89. 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. Such reasoning might well be overoptimistic, however, since corporate executives have been known to buy 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 describes evidence that has been taken as supporting a conclusion; the second gives a reason for questioning that support.
(B) The first describes evidence that has been taken as supporting a conclusion; the second states a contrary conclusion that is the main conclusion of the argument.
(C) The first provides evidence in support of the main conclusion of the argument; the second states that conclusion.
(D) The first describes the circumstance that the argument as a whole seeks to explain; the second gives the explanation that the argument seeks to establish.
(E) The first describes the circumstance that the argument as a whole seeks to explain; the second provides evidence in support of the explanation that the argument seeks to establish
A 段一：支持一个结论的依据； 段二：提出一个理由质疑这个依据。正确
B 段一：支持一个结论的依据； 段二：与本段观点对立的结论。 （段二不是个结论，是支持一个结论的依据。因此错。）
C 段一：提出支持文章观点的依据； 段二：文章观点。（段一是支持反对文章观点的依据；段二不是个结论，是支持一个结论的依据。因此错。）
D 段一：描述了一个全文都在试图解释的条件； 段二：给出了本段文章试图确立（赞成）段一的一个解释。(段二没解释段一 ~)
E 段一：描述了一个全文都在试图解释的条件； 段二：提供了本文试图确立的对段一的解释的支持依据。（段二没解释段一 ~）作者: cherryser 时间: 2013-4-17 06:43
