OG-CR-58

longbai

58. 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.

完全不能理解，不知道如何下手啊！

[此贴子已经被作者于2007-12-25 18:36:05编辑过]

lukeleng

应该不难-从技巧上来讲

 Neither a rising standard of living nor balanced trade, by itself, （单独的rising standard of living 不行， balanced trade也不行）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（ standards of living可以因为growing trade deficits-C不行）and trade can be balanced by means of a decline in a country’s standard of living. （trade deficits可以通过decline in a country’s standard of living-D也不行）

B不行 standard of living falls

E不行trade deficits rise.

或者 standard of living 只能升 while trade deficits 不能升，只有A可选

[此贴子已经被作者于2007-12-25 20:32:25编辑过]

atc

联系一下中国现状：老美天天叫贸易逆差，叫我们改善一下！正是由于我们党的正确领导，贸易逆差在缩小（也许会balance its trade），人民的生活水平在提高！

Hendy

ability of competitive equal trade pluse standard of living,

So both should be increase, or one is not changed the other should be increased.