Question

36With respect to the inter-oceanic canal, which of the following opinionsis most supported by the information in the article?A From a purely technical, logistical point of view, dredging the sediment in Lake Nicaragua in orderto build the inter-oceanic canal makes no sense.B As designed, the inter-oceanic canal will be obsolete before it even begins operating.C Competition from the Panama Canal could hurt the inter-oceanic canal's chances for success.D Although Nicaragua's government and HKND will share building costs, the inter-oceanic canal's budget is much too high.E There is simply not enough international shipping traffic to justify building a Nicaraguan inter-oceanic canal.

Answer 1

Resposta C

No texto: “Engineers say the proposed canal, which is aimed at enticing bigger ships than those now able to cross between the Atlantic and Pacific, could run massively over budget and provoke further widening of the Panama Canal, which would ruin its business case.”