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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