题目信息
The lobbyists argued that because there is no statistical evidence that breathing other people's tobacco smoke increases the incidence of heart disease or lung cancer in healthy nonsmokers, legislation banning smoking in workplaces cannot be justified on health grounds.
Of the following, which is the best criticism of the argument reported above?
Of the following, which is the best criticism of the argument reported above?
A:It ignores causes of lung cancer other than smoking.
B:It neglects the damaging effects of smoke-filled air on nonsmokers who are not healthy.
C:It fails to mention the roles played by diet, exercise, and heredity in the development of heart disease.
D:It does not consider the possibility that nonsmokers who breathe smoke-filled air at work may become more concerned about their health.
E:It does not acknowledge that nonsmokers, even those who breathe smoke-filled air at work, are in general healthier than smokers.
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B:It neglects the damaging effects of smoke-filled air on nonsmokers who are not healthy.
222.答案B
题目类型:削弱题。
题目大意:游说者认为,由于没有统计证据表明,在健康的非吸烟者中呼吸二手烟雾会增加心脏病或肺癌的发病率,因此基于健康理由,禁止在工作场所吸烟的立法是不合理的。
题目逻辑:需要找出能够反对题干的核心论据,证明该立法的合理性或者游说者观点的错误。
A.提出核心逻辑外的因素,并非题干需要讨论的吸二手烟-肺癌的核心逻辑链,排除。
B.提出了题目中忽略的因素,也即不健康的非吸烟者的健康情况可被二手烟影响,正确。
C.提出核心逻辑外的因素,并非题干需要讨论的吸二手烟-肺癌的核心逻辑链,排除。
D.引入无关选项,题目并未谈到对于吸烟、健康的态度,排除。
E.题干并未严格对比吸烟者和不吸烟者的健康状况,排除。
题目类型:削弱题。
题目大意:游说者认为,由于没有统计证据表明,在健康的非吸烟者中呼吸二手烟雾会增加心脏病或肺癌的发病率,因此基于健康理由,禁止在工作场所吸烟的立法是不合理的。
题目逻辑:需要找出能够反对题干的核心论据,证明该立法的合理性或者游说者观点的错误。
A.提出核心逻辑外的因素,并非题干需要讨论的吸二手烟-肺癌的核心逻辑链,排除。
B.提出了题目中忽略的因素,也即不健康的非吸烟者的健康情况可被二手烟影响,正确。
C.提出核心逻辑外的因素,并非题干需要讨论的吸二手烟-肺癌的核心逻辑链,排除。
D.引入无关选项,题目并未谈到对于吸烟、健康的态度,排除。
E.题干并未严格对比吸烟者和不吸烟者的健康状况,排除。


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