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chengzhiying

8. Thestable functioning of a society depends upon the relatively long-termstability of the goals of its citizens. This is clear from the factthat unless the majority of individuals have a predictable and enduringset of aspirations, it will be impossible for a legislature to craftlaws that will augment the satisfaction of the citizenry, and it shouldbe obvious that a society is stable only if its laws tend to increasethe happiness of its citizens.

Theclaim that a society is stable only if its laws tend to increase thehappiness of its citizens plays which one of the following roles in theargument?

(A) It is the conclusion of the argument.

(B) It helps to support the conclusion of the argument.

(C) It is a claim that must be refuted if the conclusion is to be established.

(D) It is a consequence of the argument.

(E) It is used to illustrate the general principle that the argument presupposes.

答案B

E错在什么地方呢，搜索过相关的帖子，有人问过，但是还没有解答

bebeitts

a society is stable only if its laws tend to increase the happiness of its citizens这句话是作为论据说明为什么社会的稳定是建立在相对稳定的公民远期目标上的。所以选B，E是说这句话是用来举例说明一个general principle，显然不如B准确。因为这句话在这里的目的显然是支持conclusion。

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chengzhiying

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以下是引用bebeitts在2010-1-22 20:15:00的发言：
a society is stable only if its laws tend to increase the happiness of its citizens这句话是作为论据说明为什么社会的稳定是建立在相对稳定的公民远期目标上的。所以选B，E是说这句话是用来举例说明一个general principle，显然不如B准确。因为这句话在这里的目的显然是支持conclusion。

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查了下词典，我是没把illustrate的意思理解到位
（to make meaning of sth. clearer by giving examples)
谢谢