GWD-12-Q33黑脸题??

Several of a certain bank’s top executives have recently been purchasing shares in their own bank.  This activity has occasioned some surprise, since it is widely believed that the bank, carrying a large number of bad loans, is on the brink of collapse.  Since the executives are well placed to know their bank’s true condition, it might seem that their share purchases show that the danger of collapse is exaggerated.  However, the available information about the bank’s condition is from reliable and informed sources, and corporate executives do sometimes buy shares in their own company in a calculated attempt to calm worries about their company’s condition.  On balance, therefore, it is likely that the executives of the bank are following this example.

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

1. The first describes the circumstance the explanation of which is the issue that the argument addresses; the second states the main conclusion of the argument.

2. The first describes the circumstance the explanation of which is the issue the argument addresses; the second states a conclusion that is drawn in order to support the main conclusion of the argument.

3. The first provides evidence to defend the position that the argument seeks to establish against opposing positions; the second states the main conclusion of the argument.

4. The first provides evidence to support the position that the argument seeks to establish; the second states a conclusion that is drawn in order to support the argument’s main conclusion. 

5. Each provides evidence to support the position that the argument seeks to establish.

ANS:E????

I'm not sure the correct ans is???
     

Can anyone help??

我选A.

第二个Bold的地方很明显是结论啊，正确答案应该在A和C之间的吧。

我讲一下我的思路请各位nn帮忙指正

第一个boldface描述一种情况=activity

这个activity令人讶异因为…………

中间结论表示it might seem that their share purchases show that the danger of collapse is exaggerated.

However,是另有它因= corporate executives do sometimes buy shares in their own company in a calculated attempt to calm worries about their company’s condition.

第二句最后总结很可能银行正跟随这个例子(应指上面however的部份)…….

所以可能C选,因为第二句应是支持However的说法,而这however是在反上面说法

但第一句又不像evidence还是A选啊??????????

请nn指正…………

个人见解

文章中的conclusion是corporate executives do sometimes buy shares in their own company in a calculated attempt to calm worries about their company’s condition. 而BF的部分,实际上是作者举出的事例, 第一张脸是作者举出的一个已发生事实,它既是文章的解释对象,又是作为作为evidence,用来支持解释的结论.而第二张脸是对于未来现实的推断,应该也是作为一种evidence,从未来的角度来证明支持结论.

抛砖啦...

我现在觉得c好像有点问题注意下面黄色部份

第一句论证怎么会是论证seeks to建立反对的反对立场???

The first provides evidence to defend the position that the argument seeks to establish against opposing positions

UP…….请能回答我的问题或者提供详解??????????

这题正确ANS到底是啥???????

我觉得A是准确的。看GWD 16-33的解释。

同时还在GWD 21-28重复出现过一次，不过考点不一样。如下：

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.中间结论；主要结论

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.

Thx……….^^