LSAT題型與GMAT邏輯的異同

  lsat邏輯題型及典型問法:

△加強題

which one of the following statements, if added as a premise to the
argument, would make the conclusion valid / strengthen the argument?

which one of the following, if true, would make the conclusion in the
passage a logical conclusion?

which one of the following is an additional piece of information that
would support the conclusion?

△削弱題

which one of the following statements, if true, most clearly
undermines / seriously weaken the conclusion / argument?

which one of the following assertions, if true, provides the most
effective challenge to the author’s conclusion?

△假設題

which one of the following is an assumption on which the author’s
argument relies?

which one of the following most accurately states a hidden assumption
that the author must make insgroupsto advance the argument above?

which one of the following is a presupposition essential to the
reasoning in the passage above?

△評價題

which one of the following is the most accurate evaluation of the
author’s reply?

which one of the following principles, if valid, justifies the author’
s argument?

which one of the following would it be most helpful to know insgroupsto
evaluate the argument?

△解釋題

the author concludes that ... partly because...

which one of the following, if true, argues most strongly against the
explanation reported in the passage?

which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain why ...?

which one of the following principles, if established, would justify
the judgments about a’s & b’s actions?)

△矛盾解決題(也可歸類到解釋題里)

which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent
discrepancy between the two?

which one of the following, if true, most helps explain the difference
in...?

which one of the following, if true, most helps to reconcile the
author’s decision with the goal stated in the passage?

△結論(歸納)題

it can be concluded from the statements above that...

which one of the following statements most accurately expresses the
author’s main point?

which one of the following statements cannot be true?

which one of the following inferences can be most reliably drawn from
the passage above?

the passage as a whole is structured to lead to which one of the
following conclusions?

which one of the following is the best statement of the primary point
of the passage?

each of the following can be inferred from his argument except...

which one of the following claims is central to the author’s argument?

if the statements above are true, then which one of the following must
also be true?

△句子完成(劃線填空)題

which one of the following is the best completion of the argument above?

based on the passage above, which phrase does not provide a logical
completion to the following sentence?

△信息支持(反向加強)題

which one of the following is most strongly supported by the
information above?

the statement above, if true, most strongly support which one of the
following claim?

△推理缺陷題

what is the flaw in the reasoning above?

the author’s argument is logically flawed in that it...

the source of the man’s erroneous reasoning is his...

the reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to the criticism that
it...

△邏輯相似性題

which one of the following is most similar in logic to the argument
above?

which one of the following exhibits the same logical flaw as that
exhibited above?

which one of the following could be best supported by the same type of
reasoning as that exhibited in the passage?

which one of the following contains the error of reasoning described by
the author in the passage?

which one of the following most closely parallels the flawed pattern of
reasoning in the author’s reply?

△邏輯相悖題

in which one of the following situations is the principle expressed
most clearly violated?

△兩人爭論內容題

the source of a & b’s dispute is their lack of agreement on which one
of the following terms? which one of the following is the point at issue
between a & b?

△邏輯策略方法題

which one of the following is the best line of causal analysis for a to
do?

the author establishes his position in the passage by doing which one
of the following?

the author of the passage argues by...;the argument seeks to do which
one of the following?

a most seriously weakens b’s argument by doing which one of the
following?which one of the following techniques of argument does the author
use in the passage?

a’s statement most closely conforms to which one of the following
principles?

the relationship if a’s response to b’s argument is that a’s
response...a responds to b’s argument by...how is a’s response related to
b’s argument?

註:有些問法可以歸為不止一類;一些較冷僻的問法沒有列在括弧里,但應該不會影響
判斷。

從以上題型可以看出,lsat前幾種題型和gmat是完全一樣的,這類題要么難度和gmat不
相上下,要么在閱讀難度和邏輯繞圈子上難一些,是較之gmat更上一層樓的題。

後幾種涉及到邏輯推理的具體方法,gmat中沒涉及到,但其實後幾種才是lsat的精華,
才是真正提高邏輯水平的訓練,才是lsat藉以crack gmat的法寶,所以是不能略去不做的。

gmat邏輯有“句子作用題”,lsat中沒涉及到,但基本上靠新東方給的方法就能搞定,
有閱讀能力作後盾這種題更是小菜。通過練習邏輯策略方法題,做句子作用題的能力可以得
到很大的提高。