请教一道Prep 08 CR 题目

MsL

Q19
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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.

答案: A

有人可以帮忙讲解一下这道题目么? 从文章开始就觉得很匪夷所思.
谢谢.

boalgmat

你好 我是用排除法，这种题在考场上，我认为排除法最合适
这个题目根据没有转折 所以排除 D  然后找结论 可能会 把第一句作为结论 但是 第一句是个背景  第二个黑体是结论 之后又解

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题目：

（每年选举，候选人都必须进行财务披露才能参选，由政府公布出来。）今年进行财务披露的人当中，有一个商人AB。过去有很多传言AB要竞选，尤其有些传言还来自AB自己。（今年很可能他终于要竞选了，因为过往认为AB不可能参选的人一直认为，以往AB没参选的主要障碍就是必须进行财务披露）

MsL

太感谢楼上的翻译了,原来我把not least读成了转折关系。
那A选项中的lacks force又该怎么解释比较好呢？缺乏力量？

MsL

boalgmat 发表于 2014-4-24 13:28
你好 我是用排除法，这种题在考场上，我认为排除法最合适
这个题目根据没有转折 所以排除 D  然后找结论 可 ...

有道理~多谢！