再议一道争议题gwd-7-40

反正这题答案是A or C.但问题是（1）A中because of 引导的从句没有because那个好（2）但是C中时态没有A好，就是选哪个？望NN指导！！！

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.

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

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

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

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

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

我不知道答案。

但是，我会支持A。

本题的难点是predict，我觉得该词是个终止性的动词。就象find之类的词一样。

所以，

C除了貌似时态前后不吻合（其实，我认为时态用的没有问题，可以这样用）。

主要是analysts predicted for weeks 你可以说analysts predicted weeks ago,但是，不能说analysts predicted for weeks（predicted是个短时间完成的动作）。

A中的have been predicting for weeks表示过去几周许多分析家频繁预计，符合predict的用法。

C，C的时态没有任何问题，楼主对比我刚才给你回帖子里面那题，两题惊人详细，过去时用的非常正确！A的完成进行时不好，其次economy’s continued strength绝对是不idiomatic的，要说也是continued strength of economy。

要是analysts predicted for weeks 没有问题，肯定是C好。不知道版主如何理解这句话？？

可以说分析家几周前预计，但是，能说分析家们预计了几周吗？

就如我三天前找到了这本书（I found this book three days ago）;但是，你能说我找到这本书三周吗？（I found this book for three days ）

下面是longman中，关于for的解释：

used to say how long an action or situation continues for
Bake the cake for 40 minutes.

We had been talking for a good half hour.

He's been off work for a while.

the economy continues strong"? strong is adj.

continue 可以接形容词，我查了金山词霸