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Questions 3-4
The simple facts are these: the number of people killed each year by grizzly bears is about the same as the number of people killed by lightning on golf courses. And the number of people killed by lightning on golf course each year is about the same as the number of people electrocuted by electric blenders. All the horrible myths and gruesome stories aside, therefore, a grizzly bear is in fact about as dangerous as an electric blender or a game of golf.

3. Which one of the following is an assumption that the author relies upon in the passage?

(A) Most incidents involving grizzly bears are fatal.

(B) Grizzly bears are no longer the danger they once were.

(C) The number of fatalities per year is an adequate indication of something’s dangerousness.

(D) A golf course is a particularly dangerous place to be in a thunderstorm.

(E) Something is dangerous only if it results in death in the majority of cases.
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条件：在bears，golf course和electric blenders上的每年死亡人数相等，
结论：他们同样危险
假设：死亡人数可以充分表明一个东西的危险度。（架桥）

4. Which one of the following, if true, would most effectively undermine the author’s argument?

(A) Although the number of people killed by lightning on golf courses each year is very small, the total number of lightning fatalities is many times greater.

(B) Electric blenders are among the safest household appliances; were the author to compare fatalities from electrical appliances in general, she would get a much higher figure.

(C) Most people would rather take their chances with blenders and golf games than with grizzly bears.

(D) Bears in general—including black, brown, and cinnamon bears, as well as grizzly bears—kill many more people than do electric blenders.

(E) Statistics show that the number of times people use electric blenders each year exceeds the number of times people play golf each year, which in turn far exceeds the number of contacts people have with grizzly bears each year.
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削弱题
E为正确答案，表明死亡数字相等不能反映危险度，比如接触1000次，死一次和接触1次死一次，虽然都是一次，危险性大不相同。
这题告诉我们：比较不能只比较绝对数字，要比较相对数字。
C位迷惑选项，它只说了意愿，但没说明实际情况如何。