"2. Although a surge in retail sales have raised hopes that there is a recovery finally under way, many economists say that without a large amount of spending the recovery might not last.
(A) have raised hopes that there is a recovery finally (B) raised hopes for there being a recovery finally (C) had raised hopes for a recovery finally being (D) has raised hopes that a recovery is finally (E) raised hopes for a recovery finally " E答案为什么不对啊
"8. The widely accepted big bang theory holds that the universe began in an explosive instant ten to twenty billion years ago and has been expanding ever since. (A) that the universe began in an explosive instant ten to twenty billion years ago and has been expanding (B) that the universe had begun in an explosive instant ten to twenty billion years ago and had been expanding (C) that the beginning of the universe was an explosive instant ten to twenty billion years ago that has expanded (D) the beginning of the universe to have been an explosive instant ten to twenty billion years ago that is expanding (E) the universe to have begun in an explosive instant ten to twenty billion years ago and has been expanding " 也是E答案中的解释说，to have begun 跟 has beenexpanding要并列，但是正确答案A中的began跟has been expanding 也不并列啊！！
真心求教！！ 语法白痴啊！！！ 之前做英语题都考读！~ 伤不起~~作者: colinkelly 时间: 2012-2-29 20:42
2.hope for ,没有这个用法 即使有这个用法hopes for a recovery finally under way也是个fragment 而且E选项改变了时态，改变了原文要表达的过去和现在对比的含义，显然原文的时态更优。