LSAT考試出題四大原則(二)

◆◇iftrue原則

iftrue在許多考題中出現,緊接在whichofthefollowing之後,有時表達為ifpracticable,ifaccepted,iffeasible,ifcorrect,ifestablished等。這使得選項在即使違反常識或專業知識的情況下,我們也不能質疑其正確性。應牢記的是:在五個選項內容本身無可質疑的情況下,通過考察推理能否成立,有無缺陷,去實現問題目的。段落或選項中所表述的信息、觀點或事實是否正確並不是我們所關注的問題。

pandasarerapidlydisappearingfromthewild.therefore,inordertopreservethespecies,exi

stingpandasshouldbecapturedandplacedinzoosaroundtheworld.

whichofthefollowingstatements,iftrue,castsmostdoubtontheconclusiondrawnabove?

(a)whenincaptivity,pandastypicallyproducemoreyoungthantheydointheirnativehabitat.

(b)newbornpandasinzoosarenotlikelytodiefrominfectiousdiseases,whereasnewbornpand

asinthewildarelikelytodiefromthesediseases.

(c)sufficientquantitiesofbamboo,thepanda’sonlyfood,cannotbemadeavailableoutsidethepanda’snativehabitat.

(d)manyzoosareeagertoincreasetheirstockofrareandexoticanimals,buttherearenotenoughpa

ndasforallthezoosthatwantone.

(e)pandasinzooshaveasmanyoffspringthatsurvivetoadulthoodasdopandasinthewild.

譯文:野生大熊貓正在迅速減少。因此,為了保護該物種,應把現存熊貓捕捉起來並放到世界各地的動物園去。