请问A选项中的“Thebalanceofopinion
Foratradeembargoagainstaparticularcountrytosucceed,ahighdegreeofbothinternationalaccordandabilitytopreventgoodsfromenteringorleavingthatcountrymustbesustained.AtotalblockadeofPatria'sportsisnecessarytoanembargo,butsuchanactionwouldbelikelytocauseinternationaldiscordovertheembargo.
Theclaimsabove,iftrue,moststronglysupportwhichofthefollowingconclusions?
(A)x05ThebalanceofopinionislikelytofavorPatriaintheeventofablockade.
(8)x05AslongasinternationalopinionisunanimouslyagainstPatria,atradeembargoislikelytosucceed.
(C)x05AnavalblockadeofPatria'sportswouldensurethatnogoodsenterorleavePatria.
(D)x05AnytradeembargoagainstPatriawouldbelikelytofailatsometime.
(E)x05ForablockadeofPatria'sportstobesuccessful,internationalopinionmustbeunanimous.
Situation:Thesuccessofatradeembargorequiresbothinternationalaccordandtheabilitytoenforcetheembargo.InthecaseofPatria,anembargowouldrequireatotalblockadeoftheports,buttheblockadeitselfwouldlikelyleadtointernationaldiscord.
Reasoning:
Whatconclusioncanbedrawnfromthisinformation?Aconclusionmustbebasedonlyontheinformationprovided.SincethegiveninformationdiscussesthegeneralconditionsforasuccessfultradeembargoandtheconditionsspecifictothepossibleembargoinPatria,theconclusionshouldbeaboutthelikelihoodofsuccessforatradeembargoagainstPatria.Sinceinternationalaccordisnecessaryforthesuccessofanembargobuttheblockaderequiredinthiscasewouldcreateinternationaldiscord,thecontradictionsofthisparadoxicalsituationmakeanyembargounlikelytosucceed.
AAlthoughinternationaldiscordwouldlikelyresultfromablockade,noinformationallowsaconclusiontobedrawnaboutthebalanceofopinion.
BThisconclusionisnotjustifiedbecauseasuccessfulembargorequiresbothinternationalaccordandtheabilitytoenforcetheembargo.
CThisstatementsimplydefinesthepurposeofablockade;itisnotaconclusionfromtheinformationgiven.
DCorrect.Thisstatementpr