请教两道OG语法题!

1. In an effort to reduce their inventories, Italian vintners have cut prices; their wines have been to sell, and they are.

a. have been priced to sell, and they are

b. are priced to sell, and they have

c. are priced to sell, and they do

d. are being priced to sell, and have

e. had been priced to sell, and they have

选c   我弄不明白的是,为什么划线句的后半部分的动词一定指代的sell? 这句话到底怎么理解呢?

2. According to some analysts, the gains in the stock market reflecting growing confidence that the economy will avoid the recession that many had feared earlier in the year and instead come in for a "soft landing," followed by a gradual increase in business activity.

a. that the economy will avoid the recession that many had feared earlier in the year and instead come

b. in the economy's ability to avoid the recession, something many had feared in the year, and instead to come

选a   为什么b不对呢?

谢谢各位大牛!

第一个,THEY指代酒,并列或者从句中对之前重复的动作都可以用DO(不能省略), 对重复的事情/人要补出BE动词(可以省略)

第2个,in the economy's ability to 是罗缩的写法,不简洁.一般用ABLE TO取代.这里虽然没这个选项,但是A的WILL也可以很好的表达这意思,同时A的同位语修饰也是很好的结构,相比B

1. In an effort to reduce their inventories, Italian vintners have cut prices; their wines have been to sell, and they are.

第1,酒是被卖,所以用被动,没问题吧~

第2,意大利那个什么人减价,动作已经发生,用的完成时,所以后面的酒降价出售就要用一般现在时,好象是动词时态的一个变化~前一个动作发生在后一个动作之前~要把这个先后顺序表现出来~

第3,如果用they are, they 可能指代不清,不清楚是酒还是人, 根据这里的意思，很明显动作的发出者是人，所以是they do, they就指代了人~

第2题,插入语something后面要跟that,

而且从句这里优于短语~理由有2

in the economy's ability to 有点罗嗦

will do 表示将来的一个情况~

而说ability只是说有能力却未必发生，在英语里，2者的表达意思不一样~如果根据逻辑加上语法的话，第1个优于第2个~