LSAT考试出题四大原则(二)
◆◇iftrue原则
iftrue在许多考题中出现,紧接在Whichofthefollowing之后,有时表达为ifpracticable,ifaccepted,iffeasible,ifcorrect,ifestablished等。这使得选项在即使违反常识或专业知识的情况下,我们也不能质疑其正确性。应牢记的是:在五个选项内容本身无可质疑的情况下,通过考察推理能否成立,有无缺陷,去实现问题目的。段落或选项中所表述的信息、观点或事实是否正确并不是我们所关注的问题。
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.
译文:野生大熊猫正在迅速减少。因此,为了保护该物种,应把现存熊猫捕捉起来并放到世界各地的动物园去。