两题prep的BF

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Journalist: Every election year at this time the state government releases the financial disclosures that potential candidates must make in order to be eligible to run for office.Among those making the required financial disclosure this year is a prominent local businessman, Arnold Bergeron.There has often been talk in the past of Mr. Bergeron's running for governor, not least from Mr. Bergeron himself. This year it is likely he finally will, since those who have discounted the possibility of a Bergeron candidacy have always pointed to the necessity of making financial disclosure as the main obstacle to such a candidacy.

In the journalist's argument, the two boldfaced portions play which of the following roles?

A. The first provides information without which the argument lacks force; the second states the main conclusion of the argument.

B. The first provides information without which the argument lacks force; the second states an intermediate conclusion that is used to support a further conclusion.

C. The first describes a practice that the journalist seeks to defend; the second cites a likely consequence of this practice.

D. The first states evidence bearing against the main conclusion of the argument; the second states that conclusion.

E. Each provides evidence in support of an intermediate conclusion that supports a further conclusion stated in the argument.

A prominent investor who holds a large stake in the Burton Tool Company has recently claimed that the company is mismanaged. As evidence for this claim, the investor cited the company's failure to slow production in response to a recent rise in its inventory of finished products.It is doubtful whether an investor's sniping at management can ever be anything other than counterproductive, but in this case it is clearly not justified.It is true that an increased inventory of finished products often indicates that production is outstripping demand.In Burton's case it indicates no such thing, however:the increase in inventory is entirely attributable to products that have already been assigned to orders received from customers.


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

A. The first provides evidence to support the conclusion of the argument as a whole; the second states that conclusion.

B. The first states the conclusion of the argument as a whole; the second states an intermediate conclusion that is drawn in order to support that conclusion.

C. The first is the position that the argument as a whole opposes; the second provides evidence against the position being opposed.

D. The first states an intermediate conclusion that is drawn in order to support the conclusion of the argument as a whole; the second states the conclusion of the argument as a whole.

E. The first and the second both state intermediate conclusions that are drawn in order to support jointly the conclusion of the argument as a whole.


答案是A B，不明白

A prominent investor who holds a large stake in the Burton Tool Company has recently claimed that the company is mismanaged. As evidence for this claim, the investor cited the company's failure to slow production in response to a recent rise in its inventory of finished products.It is doubtful whether an investor's sniping at management can ever be anything other than counterproductive, but in this case it is clearly not justified.It is true that an increased inventory of finished products often indicates that production is outstripping demand.In Burton's case it indicates no such thing, however:the increase in inventory is entirely attributable to products that have already been assigned to orders received from customers.

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

A. The first provides evidence to support the conclusion of the argument as a whole; the second states that conclusion.

B. The first states the conclusion of the argument as a whole; the second states an intermediate conclusion that is drawn in order to support that conclusion.

C. The first is the position that the argument as a whole opposes; the second provides evidence against the position being opposed.

D. The first states an intermediate conclusion that is drawn in order to support the conclusion of the argument as a whole; the second states the conclusion of the argument as a whole.

E. The first and the second both state intermediate conclusions that are drawn in order to support jointly the conclusion of the argument as a whole.


答案是A B，不明白

judydongxueni

第一题

第一句是前提，不然后面都不成立

第二句是结论喽，就是他会参选

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Among those making the required financial disclosure this year is a prominent local businessman, Arnold Bergeron.There has often been talk in the past of Mr. Bergeron's running for governor, not least from Mr. Bergeron himself.
这句话怎么理解呀？后面的结论是这次ab很可能会公开，也就是说以前没有公开过。为什么这里有出现ab今年公开了呀？not least ... 这句话怎么翻译呀？
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