OG12 SC61

岳朋

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 [c1]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.[c2]

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)[c3] balance its trade while its standard of living rises A

(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

[c1]结论


[c2]条件


[c3]符合条件

A,B 不是都可以吗? B还在原文出现过.请帮忙分析一下!谢谢!

taosh0730

你看原文的意思：单独提高生活水平或者平衡贸易是不能blabla的，两者要同时有的原因是：贸易赤字可以提高生活水平，而降低生说水平可以平衡贸易。

最后一句就是你说的B，是用来说明单独的平衡贸易是不能完成blabla的

岳朋

谢谢指点!琢磨明白了!