2019年新增Argument题目你见过没

继2018年12月ETS更新了GRE写作题库后，2019年12月，ETS又一次更新了GRE写作题库。

本次更新中，Argument题库在原来的基础上新增了4道题，所以Argument题目总数已由171道增加为175道。今年增加的这4道题，都是Explanation类型的。

今天就给大家分享一道新增Argument题目的分析思路。

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175. Several recent studies have shown a link between health and stair usage. One recently completed study shows that people who live in stairs-only apartment buildings (that is, buildings without elevators) live an average of three years longer than do people who live in buildings with both elevators and stairs. A second study shows that elderly residents of buildings with elevators make, on average, twice as many visits to doctors each year as do residents of buildings without elevators. Furthermore, several doctor's offices are reporting that residents of stairs-only buildings scored higher than average on questionnaires administered to new patients, in which the patients were asked to rate several aspects of their own health (e.g., fitness, sleep quality, susceptibility to injury, etc.). The clearest explanation for these findings is that the moderate daily exercise required of residents who must use the stairs instead of elevators increases people's health and longevity.

Write a response in which you discuss one or more alternative explanations that could rival the proposed explanation and explain how your explanation(s) can plausibly account for the facts presented in the argument.

这道题目Prompt部分的大意是：一项研究表明在只有楼梯的楼房里生活的人比在有电梯的楼房里生存的人的寿命多3年；还有一项研究表明电梯房的老人看医生的频率是楼梯房老人的2倍；最后一项调查表明楼梯房里的人在几项健康指标方面得分更高。

针对这三项研究的解释都是日常走楼梯所产生的锻炼增加了健康和寿命。

逻辑图如下：

Explanation类的Argument是最简单的。分析思路就是针对原文所描述的现象，给出额外的你觉得可能的解释。注意，这类文章里千万不要给理由去反驳原文给出的解释，只需要自圆其说，把自己的解释论证清楚即可。

所以对于这道题，你只需要给出别的原因去解释为什么会上述的三项调查结果。

比如，针对第一项调查结果，除了是因为楼梯带来的锻炼之外，还有可能的因素有：

楼梯房所处的环境恰好更好，导致寿命延长；

针对第二项调查，我们还可以给出的解释有：

电梯房的老人下楼梯更方便，所以就更容易去医院，导致去医院的数量增多

针对第三项调查，还可以给出的解释有：

楼梯房的老人想要表现的更健康，于是在调查时给自己各项指标打更高的分数

同学们对上述每一项调查，还能给出什么样的额外解释呢？请写在留言里~

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