[求助]新題prep 1-180

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Noting that the Federal Reserve had raised a key short-term interest rate again last month, analysts said that they expected orders for durable goods  to decline soon because rising interest rates makes it more expensive to buy them on credit
A. rising interest rates makes it more expensive to buy them on credit
B. rising interest rates make buying on credit more expensive
C. a rise in interest rates make it more expensive to buy on credit
D. a rise in interest rates make buying on credit more expensive
E. a rise in interest rates makes it more expensive for them to be bought on credit

ANS: B
                                                                               
請問不選CDE是因為a rise in ...改變句意嗎?
make it more...to V和make Ving more...又該如何判斷
因作題時覺得後者不是很正式的寫法

1.rising interest rates 要比a rise in interest rates清楚简洁,在这种情况下，OG肯定会说后者awkward和wordy

2.就算a rise in interest rates说的过去，那么C和D起码也应该用makes 而不是make,因为主语是a rise,

3. A 和E 选项最大的问题在于后面的it 和them,自己多读几遍就觉得相当别扭了，makes it more expensive to buy them,这里的them有指代不清的嫌疑，it则无指代，

我个人的意见。

AlienX的意思是？读了两遍，没有太懂。怎么个相反法，呵呵

我觉得这题的关键在未画线的一个词again，说明后面的动词rise要用rising的形式体现动作反复发生，所以只能在AB中做选择。根据主谓一致必须选B -- rates make buying ...；而make后接哪种形式，不是题目的焦点。

顺便说一下，哪里看见新东方说 抽象名词 优先于 分词/动名词，按照这个原则，只好在CDE中找答案了，考试中还不将人害苦10分？

OG11-90: While the long descriptive construction between the subject and verb may make it difficult to see this relationship, notice that the modifying phrase is set off with commas.
        

倒...看错了.

rising/raising...这个区别我没注意到.
大家继续讨论我再看看...

Alien兄，我觉得这里it是指代后面的不定式哦?
另外我认为A、E中的them是指代歧义的--指代了orders，而逻辑上应该指代goods.
同时C里面buy的对象也不清楚.
所以说来还是make sth.adj.的形式更好，省去了会造成歧义的东西.