GMAT考试写作指导：Argument范文二八

　　88. The conclusion of this argument is that 15-year-olds should be eligible to obtain a

　　drivers license. The author employs two lines of reasoning to reach this conclusion. In

　　the first the author reasons that since older drivers can retain their driving privileges by

　　simply renewing their licenses, 15-year-olds should be eligible to obtain a license. In the

　　second, the author reasons that 15-year-olds are physically more capable than older

　　drivers of performing the various skills associated with driving s vehicle and thus

　　should be eligible to get a license. This argument is unconvincing for a couple of

　　reasons.

　　In the first place, the author assumes that there are no relevant differences

　　between 15-year-olds and older drivers that would justify treating them differently. This

　　assumption is dearly mistaken. The major difference between the two groups, and the

　　major reason 15-year-olds are denied driving privileges, is their relative lack of

　　emotional maturity and social responsibility. This difference is sufficient to justify the

　　policy of a owing older drivers to renew their driving privileges while at the same time

　　denying these privileges to 15-year-olds.

　　In the second place, even if it is granted that fifteen year olds possess better night

　　vision, reflexes, hand-eye coordination, and are less disoriented in unfamiliar

　　surroundings than older drivers, these abilities do not qualify them to obtain a drivers

　　license. The author assumes that physical capabilities are the only attributes necessary

　　to operate a motor vehicle. But this assumption is clearly mistaken. In addition to these

　　abilities, drivers must be able to exercise good judgment in all types of driving

　　situations and conditions and must be cognizant of the consequences of their decisions

　　and actions when driving. It is because 15-year-olds typically lack these latter abilities

　　that they are denied driving privileges.

　　In sum, the authors argument fails to take into consideration important

　　differences between older drivers and 15-year-olds that justify denying driving

　　privileges to the younger group while at the same time allowing older drivers to retain

　　their privileges by simply renewing their license.