[提问]OG11th,66题

66、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 pf a country's ability to be competitive is its ability to_____

(A) balacnce its trade while its standard of living rises

我对于A作为答案没有异议，但是我觉得题目后半句的表达有问题。两个红色的can，我觉得应该都换成can't才对，否则的话，意思完全和前半句反过来了。我是不是疯了，觉得ETS出错题目？

 ls,不是这样想的，这个是归纳题，所以对题干本身的叙述不要去critical thinking, 不管题干说什么都是对的。

 这个题干确实是推出矛盾：按照题干推理，a country's ability to be competitive 是无法通过两样措施的协调达到的。

不过ETS可是故意在蒙害人的哦。

To 楼主和2楼MM：

ETS没有错呵呵，是你们理解错了

66、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.

我的翻译：单纯的生活水平提高和贸易的平衡都不足以说明一个国家的国际市场竞争力。两者要同时具备才可以，因为单纯的生活水平提高可能是由于贸易赤字导致的，而单纯的贸易平衡也可能是由于一个国家的生活水平下降引起的。

Your translation is vert good.