Of all the houses in the city’s historic district, the house that once belonged to the Tyler family is the most famous by far. Since the historic district is the most famous district in the city, the Tyler house must be the city’s most famous house.
The flawed reasoning the argument above most closely parallels the flawed one in which one of the following?
A) Of all the peaks in the costal mountain range, Mount Williams is the tallest. Since the tallest peaks in the entire region are in the costal mountain range, Mount Williams must be the region’s tallest peak.
B) Tobacco smoking is the behavior most likely to cause lung cancer among in people. Since more tobacco is smoked in Greene County than anywhere else in the world, there must be more lung cancer in Greene County than anywhere else
C) Susan Coleman is the oldest of the three children in her family. Since the three Coleman children are each older than any of the other children who live in their building. Susan Coleman must be the oldest child now live in the building.
D) Of all the fish stores in the harbors area, Miller’s fish market has the most exotic selection of fish. Since there are many more fish stores in the harbor area than anywhere else in the city, Miller’s fish market must have the most exotic selection of fish in the city.
E) Of all the flowers grown in the university’s botanical garden, the Oakland roses are the most beautiful. Since the university’s botanical garden is the most beautiful botanical garden in the region, the Oakland roses grown in the garden must be the most beautiful flowers grown in the entire region.
我觉得除了C,E,其他选项虽然“意思”也是说...在..范围内最如何如何，但是表达方式都和C,E不同,比如说A)中
Of all the peaks in the costal mountain range, Mount Williams is the tallest. Since the tallest peaks in the entire region are in the costal mountain range
按照题干的逻辑结论应该是 Mount Williams is the tallest in the costal mountain region ， 而不是 Mount Williams must be the region’s tallest peak。
同理B,D.
Test17-IV
11. It is even more important that we criticize democracies that have committed human rights violations than that we criticize dictatorships that have committed move violent human rights offenses. Human rights violations are always inexcusable, but those committed by governments that represent the will of the people are even more reprehensible than those committed by dictators. Further our criticism is more likely to have an effect on the former than on the later.
Which one of the following is a proper inference from the passage?
(A) All government commit same inexcusable and reprehensible acts.
(B) Some human rights violations are more reprehensible than other, more violent human rights violations.
(C)Criticism of human rights violations is certain to have no effect on a dictatorship.
(D)Human rights violations are more likely to occur in democracies than in dictatorship
(E)Those who do represent the will of the people are less likely to be moved by criticism than are those who merely claim to represent the will of the people.
Even I ended to choose E, but I really don't know why?
test17-III
22. The 1980's have been characterized as a period of selfish individualism that threatens the cohesion of society. But this characterization is true of any time. Throughout history all human actions have been motivated by selfishness. When the deeper implications are considered. even the simplest "unselfish" acts prove to be instances of selfish concern for the human species.
Which one of the following is a flaw in the argument?
(A) The claim that selfishness has been present throughout history is not actually relevant to the argument.
(B) No statistical evidence is provided to show that humans act selfishly more often than act unselfishly.
(C) The argument assumes that selfishness is unique to the present age.
(D) The argument mentions only humans and does not consider the behavior of other species.
(E) The argument relies on two different uses of the term selfish.
22. The 1980's have been characterized as a period of selfish individualism that threatens the cohesion of society这里说的selfish 指的是个人的自私自利
selfish concern for the human species的selfish指的是人类整体的自私
11.答案是B.
E是明显错误的，题干中没有提到谁是claim to represent the will of people.
