LSAT-5-2-18, LSAT-5-2-25

smallkiddy

Questions 18-19
Like a number of other articles, Ian Raghall’s article relied on a recent survey in which over half the couples applying for divorces listed “money” as a major problem in their marriages. Raghall’s conclusion from the survey data is that financial problems are the major problem in marriages and an important factor contributing to high divorce rate. Yet couples often express other types of marital frustrations in financial terms. Despite appearances, the survey data do not establish that financial problems are the major problem in contemporary marriages.

18. Which one of the following sentences best expresses the main point of the passage?
(A) Financial problems are not an important factor contributing to the divorce rate.
(B) Marital problems are more easily solved by marriage counselors than by married couples on their own.
(C) The conclusion drawn in Raghall’s article is inadequately justified.
(D) Over half the couples applying for divorces listed money as a major problem in their marriages.
(E) Many articles wrongly claim that financial problems are the major factor contributing to the divorce rate.

答案A和E有什么区别呢？真正做题时如何判断和排除？

25. The public in the United States has in the past been conditioned to support a substantial defense budget by the threat of confrontation with the Eastern bloc. Now that that threat is dissolving, along with the Eastern bloc itself, it is doubtful whether the public can be persuaded to support an adequate defense budget.
Which one of the following indicates a weakness in the position expressed above?
(A) It presupposes that public opinion can be manipulated indefinitely, without the public’s becoming aware of that manipulation.
(B) It refers to past and present events that do not have a causal connection with public support of the budget.
(C) It assumes as fact what it seeks to establish by reasoning.
(D) It fails to give any reason for the judgment it reaches.
(E) It hinges on the term “adequate,” the precise meaning of which requires reevaluation in the new context.

能说一下如何解题么？

robertchu

Q18

(A) Financial problems are not an important factor contributing to the divorce rate.
(E) Many articles wrongly claim that financial problems are the major factor contributing to the divorce rate.

There could be several important factors, but there can be only one major factor.

robertchu

Q25: you can try elimination.  A, B, C, D will all be eliminated because they have varioius problems.  That leaves us with E.  Indeed E is correct in pointing out the original argument's problem with the vague term "adequate"

Bensontuo

smallkiddy 发表于 2004-10-10 23:21
Questions 18-19Like a number of other articles, Ian Raghall’s article relied on a recent survey in  ...

18

Spot the question type: Main Point

The main point is " article does not account for the possibilities that financial problems are the major problem "

E.

25.

Substancial vs adequate