lsat（section 1）1-8

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各位G友：
由今天起，我们将在本版面集中讨论LSAT的逻辑，每帖固定8题。
欢迎大家的参与！！！！！[em12][em26]

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1、1. Mr. West: Well, Ms. Smith, by how much do you plan to increase your donation to the cultural society this year? You know how many worth while projects we do.            

Ms. Smith: I’m not so sure of that. I was very upset about the statue you purchased last month. I think I’ll give no more money to your cause.

Mr. West: That’s all right: we’ll just put you down for the same amount that you gave last year.
Which one of the following words or phrases has been misinterpreted in the conversation?

(A) “increase”

(B) “you know”

(C) “worthwhile”

(D) “no more”

(E) “same amount”
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答案是D。
关键在于Mr. West 对 Ms. Smith话中I think I’ll give no more money to your cause的理解出现了问题。Ms. Smith的意思是由于购买的问题不再给钱了，即：no money的意思。而Mr. West 将no more money 理解成no more money than that of last year。
因此，选D

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决战金秋：这是我的lsat section 1 的专帖啊。以后不能再来专帖发贴了啊。在这个版面中发新帖。
我认为答案应该是狒狒说的B。
测定水银的目的是确定他有没有患性病。但若水银是大家普遍服用的一样东西，则测出来也不能说他患了性病。因此，在B的时代，至少有一部分人，是不服用水银的，这时才能确定。

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2、Handwriting analysis—also known as graphology—is a poor way to predict personality types, even though it is used by 3,000 United States firms and by a majority of European companies. In a recent study, five graphologists scored no better than chance in predicting the occupations of forty professionals.

Which one of the following is an assumption necessary to the argument?

(A) People in the same occupation usually do not have the same personality type.

(B) Graphology is an effective means of predicting personality types in non-business contexts.

(C) There are more United States firms that do not use graphology than all the United States and European firms that do use it.

(D) There are several other techniques for predicting personality types that are more accurate than graphology.

(E) There is a correspondence between type of personality and choice of occupation.
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选项A：无关选项。因为不管相不相同，若有效，就能准确地预测出来。
选项B：题干中没有讲到非商业系统的问题。更没有比较问题。
选项C：这种比较也是题干中没有提供的信息。无关选项。
选项D：题目没说其他的方法。因此，也是无关选项。
选项E：由于作者的推论是用“预测职业”来做论据，推出它is a poor way to predict personality types，因此，作者的假设必定是基于两者之间有必然的联系。
正确答案是E。