LSAT考试全真试题四SECTION1（5）
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14. Which one of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage? (A) The analysis of a limited number of atypical discrimination suits of little value to potential plaintiffs (B) When the number of factors analyzed in a sex discrimination suit is increased the validity of the conclusions drawn becomes suspect (C) Scholars who are critical of traditional legal research frequently offer alternative approaches that are also seriously flawed (D) Outcomes analysis has less predictive value in sex discrimination cases than do certain other social science techniques (E) Given adequate information, it is possible to predict with considerable certainty whether a plaintiff will be successful in a discrimination suit 15. It can be inferred from the author s disccussion of traditional legal research that the author is (A) frustrated because traditional legal research has not achieved its full potential (B) critical because traditional legal research has little relevance to those actually involved in cases (C) appreciative of the role traditional legal research played in developing later more efficient approaches (D) derisive because traditional legal research has outlasted its previously significant role (E) grateful for the ability of traditional legal ressearch to develop unique types of evidence 16. Which one of the following statements about Zirkel and Schoenfeld can be inferred from the passage? (A) They were the first scholars to use social science tools in amlyzing legal cases (B) They confined their studies to the outcomes analysis technique. (C) They saw no value in the analysis provided by traditional legal research. (D) They rejected policy capturing as being too limited in scope (E) They believed that the information generated by outcomes analysis would be relevant for plaintiffs. 17. The author s characterization of traditional legal research in the first paragraph is intended to (A) provide background information for the subsequent discussion (B) summarize an opponent s position (C) argue against the use of social science tools in the analysis of sex discrimination cases (D) emphasize the fact that legal researchers act to the detriment of potential plaintiffs (E) reconcile traditional legal researchers to the use of social science tools. 18. The information in the passage suggests that plaintiffs who pursue sex discrimination cases despite the statisties provided by outcomes analysis can best be likened to (A) athletes who continue to employ training techniques despite their knowledge of statistical evidence indicating that these techniques are ulikely to be effective (B) lawyers who handle lawsuits for a large number of clients in the hope that some percentage will be successful (C) candidates for public office who are more interested in making a political statement than in winning an election (D) supporters of a cause who recruit individuals sympathetic to it in the belief that large numbers of supporters will lend the cause legitimacy (E) purchasers of a charity s raffle tickets who consider the purchase a contribution because the likelihood of winning is temote 19. The policy-capturing approach differs from the approach described in lines 48-59 in that the latter approach (A) makes use of detailed information on a greater number of cases (B) focuses more directly on issues of concern to litigants (C) analyzes information that is more recent and therefore reflects current trends (D) allows assessment of aspects of a case that are not specifically mentioned in a judge s opinion (E) eliminates any distortion due to personal bias on the part of the researcher 20. Which one of the following best describes the organizatin of the passage? (A) A technique is introduced, its shortcomings are summarized, and alternatives are described (B) A debate is introduced, evidence is presented, and a compromise is reached (C) A theory is presented, clarification is provided, and a plan of further evaluation is suggested (D) Standards are established, hypothetical examples are analyzed, and the criteria are amended (E) A position is challenged, its shortcomings are categorized, and the challenge is revised. A fake can be defined as an artwork intended to deceive. The motives of its creator are decisive, and the merit of the object itself is a separate issue. The question mark in the title of Mark Jones s Fake? The (5) Arl of Deception reveals the study s broader concerns Indeed, it might equally be entitled Original? and the text begins by noting a variety of possibilities somewhere between the two extremes. These include works by an artist s followers in the style of the master. (10) deliberate archaism, copying for pedagogical purposes, and the production of commercial facsimiles The greater part of Fake? is devoted to a Chronological survey suggesting that faking feeds on the many different motives people have for collecting (15) art, and that, on the whole, the faking of art flourishes whenever art collecting flourishes. In imperial Rome there was a widespread interest in collecting earlier Greek art, and therefore in faking it. No doubt many of the seulptures now exhibited as "Roman copies" were |
