这个题中，it指代的是什么东东呀？

mike125615212

Noting that the FederalReserve had raised a key short-term interest rate again last month, analystssaid that they expected orders for durable goods to decline soon because risinginterest rates makes it more expensive to buy them on credit
A.   rising interest rates makes it more expensive to buy them on credit
B.   rising interest rates make buying on credit more expensive
C.   a rise in interest rates make it more expensive to buy on credit
D.  a rise in interest rates make buying on credit more expensive    (B)
E.   a rise in interest rates makes it more expensive for them to be boughton credit

Suri在奋斗

it是指代 buy them on credit
make it adj to do sth ,it指代的是不定式部分

babybearmm

典型结构，it不指代任何东西

THE ONLY PRONOUNS ON THE GMAT THAT DON'T HAVE TO STANDFOR NOUNS:
It + description+ that +complete sentence (independent clause)
It + description+ to +verb (infinitive)
It + (TOBE verb) + NOUN + that/who + verb

these "it"s DO NOT have to stand for nouns.
ALL other gmat pronouns must stand for nouns.

FIRST TYPE

It + is obvious + that Medellín will beat Nacional in Wednesday’s game.


It+ has been said + that the moon is made of green cheese.

Johnny found it + counterintuitive + that the GMAT tests exceptions to rules just as often as ittests the rules themselves.

SECOND TYPE

It + is often difficult + to distinguish between a past-tense verb and a pastparticiple.

The rain made it + quite challenging + to drive on the freeway.

THIRD TYPE

It + was my own brother + who committed the crime.


Example: OG12 Question 57

demorgan

后面的不定式？

babybearmm

No......
不能理解为指代后面的不定式
....made it difficult to do ...   假如你认为这个it指代后面的"to do"的话，
I found it difficult to apply grammatical principles to a SC problem and to reach the correct answer.
这句话里面it难道该改成them? 因为后面to apply and to reach是两件事情啊！
可是事实上，这个it不能改成them，必须就是it。

所以说，这问题的正解，就是我前面贴的Ron的解释：固定结构第二种情形，此处it不指代任何东西

后面的不定式？

-- by 会员 demorgan (2012/1/29 21:00:30)

二楼往下掉

典型结构，it不指代任何东西

THE ONLY PRONOUNS ON THE GMAT THAT DON'T HAVE TO STANDFOR NOUNS:
It + description+ that +complete sentence (independent clause)
It + description+ to +verb (infinitive)
It + (TOBE verb) + NOUN + that/who + verb

these "it"s DO NOT have to stand for nouns.
ALL other gmat pronouns must stand for nouns.

FIRST TYPE

It + is obvious + that Medellín will beat Nacional in Wednesday’s game.


It+ has been said + that the moon is made of green cheese.

Johnny found it + counterintuitive + that the GMAT tests exceptions to rules just as often as ittests the rules themselves.

SECOND TYPE

It + is often difficult + to distinguish between a past-tense verb and a pastparticiple.

The rain made it + quite challenging + to drive on the freeway.

THIRD TYPE

It + was my own brother + who committed the crime.


Example: OG12 Question 57

-- by 会员 babybearmm (2012/1/28 14:52:52)

baby姐，这个解释完全能看懂。但是这个跟形式主语和形式宾语的结构是什么关系呢？我一直以为it做形主，形宾是直接指代不定式或者that从句的，现在混乱了。。。

春雨Q

babybearmm 发表于 2012-1-29 22:30
No......不能理解为指代后面的不定式....made it difficult to do ...   假如你认为这个it指代后面的 ...

可是baby姐，CD PREP 08笔记里的1-184写make it adj to do sth中的it指代to do啊。。。这个到底有木有确切的说法嘛

这个id有吗

这道题a和e选项them指代错误，而c和d选项make的形式不对，所以选b