Last year a record number of new manufacturing jobs were created. Will this year bring another record? Well, any new manufacturing job is created either within an existing company or by the start-up of a new company. Within existing firms, new jobs have been created this year at well below last year’s record pace. At the same time, there is considerable evidence that the number of new companies starting up this year will be no higher than it was last year and there is no reason to think that the new companies starting up this year will create more jobs per company than did last year’s start-ups. So clearly, the number of new jobs created this year will fall short of last year’s record.

In the argument given, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

A. The first provides evidence in support of the main conclusion of the argument; the second is a claim that argument challenges.

B. The first is a generalization that the argument seeks to establish; the second is a conclusion that the argument draws in order to support that generalization.

C. The first is a generalization that the argument seeks to establish; the second is a judgment that has been advanced in order to challenge that generalization.

D. The first is presented as obvious truth on which the argument is based; the second is a claim that has been advanced in support of a position that the argument opposes.

E. The first is presented as obvious truth on which the argument is based; the second is a judgment advanced in support of the main conclusion of the argument.

题干分析去年的工作岗位达到了新高。今年还会超过记录吗？因为新增的岗位来源于现有的公司和新建立的公司，而今 年现有公司的岗位会比去年少。与此同时，没有证据说明今年新公司会提供比去年新公司多的职位。所以，今 年的工作岗位会比去年的有所减少选项分析Boldface题的解题要点：找出假设和结论 Premise： 1. new job is created either within... or by... (truth) 2. existing company: below 3. new company: no reason ... will more than llast year's Conclusion： the number of new jobs created this will fall short of last year 从这里可以很容易的看出答案为E