zyh79

lsat 14-4-18
Orthodox medicine is ineffective at both ends of the spectrum of ailments. At the more trivial end, orthodox medicine is largely ineffective in treating aches, pains and allergies, and, at the other extreme, it has yet to produce a cure for serious, life-threatening diseases such as advanced cancer and lupus. People turn to alternative medicine when orthodox medicine fails to help them and when it produces side effects that are unacceptable to them. One of the reasons alternative medicines is free of such side effects is that it does not have any effects at all.

18. if the statements above are true, which one of the following can be properly inferred from them?

(A) Practitioners of alternative medicine are acting in bad faith

(B) There are some medical conditions for which no orthodox or alternative treatment is effective

(C) There are some trivial illnesses that can be treated effectively by the methods of alternative medicine

(D) There are no effective medical treatments that are free from unacceptable side effects

(E) Orthodox medicine will eventually produce a solution for the diseases that are currently incurable

1.我觉得18里面除了B以外其它选项都有东西是文章中没有提到的
而B正符合文章所要表达的意思
文章先说Orthodox medicine is ineffective ，因为人们turn to alternative medicine ，然后列举原因
最后又说，其实alternative medicine没有副作用，是因为它没有用

2.这里有一个不好想的问题：
就是一点用都没有，还吃它做甚？其实我想有些怪病就是这样的。

zyh79

思路正确
lsat14-4-19
Orthodox medicine is ineffective at both ends of the spectrum of ailments. At the more trivial end, orthodox medicine is largely ineffective in treating aches, pains and allergies, and, at the other extreme, it has yet to produce a cure for serious, life-threatening diseases such as advanced cancer and lupus. People turn to alternative medicine when orthodox medicine fails to help them and when it produces side effects that are unacceptable to them. One of the reasons alternative medicines is free of such side effects is that it does not have any effects at all.

19. The charge made above against alternative medicine is most seriously weakened if it is true that

(A) predictions based on orthodox medicine have sometimes failed, as when a patient has recovered despite the judgment of doctors that an illness is fatal

(B) alternative medicine relies on concepts of the body and of the nature of healing that differ from those on which orthodox medicine is based

(C) alternative medicine provides hope to those for whom orthodox medicine offers no cure

(D) a patient's belief in the medical treatment the patient is receiving can release the body's own chemical painkillers, diminish allergic reactions, and promote healing

(E) many treatments used for a time by orthodox medicine have later been found to be totally ineffective
19 D

D是削弱， a patient's belief in the medical treatment the patient is receiving can release the body's own chemical painkillers, diminish allergic reactions, and promote healing

D用的是一种很平常的削弱方式，他就是在说alternative 有用，而不是题干中的所谓 One of the reasons alternative medicines is free of such side effects is that it does not have any effects at all

zyh79

答案中mates的理解我想应该是配偶，而不是同伴
所以，如果剪掉horn而不能生育，还是会导致extinction

zyh79

test*是lsat电子版的分类，
你的黄皮书中第几套就对应第几个test

zyh79

TEST1-SECTION IV-6：
医生劝病人别把Mother-infant bonding比作instant glue。
instant glue不好翻译，但从医生的这句话中可看出病人在作类比。

t1-s2-22
我的理解：
仅从一个结果去推原因的其他结果是不对的，导出结果必须有原因的不同特征来决定。
A答案一个人捐钱给society是一个结果
能推出他捐钱给医院这样的结果。要看他捐钱的动机

zyh79

to jeannette：
TEST1-SECTION IV-6
B错在医生并未引用evidence。

t1-s2-21
B答案没问题，两个比例相乘即可。
C答案，要注意到原文“which sometimes result from low-pressure systems”
即某些雷阵雨不是由low-pressure systems导致，所以就算知道 the percentage of thundershowers that result from low-pressure systems，要确定probability还不够。

zyh79

t2-IV-10
A的后半句指公诉人的办案成果由它所办的good case决定。
t2-IV-13
如果选D，那就是说A,M在ethical behavior 是否有相同意思分歧，文中并没提到啊。

[此贴子已经被zyh79于2002-11-10 12:16:06编辑过]

zyh79

不好意思，我写错了。
应该是“如果选D，那就是说A,M在ethical behavior 是否有相同意思上产生分歧，这不符合原文意思啊。”
另外几题见第10页

[此贴子已经被zyh79于2002-11-10 12:22:08编辑过]

zyh79

to jeannette：
t2-IV-13
注意：d答案不是说“A和M对meaning of ethical behavior是有分歧”
           而是说“A和M对 ethical behavior 在公众和私人环境下的意思是否相同上有分歧”，也就是说，一个人认为在两种情况下，意思相同；另一个认为不同。

t2-IV-10
你的意思理解正确。
我对这题的理解：
结论是逮捕和定罪方面对罪犯有利，所以有关起诉的A答案与题目无关。

zyh79

to jeannette：
作者认为人工的有好处，反驳用人工建筑对环境有毒害作用，
作者再反驳说虽说对环境有影响，但环境从人们用途的角度来说还是改善了。