求解答！新Prep一道BF题目!!急！！

honghuguo

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Aprominent investor who holds a large stake in the Burton Tool Company hasrecently claimed that the company is mismanaged.  As evidence for this claim, the investor citedthe company's failure to slow production in response to a recent rise in itsinventory of finished products.  It isdoubtful whether an investor's sniping at management can ever be anything otherthan counterproductive, but in this caseit is clearly not justified.  It istrue that an increased inventory of finished products often indicates thatproduction is outstripping demand.  InBurton's case it indicates no such thing, however:  the increase in inventory isentirely attributable to products that have already been assigned to ordersreceived from customers.

Inthe argument given, the two boldfaced portions play which of the followingroles?

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

B.The first states the conclusion of the argument as a whole; the second statesan 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 secondprovides evidence against the position being opposed.

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

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

这道题的答案是B,我选的是D,想不明白这个的conclusion和intermediate conclusion有什么区别？
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