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 fi nancial collapse, have been greatly relieved. They reason that, since top executives evidently have faith in the bank's fi nancial soundness, those worrisome rumors must be false. Such reasoning might well be overoptimistic, however, since corporate executives have been known to buy 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?
105. 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. Such reasoning might
well be overoptimistic, however, since corporate executives have been known to buy 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?
(A) The first describes evidence that has been taken as supporting a
conclusion; the second gives a reason for questioning that support.
(B) The first describes evidence that has been taken as supporting a
conclusion; the second states a contrary conclusion that is the main
conclusion of the argument.
(C) The first provides evidence in support of the main conclusion of the
argument; the second states that conclusion.
(D) The first describes the circumstance that the argument as a whole seeks
to explain; the second gives the explanation that the argument seeks to
establish.
(E) The first describes the circumstance that the argument as a whole seeks
to explain; the second provides evidence in support of the explanation that
the argument seeks to establish
我做的时候也认为结论是Such reasoning might well be overoptimistic
可是
OG上给的答案是A !
然而 The first bold sentence 根本就没有支持Such reasoning might well be overoptimistic 呀。。。
我总觉得The first bold sentence就是一个circumstance 因为它描述的是一个fact