[求助]gwd29-27

小精灵

Q27:

Though sucking zinc lozenges has been promoted as a treatment for the common cold, research has revealed no consistent effect.  Recently, however, a zinc gel applied nasally has been shown to greatly reduce the duration of colds.  Since the gel contains zinc in the same form and concentration as the lozenges, the greater effectiveness of the gel must be due to the fact that cold viruses tend to concentrate in the nose, not the mouth.

 

 

In order to evaluate the argument, it would be most helpful to determine which of the following?

 

 

1. Whether zinc is effective only against colds, or also has an effect on other virally caused diseases
2. Whether there are remedies that do not contain zinc but that, when taken orally, can reduce the duration of colds
3. Whether people who frequently catch colds have a zinc deficiency
4. Whether either the zinc gel or the lozenges contain ingredients that have an impact on the activity of the zinc
5. Whether the zinc gel has an effect on the severity of cold symptoms, as well as on their duration

xihonghui

I prefer B although the reference answer is D

In my opinion that author tell us that since the same concentration and form

is applied in both medicine taken orally and nasally,it seems logically to

infer that the discrepancy in the treatment results is due to the conslusion

made by author various tend to concentrate in nose only.

If the description above is true,the conclusion will be undermined by the

fact that another unkonw drugs taken orally has effect on the cold.

In choice D,the ingredients have an impact on the activity of the zinc seems

to say the reason why the drugs contain the zinc have the effect on the

cold.That is far from the argument I think .If the answer is yes,the

conlusion that different region alluded for different results in cold

treatment is still there wihout any support nor weaken.

open to discuss

angelavivi

支持B.

同样一种药，用鼻子吃就比口服效果好。
人们自然就猜测是不是病毒都集中在鼻子里了。
为了验证，可用别的药，同样两种吃法：
1。如果别的药也是一样，那么猜测就有道理；
2。如果别的药口服效果更好，那么就是药的成分的问题。

对B的不同回答直接决定原结论的真假，这不就是典型的evaluate题目么。

yujingmm

I think the answer should be D

 因为D的选项,若回答YES,则会weaken结论

因为别的原因造成了口服药没效,而不是病毒都集中在鼻子

若回答NO,就support conclusion了,因为如果没有会影响效用的ingredients在gel 跟 lozenges中,就代表文章的推论是合理的

而B中的remedies that do not contain zinc是无关的议题,无法用来evaluate结论.

open to discuss....