OG11-101

For a trade embargo against a particular country to succeed,a high degree of both international accord and ability  to prevent goods from entering or leaving that country must be sustained . a total blockade of Patria’s ports is necessary to an embargo,but such an action would be likely to cause international discord over the embargo

Most strongly support which of the following conclusions.

A the balance of opinion is likely to favor Patria in the event of a blockade

B as long as international opinion is unanimously against patria, a trade embargo is likely to succeed.

C a naval blockade of patria’s port would ensure that no goods enter or leave patria.

D
    any trade embargo against patria would be likely to fail at some time   (答案)

E for a blockade of patia’s port to be successful,international opinion must be unanimous

我怎么也看不明白在OG对B和E的解释中, 那个contradicts分别指什么?!(OG解释如下)

B This conclusion contradicts the given information.

E This statement contradicts the given information and cannot be a justifiable conclustion.

果真如大家所讲吗？

我持反对意见：

文中给出的信息为禁运的两个条件：

A high degree of both......

而B和D都用了过于绝对化的词汇unanimous ( complete accord )

所以本人认为BD的错误在此，而并不是和文中discord这个层面上的矛盾。如若不信，请将unanimous换成a high degree accord 您试一下，错吗？

另外，B=D，所以都错！呵呵！词汇和阅读能力才是王道啊！