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40. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC) had long been expected to announce a reduction in output to bolstersagging oil prices, but officials of the organization just recently announcedthat the group will pare daily production by 1.5 million barrels by thebeginning of next year,but only if non-OPEC nations, including Norway, Mexico, and Russia, were totrim output by a totalof 500,000 barrels a day.
(A) year, but only if non-OPEC nations, including Norway,Mexico, and Russia, were to trim output
(B) year, but only if the output of non-OPEC nations,which includes Norway, Mexico, and Russia, is trimmed
(C) year only if the output of non-OPEC nations,including Norway, Mexico, and Russia, would be trimmed
(D) year only if non-OPEC nations, which includes Norway,Mexico, and Russia, were trimming output
(E) year only if non-OPEC nations, including Norway,Mexico, and Russia, trim output
B This version uses the passive construction in theconditional clause onlyif the output … is trimmed. This use of the passive voice makes this sentence vague; it is now unclearwho needs to trim the output of non-OPEC nations. Finally, the addition of but before only isredundant. 不明白的是这个被动语态下，哪里语义不清晰了。“it is now unclear who needs to trim the output of non-OPEC nations”这个who是指这些国家吗？
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