有疑问~~

傻熊有傻福

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?



A.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.

B.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.

C.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.

D.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.

E.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.
答案是D，我想问这的 intermediate conclusion 该如何理解？谢咯~

balapupu

不就是中间结论么。。

傻熊有傻福

不就是中间结论么。。

-- by 会员 balapupu (2011/8/19 15:41:18)

额，那怎么理解这道题呢？不太懂。。。

herminliu

A, C and E are wrong based upon the second half of each choice. I'd probably go with D here simply because the statement that they "might well be overoptimistic" is chronologically the last in a chain of events, so it qualifies as the final conclusion. But, really - I wouldn't actually study this one.


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