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
61. 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 就是不理解为什么会选择A。。。衡量一个国家商业能力是要同时考虑standard of living 和trade balance;但是文章中又是说了" trade can be balanced by means of a decline in a country’s standard of living"--就是贸易平衡是依靠standard of living下降来实现的。。。这个不是和A选项矛盾吗?。。。 OG上给的解释说的不详细。。。小弟刚做OG逻辑,第一轮复习中,希望各位指点。。。
呵呵 谢谢了 但是说实话给我做这道题目是对的,根据开头的Nither和第二句的both都是可以的。只是搞不懂后面为什么要给我们信息“balance its trade”和“its tandard of living rises”是矛盾的;既然两者是矛盾的,A选项自然是不正确的,因为那样就不存在“balance its trade while its standard of living rises”。各位大侠知道我问的是什么意思吗。。。呵呵 谢谢了 也谢谢上面那位仁兄。。。但是小弟还是不懂