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natalietong

T-3-Q13.
The traditional treatment of strep infections has been a seven-day course of antibiotics, either penicillin or erythromycin. However, since many patients stop taking those drugs within three days, reinfection is common in cases where these drugs are prescribed. A new antibiotic requires only a three-day course of treatment. Therefore, reinfection will probably be less common in cases where the new antibiotic is prescribed than in cases where either penicillin or erythromycin is prescribed.

Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?

A.    Some of people who are allergic to penicillin are likely to be allergic to the new antibiotic.
B.    A course of treatment with the new antibiotic costs about the same as a course of treatment with either penicillin or erythromycin.
C.    The new antibiotic has been shown to be effective in eradicating bacterial infections other than strep.
D.    Some physicians have already begun to prescribe the new antibiotic instead of penicillin or erythromycin for the treatment of some strep infections
E.     Regardless of whether they take a traditional antibiotic or the new one, most patients feel fully recovered after taking the drug for three days.


答案选E，E的大概意思就是说不论新药或者旧药，病人都是吃三天就完全恢复了，那么这样如何能推出旧药的复发更common呢？

xiangxiangling

结论说的是probably less common 就是新药可能比旧药不容易复发
不是你理解的推出旧药的复发更common

因为服用旧药的人三天内就停用了（since many patients stop taking those drugs within

three days）还没到三天的有效期 这是造成reinfection的主要原因 而新药只需要服用三天 患

者会不会坚持下来题中没说 所以probably less common

natalietong

恩恩，我不知道这样理解对不对
原文的结论是讨论新药和旧药复发的容易程度，而不是我理解的common or not.
要加强原文，就是证明新药不容易复发，根据E选项，在三天的时间内（相同的时间），不论新

药旧药，病人都fully recovered了啊？这样怎么能证明新药不容易复发？

而且这个选项是不是和since many patients stop taking those drugs within three days，

reinfection is common in cases where these drugs are prescribed 有矛盾呢？文章不是说

旧药在三天内停下来许多人就复发了吗？可是选项为什么说fully recovered呢？

我的理解能力不好。。。。见笑了。。。。

xiangxiangling

三天内停下来就复发
而选项说的是 after taking the drug for three days
就是能坚持三天下来就fully recovered了

xiangrui

我要是在考场上主要就看文章的逻辑是说
新方法3天可治好——〉新方法可减少再感染
因为此题要加强，所以答案一定要强调3天的作用，一眼发现只有E提到3天~

如果具体看逻辑，E就是说无论用什么方法现在很多病人3天后就觉得好了，因此他们就不吃药了~这不就是体现出了新的方法3天可以治好的作用嘛~

flywest

结论说的是probably less common 就是新药可能比旧药不容易复发
不是你理解的推出旧药的复发更common

因 ...
xiangxiangling 发表于 2010-4-15 20:33

同意

foye

恩恩，我不知道这样理解对不对
原文的结论是讨论新药和旧药复发的容易程度，而不是我理解的common or not. ...
natalietong 发表于 2010-4-16 06:57

没错啊

weifanmm

但是E选项说的是无论新方法还是旧方法三天都能治好，那和原文的前提矛盾了啊，旧方法不

是7天才好吗？

xiangrui

E选项说的是他们觉得自己好了，但其没有真好。如果这个时候就不吃药了就容易再感染。所以新的方法在人们觉得不用吃药的时候就已经真的好了，而旧的方法不能让人没在3天内痊愈。

weifanmm

原文中有个意思很重要：reinforce是由于旧药没有完成疗效~~所以我是这么理解的~新药三天完成了疗程，不再复发，旧药三天还没有完成疗程，复发率高~~因此加强了结论~~

thx~~