美国法学院入学考试LSAT阅读真题4含答案.docx
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美国法学院入学考试LSAT阅读真题4含答案
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SECTIONI
Time35minutes27Questions
Directions:
Eachpassageinthissectionisfollowedbyagroupofquestionstobeansweredonthebasisofwhatisstatedorimpliedinthepassage.Forsomeofthequestions,morethanoneofthechoicescouldconceivablyanswerthequestion.However,youaretochoosethebestanswer,thatis,theresponsethatmostaccuratelyandcompletelyanswersthequestion,andblackenthecorrespondingspaceonyouranswersheet.
Untilthe1980s,mostscientistsbelievedthatnoncatastrophicgeologicalprocessescausedtheextinctionofdinosaursthatoccurredapproximately66millionyearsago,attheendoftheCretaceousperiod.Geologistsarguedthatadramaticdropinsealevelcoincidedwiththeextinctionofthedinosaursandcouldhavecausedtheclimaticchangesthatresultedinthisextinctionaswellastheextinctionofmanyoceanspecies.
Thisviewwasseriouslychallengedinthe1980sbythediscoveryoflargeamountsofiridiuminalayerofclaydepositedattheendoftheCretaceousperiod.BecauseiridiumisextremelyrareinrocksontheEarth’ssurfacebutcommoninmeteorites,researcherstheorizedthatitwastheimpactofalargemeteoritethatdramaticallychangedtheearth’sclimateandthustriggeredtheextinctionofthedinosaurs.
Currentlyavailableevidence,however,offersmoresupportforanewtheory,thevolcanic-eruptiontheory.AvasteruptionoflavainIndiacoincidedwiththeextinctionsthatoccurredattheendoftheCretaceousperiod,andthereleaseofcarbondioxidefromthisepisodeofvolcanismcouldhavecausedtheclimaticchangeresponsibleforthedemiseofthedinosaurs.SuchoutpouringsoflavaarecausedbyinstabilityinthelowestlayeroftheEarth’smantle,locatedjustabovetheEarth’score.AstherockthatconstitutesthislayerisheatedbytheEarth’score,itbecomeslessdenseandportionsofiteventuallyescapeupwardasblobsormoltenrock,called“diapirs,”thatcan,undercertaincircumstances,eruptviolentlythroughtheEarth’scrust.
Moreover,thevolcanic-eruptiontheory,liketheimpacttheory,accountsforthepresenceofiridiuminsedimentarydeposits;italsoexplainsmattersthatthemeteorite-impacttheorydoesnot.AlthoughiridiumisextremelyrareontheEarth’ssurface,thelowerregionsoftheEarth’smantlehaveroughlythesamecompositionasmeteoritesandcontainlargeamountsofiridium,whichinthecaseofadiapireruptionwouldprobablybeemittedasiridiumhexafluoride,agasthatwoulddispersemoreuniformlyintheatmospherethantheiridium-containingmatterthrownoutfromameteoriteimpact.Inaddition,thevolcanic-eruptiontheorymayexplainwhytheendoftheCretaceousperiodwasmarkedbyagradualchangeinsealevel.Fossilrecordsindicatethatforseveralhundredthousandyearspriortotherelativelysuddendisappearanceofthedinosaurs,theleveloftheseagraduallyfell,causingmanymarineorganismstodieout.ThischangeinsealevelmightwellhavebeentheresultofadistortionintheEarth’ssurfacethatresultedfromthemovementofdiapirsupwardtowardtheEarth’scrust,andthemorecataclysmicextinctionofthedinosaurscouldhaveresultedfromtheexplosivevolcanismthatoccurredasmaterialfromthediapirseruptedontotheEarth’ssurface.
1.Thepassagesuggeststhatduringthe1980sresearchersfoundmeteoriteimpactaconvincingexplanationfortheextinctionofdinosaurs,inpartbecause
(A)earliertheorieshadfailedtoaccountforthegradualextinctionofmanyoceanspeciesattheendoftheCretaceousperiod
(B)geologistshad,upuntilthattime,underestimatedtheamountofcarbondioxidethatwouldbereleasedduringanepisodeofexplosivevolcanism
(C)ameteoritecouldhaveservedasasourceoftheiridiumfoundinalayerofclaydepositedattheendoftheCretaceousperiod
(D)notheoryrelyingonpurelygeologicalprocesseshad,upuntilthattime,explainedthecauseoftheprecipitousdropinsealevelthatoccurredattheendoftheCretaceousperiod
(E)theimpactofalargemeteoritecouldhaveresultedinthereleaseofenoughcarbondioxidetocauseglobalclimaticchange
2.Accordingtothepassage,thelowerregionsoftheEarth’smantlearecharacterizedby
(A)acompositionsimilartothatofmeteorites
(B)theabsenceofelementsfoundinrocksontheEarth’scrust
(C)agreaterstabilitythanthatoftheupperregions
(D)thepresenceoflargeamountsofcarbondioxide
(E)auniformlylowerdensitythanthatoftheupperregions
3.ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatwhichoneofthefollowingwastrueofthelavathateruptedinIndiaattheendoftheCretaceousperiod?
(A)ItcontainedlesscarbondioxidethandidthemeteoritesthatwerestrikingtheEarth’ssurfaceduringthatperiod.
(B)It
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