LSAT考试模拟试题:LSAT考试试题三c
16. Motorcoach driver: Professional drivers spend much more time driving. on average, than do other people and hence are more competent drivers than are other, less experienced drivers. Therefore, the speed limit on major highways should not be reduced, because that action would have the undesirable effect of forcing some people who are now both law-abiding and competent drivers to break the law. Police officer: All drivers can drive within the legal speed limit if they wish, so it is not true to say that reducing the speed limit would be the cause of such illegal behavior. The point at issue between the motorcoach driver and the police officer is whether. (A) it would be desirable to reduce the speed limit on major highways 17. People cannot devote themselves to the study of natural processes unless they have leisure, and people have leisure when resources are plentiful, not when resources are scarce. Although some anthropologists claim that agriculture, the cultivation of crops, actually began under conditions of drought and hunger, the early societies that domesticated plants must first have discovered how the plants they cultivated reproduced themselves and grew to maturity. These complex discoveries were the result of the active study of natural processes. The argument is structured to lead to the conclusion that (A) whenever a society has plentiful resources, some members of that society devote themselves to the study of natural processes. 18. In the past decade, a decreasing percentage of money spent on treating disease X went to pay for standard methods of treatment, which are known to be effective though they are expensive and painful. An increasing percentage is being spent on nonstandard treatments. which cause little discomfort. Unfortunately, the nonstandard treatments have proved to be ineffective. Obviously, less money is being spent now on effective treatments of disease X than was spent ten years ago Which one of the following, if assumed, allows the conclusion above to be properly drawn? (A) Varieties of disease X requiring expensive special treatment have become less common during the past decade. Which one of the following most logically completes the argument? (A) become larger in size yet still be of uniform thickness. 20. Anyone who insists that music videos are an art form should also agree that television gave rise to an art form, since televison gave rise to music videos. The parttern of reasoning displayed in the gragument above most closely parallels that displayed in which one of the following? (A) Anyone who claims that all vegetalbes are nutritious should also agree that some vegetables are harmful if eaten in large quantities. 21. Medieval Arabs had manuscripts of many ancient Greek texts, which were translated into Arabic when there was a demand for them. Medieval Arab philosophers were very interested in Arisototle's Poetics, an interest that evidently was not shared by medieval Arab poets, because a poet interested in the Poetics would certainly have wanted to read Homer, to whose epics Aristotle frequently refers. But Homer was not translated into Arabic until modern times. Which one of the following, if true, most strongly supports the argument above? (A) A number of medieval Arab translators possessed manuscrips of the Homeric epics in their original Greek. 22. Congenial guests and a plentiful supply of good things to eat and drink will ensure a successful dinner party. Since Sylvia has prepared more than enough to eat and drink and her guests are all congenial people, her dinner party is certain to be a success. The pattern of flawed reasoning exhibited by the argument above is most similar to that exhibited by which one of the following? (A) The right ingredients, properly combined and baked in a reliable oven will always produce a well-backed cake. Since Emily has properly combined the right ingredients, her cake is certain to come but well if she bakes it in a reliable oven. 23. A museum director, in order to finance expensive new acquisitions, discreetly sold some paintings by major artists. All of them were paintings that the director privately considered inferior. Critics roudly condemned the sale, charging that the museum had lost first-rate pieces, thereby violating its duty as a trustee of art for future generations. A few months after being sold by the museum, those paintings were resold, in an otherwise stagnant art market, at two to three times the price paid to the museum. Clearly, these prices settle the issue, since they demonstrate the correctness of the critics evaluation. The reasoning in the argument is vulnerable to the criticism that the argument does which one of the following? (A) It concludes that a certain opinion is correct on the grounds that it is held by more people than hold the opposing view. 24. The United States ranks far behind countries such as Sweden and Canada when it comes to workplace safety. In all three countries, joint labor-management committees that oversee workplace s afety conditions have been very successful in reducing occupational injuries. In the United States, such committees are found only in the few companies that have voluntarily established them. However, in Sweden and several Canadian provinces, joint safety committees are required by law and exist in all medium-sized and large workplaces. Which one of the following is supported by the information above? (A) The establishment of joint safety committees in all medium-sized and large workplaces in the United States would result in a reduction of occupational injuries. |