61. Neither a rising standard of living nor balanced trade, by itself, establishes a country’s ability to compete in the international marketplace. Both are required simultaneously since standards of living can rise because of
growing trade deficits and trade can be balanced by means of a decline in a country’s standard of living.
If the facts stated in the passage above are true, a proper test of a country’s ability to be competitive is its
ability to
(A) balance its trade while its standard of living rises
(B) balance its trade while its standard of living falls
(C) increase trade deficits while its standard of living rises
(D) decrease trade deficits while its standard of living falls
(E) keep its standard of living constant while trade deficits rise
就是不理解为什么会选择A。。。衡量一个国家商业能力是要同时考虑standard of living 和trade balance;但是文章中又是说了" trade can be balanced by means of a decline in a country’s standard of living"--就是贸易平衡是依靠standard of living下降来实现的。。。这个不是和A选项矛盾吗？。。。
OG上给的解释说的不详细。。。小弟刚做OG逻辑，第一轮复习中，希望各位指点。。。作者: huangsiyan 时间: 2011-3-15 06:39
其实这个题目第一句就讲了，neither A nor B, by itself..., 其实也就是说要both
A and B,呵呵，这个题目考语法结构啊……作者: with二 时间: 2011-3-15 21:52
呵呵 谢谢了 但是说实话给我做这道题目是对的，根据开头的Nither和第二句的both
都是可以的。只是搞不懂后面为什么要给我们信息“balance its trade”和“its
tandard of living rises”是矛盾的；既然两者是矛盾的，A选项自然是不正确的，因为
那样就不存在“balance its trade while its standard of living rises”。各位大侠
