LSAT-27-2-24 and LSAT-0106-2-21

alexmuir

Trade official: Country X deserves economic retribution for its protectionism. However, it is crucial that we recognize that there are overriding considerations in this case. We should still sell to X the agricultural equipment it ordered: there is high demand in our country for agricultural imports from X.

The argument depends on assuming which one of the following principles?

(A) Agricultural components of international trade are more important than nonagricultural commodities.

(B) The ability to keep popular products available domestically is less important than our being able to enter international market.

(C) We should never jeopardize the interests of our people to punish a protectionist country.

(D) In most cases, punishing a protectionist country should have priority over the interests of our people.（E）

(E) We should balance the justice of an action with the consequences for our interests of undertaking that action.

answer E. why not C???

Professor Chan: The literature department’s undergraduate courses should cover only true literary works, and not such frivolous(not serious or sensible, especially in a way that is not suitable for a particular occasion) material as advertisements.

Professor Wigmore: Advertisements might or might not be true literary works but they do have a powerfully detrimental(damaging) effect on society—largely because people cannot discern(to notice or understand something by thinking about it carefully) their real messages. The literature department’s courses give students the critical skills to analyze and understand texts. Therefore, it is the literature department’s responsibility to include the study of advertisements in its undergraduate courses.

Which one of the following is an assumption on which Professor Wigmore’s argument depends?

(A) Texts that are true literary works never have a detrimental effect on society.

(B) Courses offered by the literature department cannot include both true literary works and material such as advertisement.

(C) Students who take courses in the literature department do not get from those courses other skills besides those needed to analyze and understand texts.

(D) Forms of advertising that convey their message entirely through visual images do not have a detrimental effect on society.（B）

(E) The literature department’s responsibility is not limited to teaching students how to analyze true literary works.

answer B. why not E???

lawyer_1

1。C错在never jeopardize 。原文只说there are overriding considerations in this case。即原文只说要考虑人民的利益（即E），并没说不能危及人民的利益，这两者是不同的。

2。E是正确答案。B是错的。

wanze

2题，能解是为和是e，  我刚说服自几是b?????

xie xie

lawyer_1

将E取非，文学系的责任限于教true literary works.广告不是true literary works.当然文学系就不用教了，即结论不成立

alexmuir

多谢斑竹的解答！

但是第一题C取非后更绝对呀？？

alexmuir

L-28-3-24

Over the last 25 years, the average price paid for a new car has steadily increased in relation to average individual income. This increase indicates that individuals who buy new cars today spend, on average, a larger amount relative to their incomes buying a car than their counterparts did 25 years ago.

Which one of the following, if true, most weakens the argument?

(A) There has been a significant increase over the last 25 years in the proportion of individuals in households with more than one wage earner.

(B) The number of used cars sold annually is the same as it was 25 years ago.

(C) Allowing for inflation, average individual income has significantly declined over the last 25 years.

(D) During the last 25 years, annual new-car sales and population have both increased, but new-car sales have increased by a greater percentage.（E）

(E) Sales to individuals make up a smaller proportion of all new-car sales they did 25 years ago.

ANSWER E， WHY NOT A？？？

lawyer_1

1题，C太绝对，取非便不绝对了，可以危及人民的利益。可不可以危及人民利益和原文无关，原文是说要考虑人民利益。OUT OF SCOPE