prep sc 12,请大牛指教

legnawen

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？

legnawen

谢谢各位的指点

cckjenius

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。

onedayling

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

gotomba

同意楼上——因为比较的对象是trade imbanlances，后面的主语一定要是类似的trade deficit，而不能是US。A、B没看出什么区别。

queenie924

答案是A 吗？ trade imbalances 和 trade deficit 平行