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智 课 网 G M A T 备 考 资 料 新版OG2016中GMAT逻辑的那些“鲜货”-智课教育 今天小编为大家带来了新版GMAT考试官方指南中的个别新题讲解 ，当然，很多题目大家可能已经思考了很多，看看今天小编带来的新版 OG2016中GMAT逻辑的那些“鲜货”合不合你的胃口吧。 It is widely assumed that people need to engage in intellectual activities such as solving crossword puzzles or mathematics problems in order to maintain mental sharpness as they age. In fact, however, simply talking to other people—that is, participating in social interaction, which engages many mental and perceptual skills—suffices. Evidence to this effect comes from a study showing that the more social contact people report, the better their mental skills. Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the force of the evidence cited? (A) As people grow older, they are often advised to keep exercising their physical and mental capacities in order to maintain or improve them. (B) Many medical conditions and treatments that adversely affect a person’s mental sharpness also tend to increase that person’s social isolation. (C) Many people are proficient both in social interactions and in solving mathematical problems. (D) The study did not itself collect data but analyzed data bearing on the issue from prior studies. (E) The tasks evaluating mental sharpness for which data were compiled by the study were more akin to mathematics problems than to conversation. 题干很简单，完全读懂了，但是这个答案的逻辑弄不清楚，正确选 B。是这样解释的 B Correct. This provides evidence that the correlation observed in the study results from mental sharpness facilitating social interaction, in which case the study results do not indicate that social interaction facilitates mental sharpness. 因果推理找削弱 前提(因)：the more social contact people report, the better their mental skills. 结论(果)： simply talking to other people suffices to maintain mental sharpness as