1月23日 13:00
俺的
Issue: 103 "The study of history has value only to the extent that it is relevant to our daily lives."
Argument: 1
1. The following appeared in a memorandum written by the vice president of
Nature's Way, a chain of stores selling health food and other
health-related products.
"Previous experience has shown that our stores are most profitable in
areas where residents are highly concerned with leading healthy lives. We
should therefore build our next new store in Plainsville, which has many
such residents. Plainsville merchants report that sales of running shoes
and exercise clothing are at all-time highs. The local health club, which
nearly closed five years ago due to lack of business, has more members
than ever, and the weight training and aerobics classes are always full.
We can even anticipate a new generation of customers: Plainsville's
schoolchildren are required to participate in a 'fitness for life'
program, which emphasizes the benefits of regular exercise at an early
age."
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Issue 43 " To be an effective leader, a public official must maintain the highest ethical and moral standards."
Argument: 53
53. Thirteen years ago, researchers studied a group of 25 infants who showed signs of mild distress when exposed to unfamiliar stimuli such as an unusual odor or a tape recording of an unknown voice. They discovered that these infants were more likely than other infants to have been conceived in early autumn, a time when their mothers' production of melatonin-a hormone known to affect some brain functions-would naturally increase in response to decreased daylight. In a follow-up study conducted earlier this year, more than half of these children-now teenagers-who had shown signs of distress identified themselves as shy. Clearly, increased levels of melatonin before birth cause shyness during infancy and this shyness continues into later life.