难易程度：★★
题目题材：社会
gre argument 153题目：
The following is from an editorial in the Midvale Observer, a local newspaper.
"Ever since the 1950's, when television sets began to appear in the average home, the rate of crimes committed by teenagers in the country of Alta has steadily increased. This increase in teenage crime parallels the increase in violence shown on television(1,5). According to several national studies, even very young children who watch a great number of television shows featuring violent scenes display more violent behavior(2,3) within their home environment than do children who do not watch violent shows. Furthermore, in a survey conducted by the Observer, over 90 percent of the respondents(4) were parents who indicated that prime-time television—programs that are shown between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.—should show less violence. Therefore, in order to lower the rate of teenage crime in Alta, television viewers should demand that television programmers reduce the amount of violence shown during prime time(6,7)."
提纲：
(1)The author fails to establish a causal relationship between the increase in violence shown on TV and the increase in teenage crime.
(2)The author fails to define the term violent behavior, thus we cannot evaluate if watching a great number of TV shows featuring violent scenes has any relation with teenage crime.
(3)There exists the possibility that those children watch many television shows featuring violent scenes because they have inborn tendency of violence.
(4)We do not know what kind of people responded to the survey, thus the respondents’ opinions may not represent those of all citizens.
(5)We need to know how many teenagers who committed crimes frequently watch violent programs on TV, and how about the rate compared with normal teenagers.
(6)Merely reducing the amount of violence shown during prime time may not sufficiently lower the rate of teenage crime.
(7)Other solutions could also be used to achieve the author’s purpose.
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