老题新问-GWD7-Q40

GWD7-Q40:

Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest rate target five times, and because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will be raised again in November.

1. because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will

2. with the economy’s strength continuing, analysts predicted for weeks that the target

3. because the economy continues strong, analysts predicted for weeks that the target would

4. due to the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target

5. due to the fact of the economy’s continued strength, analysts predicted for weeks that the target will

这题可以立刻排除掉B, D, E, 后来我选择了A, 可正确答案是C

我选A的理由是

(1) for weeks应该要用完成式

(2) 曾经看过一个解释是说，主从句的时态要一致，所以C从句是现在式，而主句是过去式，所以被我删了

后来发现A有很大的语意问题，就是economy's continued strength, 首先economy是无生命体，所有格最好不要用这种型式，再来continued strength, 译成持续的力量，并没有办法精确表达句意想表达的持续强大的意思.

但现在疑问的是主从句的时态到底需不需要一致呢??也就是现在式只能用和现在式有关的，过去式只能用和过去式有关的

同问，帮忙顶下：）

视具体情况而定。。

当表示真理、政府法令等时，用一般现在时，和主句时态没有关系。

例如：BMT， fierce predators that will eat frogs, lizards and even small birds, are native to south america but were introduced into florida during the 1930's in an attempt to control pests in the state's vast sugarane fields.(划线即为正确答案)

详见语法大全 P89 第十五题。。

这道题已确定选A

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE2DF163EF931A35752C1A962958260

原文：
                    

Since February the Fed has raised its target for the overnight Federal funds rate five times, or by 1.75 percentage points, to 4.75 percent currently. Because of the economy's continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the Fed would raise its short-term interest rate target again in November, most likely after its policy-making Open Market Committee meets on Nov. 15.

但是A用了will，而这个句子中用了would raise，所以还是有区别。predict后面要不要用虚拟啊？

刚刚看了OG12中的一个题，predict后可以接will.

Q122: A wildelife expert predicts that the reintroduction of the caribou into northern Minnesota will fail if the density of the timber wolf population in that region is greater than one wolf for every 39 square miles.

这样看来原题的答案肯定是A了。