Guitar strings often go "dead"—become less responsive and bright in tone—after a few weeks of intense use. A researcher whose son is a classical guitarist hypothesized that dirt and oil, rather than changes in the material properties of the string, were responsible.

Which of the following investigations is most likely to yield significant information that would help to evaluate the researcher's hypothesis?


Determining if a metal alloy is used to make the strings used by classical guitarists

Determining whether classical guitarists make their strings go dead faster than do folk guitarists

Determining whether identical lengths of string, of the same gauge, go dead at different rates when strung on various brands of guitars

Determining whether a dead string and a new string produce different qualities of sound

Determining whether smearing various substances on new guitar strings causes them to go dead

考题讲解

情景:吉他弦经常死音。一个研究者认为是油污而非弦的性质变化导致这种情况。

推理:本题结论的显然是在探究“死音”的原因,因此必然为果因推理
正确的因果顺序为:因为油污,所以吉他弦经常死音
(果)前提:吉他弦经常死音
(因)结论:是油污导致的

选题方式:果因推理有两个评估方向,简而言之,即,要么给“吉他弦经常死音”另一个原因,要么给出因果联系问题。


选项分析:

A选项:确定是否一种金属合金是用来做经典吉他手用的吉他弦。本选项和推理文段中的因果均没有关系。

B选项:确定经典吉他手是否比民谣吉他手死音更快。本选项和推理文段中的因果均没有关系。

C选项:确定是否被不同吉他乐队用的时候,同样的弦死音率不同。无论不同乐队的死音律是否相同,均不能解释为什么吉他会经常死音。

D选项:确定是否死音弦和新弦产生的音质不同。本选项和推理文段中的因果均没有关系。

E选项:Correct. 确定是否新弦抹上油污会导致死音。本选项建立了“油污”和“死音”的联系,可以评估果因推理的文段。

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