verbal 分册cr 12题

yanjin19891008

12. Large national budget deficits do not cause large trade deficits. If they did, countries with the largest budget
deficits would also have the largest trade deficits. In fact, when deficit figures are adjusted so that different
countries are reliably comparable to each other, there is no such correlation.
If the statements above are all true, which of the following can properly be inferred on the basis of them?
(A) Countries with large national budget deficits tend to restrict foreign trade.
(B) Reliable comparisons of the deficit figures of one country with those of another are impossible.
(C) Reducing a country’s national budget deficit will not necessarily result in a lowering of any trade deficit that
country may have.
(D) When countries are ordered from largest to smallest in terms of population, the smallest countries
generally have the smallest budget and trade deficits.
(E) Countries with the largest trade deficits never have similarly large national budget deficits.
弱弱的说，有好心人能帮忙翻译下题干吗？ In fact, when deficit figures are adjusted so that different countries are reliably comparable to each other, there is no such correlation.特别是这句。
还有B选项OG的解释B The passage states that reliable comparisons have been developed.不太明白！
谢谢啦！！！

yanjin19891008

自己先顶下

maestri

翻译如下（有些术语翻译的可能不够精准，发现的tx还望指正）：
财政赤字高并不会导致贸易逆差也高。否则的话，财政赤字最高的国家将会有最大的贸易赤字。实际上，当赤字数据被调整到不同的国家之间可以相比较，也并没有这种关联性。
问题是问可以推断出：

(A) 财政赤字高的国家倾向于限制贸易
---无关
(B) 适当的比较国家之间的赤字数据是不可能的
---与提干假设不相符。
(C) 减少国家财政赤字并不必然会引起国家已有的贸易逆差的降低。
---与提干意思相吻合：两者数据之间并无明显关联。
(D) 当按照人口数量将国家进行排列时，最小的国家通常拥有最小的财政赤字和贸易逆差
---和人口无关
(E)贸易逆差最高的国家绝不会有类似的类似的高财政赤字
---never太过绝对。

yanjin19891008

嗯嗯，这下明白啦！！！谢谢啦！！