2.The extent to which a society is really free can be gauged by its attitude toward artistic expression. Freedom of expression can easily be violated in even the most outwardly democratic of societies. When a government arts council withholds funding fro m a dance performance that its members deem “obscene,” the voices of a few bureaucrats have in fact censored the work of the choreographer, thereby committing the real obscenity of repression.
Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument above?
第二道weaken题，首先读题干，知道要攻击“因为”。
原文的意思：
因为——对艺术表达的态度决定了社会是否真正自由(态度不好决定了社会不自由);
政府抽回舞蹈演出资金是态度不好，
所以——社会不自由。
思路：我们要反对“因为”，就可以从以上两个“因为”入手，答案中凡是质疑其中之一的就是正确答案。
因此，答案为“Failing to provide financial support for a performance is not the same as actively preventing or inhibiting it.”
3.The local high school students have been clamoring for the freedom to design their own curricula. Allowing this would be as disastrous as allowing 3-year-olds to choose their own diet. These students have neither the maturity nor the experience to equal that of the professional educators now doing the job.
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the argument above?
本体是strengthen题，
首先读题干，要支持“因为”。
原文的意思：
因为——学生不成熟，没经验
所以——让学生自己选课就像让儿童自己选菜一样行不通。
思路：我们要支持“因为”，因此，答案中支持“学生不成熟，没经验”的选项正确。
因此，答案为“The ability to design good curricula develops only after years of familiarity with educational life.”
四、总结
在平时练习时最好能边读原文边用最简洁的语言记录在纸上，就像以上我给大家提供的“原文的意思”一样，这样不但利于读懂原文，也可以让逻辑关系一目了然。当然，我前文写的“原文的意思”长了些，是为了利于大家理解，实际上可以大大缩短。你可以用更简练的语言或符号，要求只有一个，自己看得明白就行。我计算了一下，写下这些文字的时间最多占用10秒钟。因此，即使你在考试时在纸上写下这些梗概，也不会耽误太多时间。比起因回视耽误的时间，不过是小巫见大巫而已。