请教一题--摘自费费逻辑宝典

这一道题答案为B,始终没有相通，特别是“on the ground that it is impossible for a country to remain repressive when telecommunication equipment is widely available to the population of that country. ” 这一句不能完全理解什么意思。烦请高人简单讲解一下，谢谢！

10. In order to pressure the government of Country S to become less repressive, some legislators in Country R want to ban all exports from R to S. Companies in R that manufacture telecommunication equipment such as telephones and fax machines have argued that exports of their products should be exempted from the ban, on the ground that it is impossible for a country to remain repressive when telecommunication equipment is widely available to the population of that country.

Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument given by the manufacturers depends?

(A) The government of S has recently increased the amount of telecommunication equipment it allows to be imported into the country.

(B) The telecommunication equipment that would be imported into S if the exemption were to be granted would not be available solely to top development officials in S.

(C) A majority of the members of R’s legislature do not favor exempting telecommunication equipment from the ban on exports to Country S.

(D) Of all exports that could be sent to Country S, telecommunication equipment would be the most effective in helping citizens of S oppose that country’s repressive government.

(E) Without pressure from Country R, the government of S would be able to continue repressing its citizens indefinitely.

个人观点：关键句子的意思在一个民间通信高度普及化的国家，政府无法保持高压政策的。

那么这个电信产品供应商的假设就是如果你给我特别赦免，我将推动S国的通信普及化，从而推动S国取消高压政策。

反过来说就是我买通信产品又不是只卖给S国的高层。

如果有不正确的地方不要见笑

问了上海新东方的老师，回答如下：

通讯设备器材多了政府就不能压制民众，信息封锁的意思。选B