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The Commerce Department announced that the
economy grew during the second quarter at a 7.5 percent annual rate, while
inflation eased when it might have been expected for it to rise.

(A)  it might have been expected for it to rise

(B)  it might have been expected to rise

(C)  it might have been expected that it should rise

(D)  its rise might have been expected

(E)  there might have been an expectation it would rise

131. The Commerce Department announced that the economy grew during the second quarter at a 7.5 percent annual rate, while inflation eased when it might have been expected for it to rise.

(A)  it might have been expected for it to rise

(B)   it might have been expected to rise

(C)  it might have been expected that it should rise

(D)  its rise might have been expected

(E)   there might have been an expectation it would rise

情态动词might 后面必须跟动词原形

it指代的是inflation

这题后面的it might have been expected to rise 是不是虚拟语气， 与过去事实相反？

应该不是虚拟语气，而是过去完成时态+被动语态。

might have been 不是固定用法么？这句的句意让我很迷糊，不懂为什么要用might have been ,直接用 when it was expected to rise 是不是就足够了呢？

指教一 下~thx

这个问题问得很久远了，但我刚也弄不清楚查了一下字典才明白供大家参考：

might have done类似于▶SOMEBODY SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING◀
used when you are annoyed because someone has not done something that you think they should do
You might at least say thank you.

They might have cleaned up before they left.我不知道ANNOY是否确切我记得是该做而没做的，所以本文意思是该上涨而最后没有上涨，这是我的理解，还望大家指教