century. (D) The proportion of people who die in their seventies is signi?cantly smaller today than is the proportion of people who die in their eighties. (E) More people in the middle of the nineteenth century engaged regularly in vigorous physical activity than do so today. (白色部分为隐藏选项)
跟帖练习示例(做比OG解释更透彻的CR分析): 1) 计时:30s
2) 逻辑链Situation(刚开始练习先写好完整逻辑链,练习到逻辑链基本清晰的时候尝试尽量简化信息、提炼最精简的逻辑链): *完整模式: Background Information: Life expectancy is the average age at death of the whole population. Premise: Life expectancy in mid-nineteenth century North America was 40 years; now it is almost 80. Conclusion: What we think of as the prime of life must have been considered old in that earlier era. 简化模式: Life expectancy in earlier era was 40 years, but now is almost 80. Thus, what we consider young must have been considered old in that earlier era. 3) 推测(Prephrase: mentally formulate your answer to the question stem): the average age at death is 40 years≠the usual length of life is around 40 some other reasons that lead to the outcome: 极端值大, ?rst-year infant mortality was extremely high in earlier era.