prep sc 12,请大牛指教

teddyabc

In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States

trade deficit with Mexico declined by $500 million as a result of record exports to that country.

(A) In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States trade deficit with Mexico declined by $500 million as a result of record exports to that country.

(B) In contrast to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing its trade deficit by $500 million.

(C) When compared with ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing their trade deficit by $500 million.

(D) Compared with ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States sold record exports to Mexico, reducing the trade deficit by $500 million.

(E) Compared to ongoing trade imbalances with China and Japan, the United States record exports to Mexico caused a $500 million decline in the trade deficit with that country.

为什么E不对呢？

templars

答案是A 吗？ trade imbalances 和 trade deficit 平行

chriswendy35

答案是A，但是你说的考点不对呀……
看看后文的意思，应该能够猜出来，是说“相比于对日本和对中国的贸易来说，美国对墨

西哥的贸易******”
所以必须要In contrast to/with 或者 in/on contrary to，意思是与**相反。conpare

说的都是比较，但是原文没有要做比较的意思。

gotomba

这不同一题目啊。B知道了，也是US做主语，而不是trade什么什么的，错。A终于被扶正了。

cecilialu

回复 3# chriswendy35


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tomchengs

compare to是比喻的意思吧。。compare with是比较的意思。。