新GRE小短文阅读练习题三十一

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Charleton recently  wrote a scathing attack on Winfreed's theory
: d( {, ~: X- ^9 h& Pabout the origin of portraiture.  Charleton would never have felt
personally threatened by Winfreed's theory unless he believed,
albeit subconsciously, that the theory was correct.  Since Char-
leton is a distinguished art historian, his   attack can actually be
' p0 o6 ^+ P+ l# S! _4 ?* r4 v8 ataken as confirmation of Winfreed's theory.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument
) A: U  S- y* c9 ^+ ]& ~* _6 |! [% idepends?
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& M  E5 u7 H7 Y      Charleton would not have   written a scathing attack on Win-
       freed's theory unless he had felt personally threatened by
- ^1 |6 I5 H: S8 q9 h2 z       that theory.  
# u+ ?2 @0 a* }3 g$ O; b      Charleton would attack a theory he believed was correct only
       if he did not consciously believe that it was correct.  
      Charleton would write about Winfreed's theory only if his
       explicit purpose was to attack that theory.  
% p+ M% k' P( b- G0 j      An attack on a theory about the origin of portraiture would
: x* I- s" O' x/ W       serve as confirmation of that theory only if the attack were
' i) W3 Z' u" E" j7 M# Y7 R5 r% @       written by a distinguished art historian.  
      Charleton's attack on Winfreed's theory would serve to con-
       firm that theory only if the attack were scathing.   
: o6 M; A. ?1 X: b$ j答案A