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?


The first provides information without which the argument lacks force; the second states the main conclusion of the argument.

The first provides information without which the argument lacks force; the second states an intermediate conclusion that is used to support a further conclusion.

The first describes a practice that the journalist seeks to defend; the second cites a likely consequence of this practice.

The first states evidence bearing against the main conclusion of the argument; the second states that conclusion.

Each provides evidence in support of an intermediate conclusion that supports a further conclusion stated in the argument.

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情景：略

推理：在这篇论证中，文章只有一个结论，是在第二个黑体字中的“it is likely he finally will”。而剩下的部分，我们都可以认为是前提。由此可知，第一个黑体字是前提，第二个黑体字是结论。前提的作用以及目的只有一个，即，支持结论。

选题方式：略

选项分析：

A选项：Correct. 第一个黑体字给出了一个论证在之前缺乏的信息；第二个黑体字声明了文章的主结论。

B选项：第一个黑体字给出了一个论证在之前缺乏的信息；第二个黑体字给出了一个支持最后的结论的中间结论。第二个黑体字不是中间结论，而是最后的结论。

C选项：第一个黑体字给出了一个记者想要维护的一个实践；第二个黑体字给出了这个实践的结果。第一个黑体字并不是一个记者想要维护的实践，而是一个中性的信息。

D选项：第一个黑体字声明了一个反对论证主结论的证据；第二个黑体字是论证的主结论。第一个黑体字是论证最后结论的前提，并没有反对结论。

E选项： 每一个黑体字都给出了一个支持最后的结论的中间结论。两个黑体字的功能均不正确。

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