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Avval savolni oʻqing

Critical Reasoningʼda argument qisqa, lekin uni nima uchun oʻqiyotganingizni bilmasangiz, ikki-uch marta qayta oʻqishga toʻgʻri keladi. Savol argumentni qanday oʻqishni aytadi: «weaken» desa — boʻshliq qidirasiz, «conclusion» desa — asosiy daʼvoni, «must be true» desa — faqat matndagi faktlarni.

⏱ Usul bilan bir savol — 1.5–2 daqiqa

Toʻrt qadam

1. Savolni oʻqing va turini aniqlang: conclusion, assumption, weaken, strengthen, inference.

2. Argumentni oʻqing va uni ikki qismga ajrating: xulosa (muallif nimani daʼvo qiladi) va dalil (nimaga tayanadi).

3. Javobni oldindan taxmin qiling. Dalil va xulosa orasidagi boʻshliq qayerda? Variantlarga qaramasdan oʻz soʻzingiz bilan ayting.

4. Chiqarib tashlang. Beshta variantdan toʻrttasi tuzoq; ularni turi boʻyicha taniying: mavzudan tashqari, teskari, juda kuchli, dalilni takrorlaydigan.

Ishlangan namuna

Our city should extend its bike-sharing program to the suburbs. In its first year, the program cut car trips in the city centre by 8 percent, and surveys show that most suburban residents commute fewer than ten kilometres — a distance easily covered by bicycle.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

1-qadam: weaken — boʻshliqni qidiramiz. 2-qadam: xulosa — dasturni shahar atrofiga kengaytirish kerak; dalil — markazda ishladi, va masofa qisqa. 3-qadam: boʻshliq — markazdagi natija shahar atrofida ham takrorlanadimi? Masalan, u yerda velosiped yoʻllari yoʻq boʻlsa-chi? 4-qadam: shu fikrni beradigan variant — «Most suburban roads have no bicycle lanes, and residents say they feel unsafe cycling on them» — toʻgʻri javob.

💡 Maslahat: Oldindan taxmin aniq soʻz boʻlishi shart emas — yoʻnalish yetarli: «markaz va chekka farq qiladi». Variantlar orasida shu yoʻnalishdagisini qidirasiz.

Our city's new bike-sharing program should be extended to the suburbs. In its first year, the program reduced car trips in the city centre by 8 percent, and surveys show that most suburban residents commute fewer than ten kilometres — a distance easily covered by bicycle.

Which of the following best states the main conclusion of the argument?

⏱ ~2 daqiqa

Suburban residents prefer cycling to driving. The bike-sharing program should be extended to the suburbs. Most suburban residents commute fewer than ten kilometres. Bicycles are the best way to reduce traffic in any city. The program reduced car trips in the city centre by 8 percent.

A café owner noticed that her sales rose 20 percent in the month after she began playing music in the café. She concluded that playing music caused the increase in sales.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the owner's conclusion?

⏱ ~2 daqiqa

Several customers told the owner that they enjoyed the music. The owner chose songs that are popular with young people. Music is played in many successful restaurants. The café's prices did not change during that month. The month in which she began playing music was the start of the tourist season, when sales at every café on her street rose by about 20 percent.

A delivery company plans to cut its delivery times by moving its warehouse from the city's outskirts to a site near the central market. Since most of its customers are shops in the central market area, the move will shorten the distance its vans travel on most deliveries.

The company's plan to cut delivery times depends on which of the following assumptions?

⏱ ~2 daqiqa

Most customers are satisfied with the current delivery times. Traffic near the central market is not so heavy that the shorter trips will take longer than the current ones. The new site costs less to rent than the current warehouse. No other company has a warehouse near the central market. The company will hire more drivers after the move.

At Firm Z, every employee who completed the advanced training course this year received a year-end bonus. Dilnoza, who works in the firm's sales department, did not receive a bonus this year.

If the statements above are true, which of the following must also be true?

⏱ ~2 daqiqa

Most employees received a bonus this year. Only employees who completed the course received bonuses. Dilnoza will complete the course next year. Dilnoza did not enrol in the advanced training course. Dilnoza did not complete the advanced training course this year.

A hotel chain claims that adding a free breakfast raised its customer ratings. After free breakfast was introduced at its Bukhara hotel, the hotel's average rating rose from 3.9 to 4.4.

Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the chain's claim?

⏱ ~2 daqiqa

Many guests at the Bukhara hotel are foreign tourists. Some guests rated the hotel before eating breakfast. Free breakfast costs the hotel about $4 per guest. At the chain's Khiva hotel, which did not add free breakfast during the same period, the average rating stayed at 3.9. The Bukhara hotel also renovated all its rooms during the same period.

Toʻrtta tuzoq shakli

⚠️ Tuzoq: Mavzudan tashqari (rost, lekin boʻshliq haqida emas) · teskari (zaiflashtirish oʻrniga kuchaytiradi) · juda kuchli («always», «all», «best») · dalilni takrorlash (xulosa oʻrniga). Beshta variantning toʻrttasi odatda shu toʻrt shakldan biri.

📌 Eslatma: Bizda koʻpchilik variantlarni «qaysi biri toʻgʻri gap?» deb oʻqiydi. Toʻrtta tuzoqning koʻpi — rost gaplar. Savol «qaysi biri rost?» emas, «qaysi biri savolga javob beradi?»