LSAT-2-4-24再次请教，非常谢谢

flyingceleste

In opposing the 1970 Clean Air Act, the United States automobile industry argued that meeting the act’s standards for automobile emissions was neither economically feasible nor environmentally necessary. However, the catalytic converter, invented in 1967, enabled automakers to meet the 1970 standards efficiently. Currently, automaker are lobbying against the government’s attempt to pass legislation that would tighten restrictions on automobile emissions. The automakers contend that these new restrictions would be overly expensive and unnecessary to efforts to curb air pollution. Clearly, the automobile industry’s position should not be heeded.

24. Which one of the following most accurately expresses the method used to counter the automakers’ current position?

(A) The automakers’ premises are shown to lead to a contradiction.

(B) Facts are mentioned that show that the automakers are relying on false information.

(C) A flaw is pointed out in the reasoning used by the automakers to reach their conclusion.

(D) A comparison is drawn between the automakers’ current position and a position they held in the past.

(E) Evidence is provided that the new emissions legislation is both economically feasible and environmentally necessary.

这题以前的解释我觉得没解释清楚，我也觉得E对，哪位高手能再解释一下，谢谢

hedonism555

every time you see " however" pay close attention to the immediately following content.

However, the catalytic converter, invented in 1967, enabled automakers to meet the 1970 standards efficiently.

Since the former grounds of being both economically infeasible and enviornmentally unneccesary have been denied by new tenchique invention in 1967, the current similar argument fails to contain any legitimacy.

dorbear

NO! (sorry : ), the answer is (D). (E) is not the answer b/c there is an unwarranted assumption that similar technology will be making breakthrough in the future. There IS an evidence offered to deny the automakers' past claim, but absolutely no single evidence is provided here to prove wrong their current one, just a comparsion is made, which is why (D) is the official answer.

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-1-31 4:18:21编辑过]

chelseayang

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the method used to counter the automakers’ current position?

Trapped by E? probably because you already forgot the question when you went a long way to E

hedonism555

呵呵， 恳请楼主发贴的时候最好把正确答案贴出来，1，本人长时间没做LSAT了， 所以对很多题已经比较生疏了。 2， 时间的原因再加上本人比较懒， 所以会经常照着你给的答案解释。

LSAT的答案其实就是这个特点， 如果你想证明它是对的， 怎么找你都有理由。 所以， 一个习惯的做法是想答案是如何错的， 而不是如何对的。

翻了一下自己以前的作题记录， 发现我的最初选择是D.

flyingceleste

不好意思，没写正确答案，但是我就是不明白，过去与现在automakers‘ position的对比怎么就能被用来作为一种method to couter the automakers’ current position 到底counter体现在何处啊，不明白，急人

lawyer_1

就是过去那些家伙也反对该钟立案，结果他们的观点（position）被证明是错的。现在，这些家伙又来啦，很显然，这些家伙又会是错的。comparison是对比的意思。

flyingceleste

终于懂了

sch

这题他其实是问，作者（在文中）用了哪些方法反驳车商，而不是问你：有哪些方法可以最有效的反驳车商。

你选了E显然是当成后一种意思理解了，就是：提出一个新证据反驳车商。

但是在文章里，根本没有什么新证据提出所以按照题目意思，问你文章中用了什么办法反驳的，就不能选E