真題:
Exterminator: Using poisoned food is the most effective tactic for combating a mouse infestation. The mouse will carry the food back to the nest, causing all of the mice to die, while a trap will kill only the one mouse that falls into it. If all signs of the mice disappear for three consecutive weeks after poisoned food is used, the homeowner can be sure that the poison was successful in eradicating the mice.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously calls into question the exterminator’s claim that the absence of signs for three weeks means the mice have been eradicated by the poison?
(A) Because mice hide whenever they sense humans, it is very difficult to see or hear mice even when there is an active infestation.
(B) It is more humane to use live-catch? traps that allow homeowners to release the still-living mice outside.
(C) In the spring, many mice that nest in houses begin foraging for food outside and do not return to the comfort of the house until the fall or winter.
(D) There are several different kinds of poison that could be used, some of which are more effective than others.
(E) It sometimes takes longer than three weeks for all of the mice to ingest and die from the poison.
想要快速解決邏輯題,有幾個重要步驟必須做到。由于這些閱讀題往往是短篇ARGU類文章的形式。所以通常都是某人想要總結某個觀點,或者雙方就一個觀點進行爭論的提問方式。
搞定閱讀邏輯題第一步:確認問題類型
看文章前先看問題,問題會告訴你需要那種邏輯思維方式來解題,有時候還會包含文章的結論。而仔細閱讀問題題干可能會幫助我們加強或者削弱結論、找出假設部分、進行推理、解決矛盾、分析文章結構。本題的問題,就是讓我們去削弱結論。
搞定閱讀邏輯題第二步:分解文章論點
一般文章的論點會由這幾個部分組成。分別是:前提、結論、假設和反對前提。當閱讀文章論點時,我們要學會分辨其中的這些部分,分解論點進行解析。
搞定閱讀邏輯題第三步:排除答案選項
把答案的每個選項都檢查一遍,首先,排除那些明顯錯誤的選項,然后把剩下的選項進行對比。
選項A與結論的所有記號都消失矛盾,所以很明顯是錯誤的,可以直接排除。
選項B沒有談到我們需要削弱的觀點:3周沒跡象=老鼠全被毒死了。所以排除。
選項C比較對路。假設正好這個計劃在春季開展,有毒食物被放置好,而且3周沒有老鼠的跡象,但也許并不是老鼠被消滅了,只是所有老鼠都正好離開了,靠著春季的充足野外食物生存,到了九十月份又會回來。這樣就正好削弱了結論。所以這個答案比較正確。
選項D沒有談到需要削弱的觀點:3周沒跡象=老鼠全被毒死了。所以排除。
選項E比較容易出錯。看似邏輯正確,但包含的假設條件文章內并沒有提到,所以也可以排除。
綜合起來,正確答案是C。
從真題中總結的解決閱讀邏輯題技巧
1. 掌握上述的解題步驟。
2. 某些選項會比較接近正確答案,但缺乏對關鍵論點的削弱,這些都是陷阱選項,不要上當。
3. 想當然的選項,有些選項看似很正確,但其實并沒有事實基礎,即在文章中并沒有提到相關內容,所以無論它看上去多正確,都是錯誤的選項。解答時大家切忌自行腦補一些條件,忠于原文進行解答是關鍵。