新GRE小短文阅读练习题六十八

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Like most other coastal towns in Norway, the town of Stavanger was quiet  
and peaceful until the early 1960’s,   when it became Norway’s center for off-
shore oil exploration.  Between then and now, violent crime and vandalism in  
Stavanger have greatly increased.  Stavanger’s social problems probably  
5 R  x; G: R8 b1 M9 c0 t resulted from the oil boom, since violent crime and vandalism have remained
low in coastal towns in Norway that have had no oil boom.
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Which of the following most accurately describes the method of reasoning  
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+ K5 q1 i2 e" H2 c$ n* N     A Arguing that a circumstance is not a precondition for a phenomenon
        on the grounds that the phenomenon sometimes occurs where the  
1 I3 s/ f: O3 a( n) Q        circumstance is not present   
     B Arguing that a circumstance is a cause of a phenomenon on the
        grounds that the phenomenon has not occurred where the circum-
        stance is not present   
$ v5 d+ h/ k8 i: N. W& Q+ N5 p- M     C Arguing that a particular thing cannot have caused a phenomenon
- p; I1 \- s' v) m3 D$ b        because that thing was not present before the phenomenon occurred   
    D  Attempting to establish a claim by arguing that the denial of the claim is  
        inconsistent with the observed facts   
+ k7 @* y: O! v. q1 y      E　Attempting to establish that certain circumstances that would have had
        to occur for a particular explanation to be correct could not have
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答案B