大家不知对这个题有什么看法？？？

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.

1. because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will
2. with the economy’s strength continuing, analysts predicted for weeks that the target
3. because the economy continues strong, analysts predicted for weeks that the target would
4. due to the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target
5. due to the fact of the economy’s continued strength, analysts predicted for weeks that the target will

想和大家讨论一下这个题。这题答案给的是C，但小妹觉得是A，C不正确的几个理由as folllows:

1. continue后面不应该直接跟形容词strong，或者说continue to be strong,或者和A一样：continued strength

2. 划线部分有一个很明显的表示时间的短语for weeks，大家知道for + 时间 是现在进行时的标志，所以应如A所表达的have been predicting，而且这和前面的has raised在形式上也是Parallel的，而C中的predicted说不过去

不止各位NN怎么看？？？

这个题讨论过很多

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