The government predicts that, for consumers and businesses that make a large number of long-distance calls, the Federal Communications Commission's recent telephone rate cuts will greatly reduce costs, though some consumer groups disagree with the government's estimates, suggesting they are too optimistic.
(A) The government predicts that, for consumers and businesses that make a large number of long-distance calls, the Federal Communications Commission's recent telephone rate cuts will greatly reduce costs
(B) The government predicts that costs will be greatly reduced for consumers and businesses that make a large number of long-distance calls by the Federal Communications Commission's recent telephone rate cuts
(C) The government's prediction is, for consumers and businesses making a large number of long-distance calls, costs will be greatly reduced by the recent telephone rate cuts made by the Federal Communications Commission
(D) For consumers and businesses that make a large number of long-distance calls, the government's prediction that the Federal Communications Commission's recent telephone rate cuts will greatly reduce costs
(E) For consumers and businesses making a large number of long-distance calls, the government predicts that the recent telephone rate cuts that the Federal Communications Commission has made will greatly reduce costs
急啊，分不出选A还是E， 为什么选E呢
E的问题在于修饰语(For consumers and businesses making a large number of...)位置。因为E中把修饰语放在主句之前，意思是政府作出预测是为了那些消费者和公司，因此他们的rates并不一定会下降了，因为是为了他们做的预测。而原句的意思是政府预测他们的rates会下降。
A选项则准确地表达了原意，即：政府作出了一个宏观预测，注意并不是特意针对谁的，预测的内容是一些人会受到rates cut的影响。
因此E的意思变了。
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