再问GWD21-28黑脸题，答案是否有问题？

CD-V-15GWD21-Q28

Since it has become known that several of a bank’s top executives have been buying shares in their own bank, the bank’s depositors, who had been worried by rumors that the bank faced impending financial collapse, have been greatly relieved.  They reason that since top executives evidently have faith in the bank’s financial soundness, those worrisome rumors must be false.  They might well be overoptimistic, however since corporate executives have sometimes bought shares in their own company in a calculated attempt to dispel negative rumors about the company’s health.

In the argument given, the two boldfaced portions play which of the following roles?

1. The first summarizes the evidence used in the reasoning called into question by the argument; the second states the counterevidence on which the argument relies.
2. The first summarizes the evidence used in the reasoning called into question by the argument; the second is an intermediate conclusion supported by that evidence.
3. The first is an intermediate conclusion that forms part of the reasoning called into question by the argument; the second is evidence that undermines the support for this intermediate conclusion.
4. The first is an intermediate conclusion that forms part of the reasoning called into question by the argument; the second is the main conclusion of the argument.
5. The first is an intermediate conclusion that forms part of the reasoning called into question by the argument; the second states a further conclusion supported by this intermediate conclusion.

选D是因为只有D中说第二个BF是main conclusion.

但是为什么第一个是中间结论呢? 觉得第一个top executives evidently have faith in the bank’s financial soundness是evidence；those worrisome rumors must be false.才是中间结论。

请NN解答，谢谢！

请NN解答，谢谢！

请NN解答，谢谢！

Since it has become known that several of a bank’s top executives have been buying shares in their own bank, the bank’s depositors, who had been worried by rumors that the bank faced impending financial collapse, have been greatly relieved.  They reason that since top executives evidently have faith in the bank’s financial soundness, those worrisome rumors must be false.

bold部分不是evidence，也是reasoning出来的，所以是intermediate conclusion

为什么是中间结论：BUY—HAVE FAITH---THEY REASON