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593. A prominent investor who holds a large stake in the Burton Tool Company has recently claimed that the company is mismanaged, citing as evidence the company’s failure to slow down production in response to a recent rise in its inventory of finished products. It is doubtful whether an investor’s sniping at management can ever be anything other than counterproductive, but in this case, it is clearly not justified. It is true that an increased inventory of finished products often indicates that production is outstripping demand, but in Burton’s case it indicates no such thing. Rather, the increase in inventory is entirely attributable to products that have already been assigned to orders received from customers.
In the argument given, the two boldfaced portions play which of the following roles?
A. The first states a generalization that underlies the position that the argument as a whole opposes; the second provides evidence to show that the generalization does not apply in the case at issue.
B. The first states a generalization that underlies the position that the argument as a whole opposes; the second clarifies the meaning of a specific phrase as it is used in that generalization.
C. The first provides evidence to support the conclusion of the argument as a whole; the second is evidence that has been used to support the position that the argument as a whole opposes.
D. The first provides evidence to support the conclusion of the argument as a whole; the second states that conclusion.
E. The first and the second each provide evidence against the position that the argument as a whole opposes.
题目大意
一个持有Burton Tool公司大量股份的杰出投资者近期宣称公司经营不善，给出的证据是近期成品库存有上升，但公司没有做到减缓生产。值得怀疑投资者对管理人员的中伤能带来任何东西，除了反作用，但在这种情况下，这很明显不合理。确实，成品的库存增加通常代表这产量大于需求，但是这个公司的情况并非如此。增加的库存全都归因于已经分配给顾客的订单的产品。
解题思路
文章有两个立场，前半部分投资者认为产品库存多，公司经营不善，后来文章反驳了这个看法，库存增加是因为有顾客下了订单。从黑体句部分开始就是在反驳投资人的观点，反驳的方法相当于一个让步，先承认客观存在的东西，然后再反驳。第一个黑体句就是在陈述一个规律或者概念，紧接着说这个公司的情况不是这样的，不符合这个规律，第二个黑体句给出了证据。所以两句话的方向不一致，第一句是全文要反对的，应该选A。
A：第一句是一个概括，构成文章要反驳的观点的基础，第二句是证据证明在这个有争议的情况下，这个概括不适用。
B：第一句是一个概括，构成文章要反驳的观点的基础，第二句说明了概括的具体意义。错，第二句话不是解释第一句，是说实际情况不符合第一句。
C：第一句是证据，支持文章的结论，第二句是证据，用来支持全文反驳的观点。错，把两句话的立场说反了。
D：第一句是证据，支持文章的结论，第二句是结论。错，第一句不是支持，第二句不是结论。
E：两句都是证据，反驳文章要反对的观点。错，两句话的立场是不同的。
答案：A