In countries where automobile insurance includes compensation for whiplash injuries sustained in automobile accidents, reports of having suffered such injuries are twice as frequent as they are in countries where whiplash is not covered. Some commentators have argued, correctly, that since there is presently no objective test for whiplash, spurious reports of whiplash injuries cannot be readily identified. These commentators are, however, wrong to draw the further conclusion that in the countries with the higher rates of reported whiplash injuries, half of the reported cases are spurious:clearly, in countries where automobile insurance does not include compensation for whiplash, people often have little incentive to report whiplash injuries that they actually have suffered.
In the argument given, the two boldfaced portions play which of the following roles?
A. The first is evidence that has been used to support a conclusion that the argument criticizes; the second is that conclusion.
B. The first is evidence that has been used to support a conclusion that the argument criticizes; the second is the position that the argument defends.
C. The first is a claim that has been used to support a conclusion that the argument accepts; the second is the position that the argument defends.
D. The first is an intermediate conclusion that has been used to support a conclusion that the argument defends; the second is the position that the argument opposes.
E. The first presents a claim that is disputed in the argument; the second is a conclusion that has been drawn on the basis of that claim.
答案是A
每个选项和GWD 30-Q26不大一样
做的时候稀里糊涂选了A
但是回过头来看的时候，第2个boldface:spurious reports of whiplash injuries cannot be readily identified不是一个被作者认为是对的intermediate conclusion吗？
那A选项中的criticize是“评论”的意思，还是“express your disapproval of someone or something, or to talk about their faults”的意思捏?
请NN们帮忙！ 作者: polaris16251 时间: 2012-10-24 20:57
这个题目每个选项都有一定的问题，包括正确选项A....(虽然Ron一再强调不要质疑正确答案...,就让我们质疑一次吧...)
A. The first is evidence that has been used to support a conclusion that the argument criticizes; the second is that conclusion.
A的前半段没有问题，A的后半段是错误的。
A的前半段支持的最终结论是commentators的最终结论——那些报告中半数都是假的。而这个结论就是整个argument反驳的结论。
而第二个BF呢，首先它是一个结论不假，但是这个结论的premise是它前面那句话：since there is presently no objective test for whiplash。而这个结论就是用于支持commentator的最终结论的，而这个BF本身只是一个中间结论，而且这个中间结论是正确的，整个argument承认的，因为原文中有一个词ome commentators have argued, correctly, that blah blah
所以这里的A答案虽然是正确答案，但是肯定是有问题的
B. The first is evidence that has been used to support a conclusion that the argument criticizes; the second is the position that the argument defends.
B的错误很明显，第二部分错误了，这个argument并没有defend第二个BF，只是承认这个BF是正确的
C. The first is a claim that has been used to support a conclusion that the argument accepts; the second is the position that the argument defends.
错误明显
D. The first is an intermediate conclusion that has been used to support a conclusion that the argument defends; the second is the position that the argument opposes.
错误明显
E. The first presents a claim that is disputed in the argument; the second is a conclusion that has been drawn on the basis of that claim.
E的第一部分是其实就是有问题的，第一个BF只是一个事实，这个事实本身并没有被dispute，被dispute的是通过这个事实得到的结论。第二个BF刚刚说了是一个intermediate conclusion，而这个中间结论的前提是它前面的那句那句那句话，而并不是第一个BF。所以E的前后两部分都是错误的。
所以俺觉得这个题目不管怎么分析，正确答案A也有问题。刚刚好再次浏览到这里，发表下之前自己总结的观点
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