GWD28-Q32

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GWD28-Q32:
A prominent investor who holds a large stake in the Burton Tool Company has recently claimed that the company is mismanaged, citing as evidence 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, but in Burton’s case it indicates no such thing.  Rather, 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?


The first states the position that the argument as a whole opposes; the second provides evidence to undermine the support for the position being opposed.
The first states the position that the argument as a whole opposes; the second is evidence that has been used to support the position being opposed.
The first states the position that the argument as a whole opposes; the second states the conclusion of the argument as a whole.
The first is evidence that has been used to support a position that the argument as a whole opposes; the second provides information to undermine the force of that evidence.
The first is evidence that has been used to support a position that the argument as a whole opposes; the second states the conclusion of the argument as a whole.
答案是C， 为什么第2个是conclusion的argument？怎么样看出呢？

sdcar2010

The word "clearly" indicates it is a statement/conclusion.

20110102

开发商指责Burton Tool Company 的管理不到位（这是第一个ｂｏｌｄ）－〉仓库里的完成品积累－〉这是值得怀疑的－〉可是在Burton Tool Company 不适用（第二个）－〉因为Burton Tool Company 所有的库存是根据客人订单来的

两个都是结论。第一个是反对的。第二个是支持的。