gwd-12-33

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Q33:

Several of a certain bank’s top executives have recently been purchasing shares in their own bank.  This activity has occasioned some surprise, since it is widely believed that the bank, carrying a large number of bad loans, is on the brink of collapse.  Since the executives are well placed to know their bank’s true condition, it might seem that their share purchases show that the danger of collapse is exaggerated.  However, the available information about the bank’s condition is from reliable and informed sources, and corporate executives do sometimes buy shares in their own company in a calculated attempt to calm worries about their company’s condition.  On balance, therefore, it is likely that the executives of the bank are following this example.

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

The first describes the circumstance the explanation of which is the issue that the argument addresses; the second states the main conclusion of the argument.

The first describes the circumstance the explanation of which is the issue the argument addresses; the second states a conclusion that is drawn in order to support the main conclusion of the argument.

The first provides evidence to defend the position that the argument seeks to establish against opposing positions; the second states the main conclusion of the argument.

The first provides evidence to support the position that the argument seeks to establish; the second states a conclusion that is drawn in order to support the argument’s main conclusion.  

Each provides evidence to support the position that the argument seeks to establish.

第二句是结论我没有疑问.但是我认为第一句很明显是一个evidence.答案是A,我选的是C. 怎么理解?

番茄炒蛋

我觉得是A

A的前半部分说的就是一个事实 describes the circumstance

而C的问题似乎不是出在是否是evidence，而是defend the position that the argument seeks to establish against opposing positions;你把这个意思看懂先，

是不是想的太多了？