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
考点：
Agreement; Rhetorical construction
考点解释：
The subject of the first clause, the singular noun surge, must take the singular verb has raised rather than the plural have raised. It is superfluous and pointless to say that people hope both that there is a recovery and that such a recovery is underway. In this context, there is adds nothing and can be omitted to create a more concise sentence.
选项说明：
A Subject and verb do not agree; there is … finally underway is awkward and wordy.
B For there being is awkward and wordy.
C Had raised is the wrong verb tense; for … being is awkward and wordy.
D Correct. In this sentence, the subject and verb agree, and the verb is in the appropriate tense; a recovery is finally is clear and concise.
E For a recovery finally is awkward and—to the extent that it can be seen as grammatical—does not make sense.
为什么“For a recovery finally” does not make sense?-- by 会员 miss绿光 (2012/2/2 13:13:41)
这题，我排除E的思路很简单——因为原句中用现在完成时没问题，所以不能改。
E的过去时，从逻辑意思上看，也没问题，但改变了作者的原意。GMAT的SC里明确说：什么时候可以改变原意？当且仅当原句意思上illogical或者ambiguous。所以就要建立correct/incorrect的sense。
这题OG对E选项的评价是语法正确，但是awkward, non-sense.
贴Stacey@Manhattan的解说吧
"raised hopes for X <a recovery finally underway>"
Is that what we were hoping for? A "recovery finally underway"? What does that mean? If we just want to talk about what we're hoping for, we're hoping for a recovery.
If we want to get more complicated, we could also say that we hope
that something is true: that a recovery was finally underway. But we actually have to spell that out -
I'm not just hoping for a noun: recovery. I'm hoping that something is true about that recovery - that it has already started.
The other thing you can use here (and I don't know why the explanation doesn't say this): answer E changes the tense. Now, we could write this sentence using present perfect or we could write it using past - both are okay. But they do mean two different things, obviously: present perfect means it's still true that the hopes are raised and simple past means it was just in the past. We're supposed to stick with the original meaning... so don't pick E.
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
考点：
Agreement; Rhetorical construction
考点解释：
The subject of the first clause, the singular noun surge, must take the singular verb has raised rather than the plural have raised. It is superfluous and pointless to say that people hope both that there is a recovery and that such a recovery is underway. In this context, there is adds nothing and can be omitted to create a more concise sentence.
选项说明：
A Subject and verb do not agree; there is … finally underway is awkward and wordy.
B For there being is awkward and wordy.
C Had raised is the wrong verb tense; for … being is awkward and wordy.
D Correct. In this sentence, the subject and verb agree, and the verb is in the appropriate tense; a recovery is finally is clear and concise.
E For a recovery finally is awkward and—to the extent that it can be seen as grammatical—does not make sense.
为什么“For a recovery finally” does not make sense?-- by 会员 miss绿光 (2012/2/2 13:13:41)
-- by 会员 babybearmm (2012/2/2 14:01:11)
Is that what we were hoping for? A "recovery finally underway"? What does that mean? If we just want to talk about what we're hoping for, we're hoping for a recovery.
If we want to get more complicated, we could also say that we hope that something is true: that a recovery was finally underway. But we actually have to spell that out - I'm not just hoping for a noun: recovery. I'm hoping that something is true about that recovery - that it has already started.
恩恩
不知道这样想对不对
