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(做错)1.People who have specialized knowledge about a scientific or technical issue are systematically excluded from juries for trials where the issue is relevant. Thus, trial by jury is not a fair means of settling disputes involving such issues.
Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
Background information: expert doesn’t need juries for trials where the issue is relevant.
Conclusion: juries for trials is not a fair method of settling disputes
Weaken: 1、experts have some secrets that doesn’t want to let juries know.
2、some evidences show that juries can give a impartial outcome.
(A) The more complicated the issue being litigated, the less likely it is that a juror without specialized knowledge of the field involved will be able to comprehend the testimony being given. irrelevant
(B) The more a juror knows about a particular scientific or technical issue involved in a trial, the more likely it is that the juror will be prejudiced in favor of one of the litigating parties before the trial begins. irrelevant
(C) Appointing an impartial arbitrator is not a fair means of settling disputes involving scientific or technical issues, because arbitrators tend to favor settlements in which both parties compromise on the issues. Irrelevant
(D) Experts who give testimony on scientific or technical issues tend to hedge their conclusions by discussing the possibility of error. Correct
(E) Expert witnesses in specialized fields often command fees that are so high that many people involved in litigation cannot afford their services. We don’t talk about the fees
【逻辑链】
29.
To reduce the danger to life and property posed by major earthquakes, scientists have been investigating several techniques for giving advance warning of dangerous earthquakes. Since catfish swim erratically before earthquakes, some investigators have proposed monitoring catfish to predict dangerous earthquakes.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the usefulness of the proposal?
Background: scientists want to protects people’s life and property. They want to investigate some advanced method to warn the earthquake.
Premise: before earthquake, catfish will have an erratic behaviors.
Conclusion: scientists can observe catfish to predict earthquake.
Weaken: 1、catfish’s erratic behaviors are just accidental. May be there are other factors result in this phenomenon.
2、some causes result in catfish’s leave or extinct
3、there are other better methods to predict earthquake ( not that frequent)
(A) In Japan, which is subject to frequent earthquakes, the behavior of catfish has long been associated with earthquakes. strengthen
(B) Mechanical methods for detecting earthquakes have not proved effective. Irrelevant, we don’t talk about mechanical methods
(C) Tremors lead to the release of hydrogen sulfide gas into water, thereby causing various fish and shellfish to behave erratically. We talk about catfish, not various fish and shellfish. They may include catfish or may not.
(D) Careful construction can reduce the dangers posed by earthquakes. irrelevant
(E) Even very slight, fleeting tremors cause catfish to swim erratically. Correct
30.
(做错)A city plans to attract new citizens with new housing and new facilities such as parks, recreation centers, and libraries. One component of the city's plan is to require that developers seeking permission to build this new housing provide these additional facilities at no cost to the city.
Which of the following, if true, would point to a possible flaw in the city's plan?
Background information: new housing and new facility will attract new citizens
Premise: to find a permission that free of new facility.
Weaken: 1、can’t find 2、even though new facility will not increase cost to this country, there are other objects that will increase the cost to the country.
(A) Developers would pass along their costs to the buyer, thereby raising the cost of housing units beyond the ability of likely purchasers to afford them. irrelevant
(B) Light, nonpolluting industries have located in the area, offering more jobs and better-paying jobs than do the more-established industries in the area. Irrelevant comparison
(C) Other towns and cities nearby have yet to embark on any comparable plans to attract new citizens. Irrelevant comparison
(D) Most developers see the extra expense of providing municipal facilities as simply one of the many costs of doing business. Correct
(E) Studies show that purchasers of new houses, especially first-time buyers, rank recreational resources as an important factor in deciding to buy a particular house. Irrelevant
31.
(做错)Manufacturers issue cents-off coupons to get consumers to try their brand of product with the hope that the consumers who try their brand will switch their brand loyalty. So in the initial marketing of their new brand X, Hartman Industries should issue cents-off coupons, thereby attracting a large segment of potential consumers as loyal customers.
Which of the following, if true, casts the most serious doubt on the likelihood that the marketing strategy recommended above will have the result that is claimed?
Premise: send coupons can make the consumers loyal
Conclusion: coupons——loyal consumers——attract potential consumers
Weaken: 1、people those who bought this company’s product ever will become loyal because of coupons, but those who never bought the product ever will not be attracted by the coupons/ those who never bought products will not concern this company’s activity, like coupon
2、Coupons is only useful for old brand , not new introduced brand.
(A) Many consumers are unlikely to try new brands of products unless offered an inducement to do so. strengthen
(B) The consumers whose purchases are strongly influenced by cents-off coupons tend not to become loyal customers of any particular brand. strengthen
(C) Many grocery stores attract customers by doubling the face value of manufacturer's coupons. irrelevant
(D) Typically less than one-third of the coupons issued by a manufacturer are redeemed by consumers. correct
(E) A marketing campaign that uses cents-off coupons is most effective when combined with a television advertising campaign. irrelevant
32.
State spokesperson: Many businesspeople who have not been to our state believe that we have an inadequate road system. Those people are mistaken, as is obvious from the fact that in each of the past six years, our state has spent more money per mile on road improvements than any other state.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the reasoning in the spokesperson's argument?
Background: many businesses men think XXX’s road system is not good.
Premise: XXX spent more money on road improvement in each of six years than any other states.
Conclusion: these people are incorrect
Weaken: effective comparsion
(A) In the spokesperson's state, spending on road improvements has been increasing more slowly over the past six years than it has in several other states. Only if the total spending is more than other states is okay. Otherwise, the option proposes “several other states”
(B) Adequacy of a state's road system is generally less important to a businessperson considering doing business there than is the availability of qualified employees. irrelevant
(C) Over the past six years, numerous businesses have left the spokesperson's state, but about as many businesses have moved into the state. irrelevant
(D) In general, the number of miles of road in a state's road system depends on both the area and the population of the state. irrelevant
(E) Only states with seriously inadequate road systems need to spend large amounts of money on road improvements. correct
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