CD Ripping Uncertainty Again

This issue has been discussed before ("CD Ripping Uncertainty 
Principle", Sept. 2004), but I don't think there was any resolution.

I use cdparanoia III release 9.8 on Mac OS X (options -vBf -z=10) to 
rip a CD with a bad scratch. The rip goes through, and cdparanoia 
reports no problem whatsoever. But on listening, the track is bad, and 
very clearly so. I try three different drives (Plextor, LiteOn, 
Pioneer), same thing.

Then I try EAC on Win XP. Reaching the problematic track, EAC reports 
read error/sync error and aborts.

So, at this point, I can't trust rips made by cdparanoia. Can anything 
be done about it?

thanx