最新LSAT考试逻辑推理模拟试题一.docx

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最新LSAT考试逻辑推理模拟试题一

最新LSAT考试逻辑推理模拟试题

（一）

TEST1

SECTIONI

Time35minutes25Questions

Directions:

Thequestionsinthissectionarebasedonthereasoningcontainedinbriefstatementsorpassages.Forsomequestions,morethanoneofthechoicescouldconceivablyanswerthequestion.However,youaretochoosethebestanswer;thatis,theresponsethatmostaccuratelyandcompletelyanswersthequestion.Youshouldnotmakeassumptionsthatarebycommonsensestandardsimplausible,superfluous,orincompatiblewiththepassage.Afteryouhavechosenthebestanswer,blackenthecorrespondingspaceonyouranswersheet.

1.    Mr.West:

Well,Ms.Smith,byhowmuchdoyouplantoincreaseyourdonationtotheculturalsocietythisyear?

Youknowhowmanyworthwhileprojectswedo.

Ms.Smith:

I’mnotsosureofthat.Iwasveryupsetaboutthestatueyoupurchasedlastmonth.IthinkI’llgivenomoremoneytoyourcause.

Mr.West:

That’sallright:

we’lljustputyoudownforthesameamountthatyougavelastyear.

Whichoneofthefollowingwordsorphraseshasbeenmisinterpretedintheconversation?

（A）“increase”

（B）“youknow”

（C）“worthwhile”

（D）“nomore”（D）

（E）“sameamount”

2.      Handwritinganalysis—alsoknownasgraphology—isapoorwaytopredictpersonalitytypes,eventhoughitisusedby3,000UnitedStatesfirmsandbyamajorityofEuropeancompanies.Inarecentstudy,fivegraphologistsscorednobetterthanchanceinpredictingtheoccupationsoffortyprofessionals.

Whichoneofthefollowingisanassumptionnecessarytotheargument?

（A）Peopleinthesameoccupationusuallydonothavethesamepersonalitytype.

（B）Graphologyisaneffectivemeansofpredictingpersonalitytypesinnon-businesscontexts.

（C）TherearemoreUnitedStatesfirmsthatdonotusegraphologythanalltheUnitedStatesandEuropeanfirmsthatdouseit.

（D）Thereareseveralothertechniquesforpredictingpersonalitytypesthataremoreaccuratethangraphology.（E）

（E）Thereisacorrespondencebetweentypeofpersonalityandchoiceofoccupation.

Questions3-4

Thesimplefactsarethese:

thenumberofpeoplekilledeachyearbygrizzlybearsisaboutthesameasthenumberofpeoplekilledbylightningongolfcourses.Andthenumberofpeoplekilledbylightningongolfcourseseachyearisaboutthesameasthenumberofpeopleelectrocutedbyelectricblenders.Allthehorriblemythsandgruesomestoriesaside,therefore,agrizzlybearisinfactaboutasdangerousasanelectricblenderoragameofgolf.

3.    Whichoneofthefollowingisanassumptionthattheauthorreliesuponinthepassage?

（A）Mostincidentsinvolvinggrizzlybearsarefatal.

（B）Grizzlybearsarenolongerthedangertheyoncewere.

（C）Thenumberoffatalitiesperyearisanadequateindicationofsomething’sdangerousness.

（D）Agolfcourseisaparticularlydangerousplacetobeinathunderstorm.（C）

（E）Somethingisdangerousonlyifitresultsindeathinthemajorityofcases.

4.    Whichoneofthefollowing,iftrue,wouldmosteffectivelyunderminetheauthor’sargument?

（A）Althoughthenumberofpeoplekilledbylightningongolfcourseseachyearisverysmall,thetotalnumberoflightningfatalitiesismanytimesgreater.

（B）Electricblendersareamongthesafesthouseholdappliances;weretheauthortocomparefatalitiesfromelectricalappliancesingeneral,shewouldgetamuchhigherfigure.

（C）Mostpeoplewouldrathertaketheirchanceswithblendersandgolfgamesthanwithgrizzlybears.

（D）Bearsingeneral—includingblack,brown,andcinnamonbears,aswellasgrizzlybears—killmanymorepeoplethandoelectricblenders.（E）

（E）Statisticsshowthatthenumberoftimespeopleuseelectricblenderseachyearexceedsthenumberoftimespeopleplaygolfeachyear,whichinturnfarexceedsthenumberofcontactspeoplehavewithgrizzlybearseachyear.

5.    Emperor:

Theenemyempireacrosstheseahasharassedusforcenturies.Iwanttoconqueritandstopitonceandforall.Whatadvicecanyougiveme?

Admiral:

Ifyoucrossthesea,amightyempirewillfall.

Emperor:

Inthatcase,preparethetroops.Wesetsailtonight.

Ofthefollowing,thestrongestcriticismoftheEmperor’sdecisiontoinvadewouldbethatit

（A）iscertaintoleadtotheemperor’sdefeat

（B）isbasedonopinionratherthanobjectivefactsabouttroopstrength

（C）contradictstheAdmiral’sstatement

（D）failstoconsiderfullythepossiblemeaningsoftheAdmiral’sadvice（D）

（E）isafutilestrategyforsolvingtheproblemathand

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6.    NosenatorspokeattheconventionunlessheorshewasaDemocrat.NoDemocratbothspokeattheconventionandwasasenator.

Whichoneofthefollowingconclusionscanbecorrectlydrawnfromthestatementsabove?

（A）Noonebutsenatorsspokeattheconvention.

（B）NoDemocratspokeattheconvention.

（C）OnlyDemocratsspokeattheconvention.

（D）Nosenatorspokeattheconvention.（D）

（E）SomeDemocratsenatorsspokeattheconvention.

7.    IfSarahwereaconcertpianistforamajororchestra,shewouldbefamous.Sheisnotaconcertpianistsincesheisnotfamous.

Theconclusionaboveisunsoundbecausetheauthordoesnotconsiderthat

（A）Sarahcouldbeafamousactress.

（B）Sarahcouldbeaharpistforamajororchestra.

（C）Sarahcouldbeapianistwitharockgroup.

（D）Sarahcouldbeaconcertpianistwithaminororchestra.（D）

（E）Sarahcouldbefamousforanotherreason.

8.      NeuroscientistsaremakingprogressindiscoveringmoreaboutthecauseofAlzheimer’sdisease.Alzheimer’sdiseasepatientssufferfromdementiaandsevermemoryloss.Autopsiesperformedonsuchpatientshaverevealedthepresenceofbrainlesionscausedbyabnormalproteindeposits.SimilardepositsarealsofoundinthebrainsofelderlypatientswhodonotsufferfromAlzheimer’sdisease.ItfollowsthateveryonewholiveslongenoughwilleventuallydevelopAlzheimer’sdisease.

Whichoneofthefollowingstatements,iftrue,mostseriouslyunderminestheconclusionthateveryonewholiveslongenoughwilleventuallydevelopAlzheimer’sdisease?

（A）Thelesionsfoundinthebrainsofnon-Alzheimer’sdiseasepatientsarefarlessextensivethanthosefoundinthebrainsofAlzheimer’sdiseasepatients.

（B）Thedevelopingbrainproducesagreaternumberofcellsthanitwilleveruse.Theextracellsarelaterdestroyedbywhatbiologistscall“programmedcelldeath.”

（C）Theprocedurethatallowsscientiststodiscoverthepresenceofproteindepositsduringanautopsyisnotyetrefinedenoughtoensuredetectionofthelesionsinallpatients.

（D）Autopsieshaveshownthatsomepeoplelackthechemicalnecessaryforproteindepositstocausebrainlesions.（D）

（E）ThoughmostAlzheimer’sdiseasepatientsdevelopthediseasewhentheyareintheirlatefiftiestoearlyseventies,thefrequencyofpatientswhodevelopthediseaseintheirfortiesisontherise.

9.    Freepubliceducationisthebestformofeducationthereis.Therefore,wemustfighttoensureitscontinuedexistence;thatis,wemustbereadytodefendtheprincipleofequalityofeducationalopportunity.Becausethisprincipleisweworthdefending,itisclearthatfreepubliceducationisbetterthananyotherformofeducation.

Whichoneofthefollowingillustratesthesameweakreasoningasfoundinthepassage?

（A）Ilovemusic,andthat’swhyIlistentoitconstantly.Ihavemystereoorradiooneverywakingminute.SinceIplaymusicallthetime,Imustreallyloveit.

（B）Booksaremymostvaluablepossessions.Mybooksarelikemyfriends—eachpleasesmeindifferentways.JustasIwouldgiveupeverythingtosavemyfriends,sotoowithmybooks.

（C）Iwouldmuchratherbepoorandrespectedthanberichanddespised.Tohavetherespectofothersisfarmorevaluablethantohavemillionsofdollars.

（D）Ihaveneverbeenbetrayedbyanyofmyfriends.Theyhavebeentruetomethroughgoodtimesandbad.ThereforeIwillneverbetrayanyofmyfriends.（A）

（E）BecauseeveryplantIhaveeverseenhasgreenleaves,Ihaveconcludedthatallplantsmusthavegreenleaves.Thislookslikeaplantbutitdoesnothavegreenleaves,soitcannotbeaplant.

10.  Somepeoplesaythatthescarcityoffoodisafunctionofthefinitelimitsoftheearth’sresources,coupledwitharelentlessrateofpopulationgrowth.Thisanalysisfailstorecognize,however,thatmuchoftheworld’sagriculturalresourcesareusedtofeedlivestockinsteadofpeople.IntheUnitedStates,forexample,almostone-halfoftheagriculturalacreageisdevotedtocropsfedtolivestock.Asteerreducestwenty-onepoundsofinexpensivegraintoonepoundofexpensivemeat.Thus,thescarcityoffoodisnotmerelyafunctionoflimitedresourcesandpopulationgrowth.

Whichoneofthefollowingisanassumptionthatwouldallowtheconclusionintheargumenttobeproperlydrawn?

（A）Peopleprefereatingmeattoeatinggrain.

（B）Meatistwenty-onetimesmoreexpensivethangrain.

（C）Thelimitsoftheearth’sagriculturalresourcesarenotfinite.

（D）Morethanone-halfoftheagriculturalacreageintheUnitedStatesisdevotedtocropsfedtohumans.（E）

（E）Growingcropsforhumanconsumptionontheacreagecurrentlydevotedtocropsforlivestockwillyieldmorefoodformorepeople.

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Arecentsurveyshowsthattherearefewerpeoplewhodriveonlyonweekendsthantherearepeoplewhodrivetoworkeachweekday.Asaresult,weekend-onlydrivesareinvolvedinfeweraccidents.Therefore,insuranceratesshouldbeadjustedsothatrateswouldbesignificantlyhigherfortheregularcommuters.

Katsu:

Ican’tagreewithyourconclusion.Thesamestudyalsoshowedthat,althoughweekend-o