再问大全234，比较蠢的问题

allln123123

1.       Declining values for farm equipment and land, the collateral against which farmers borrow to get through the harvest season, is going to force many lenders to tighten or deny credit this spring.  

(A) the collateral against which farmers borrow to get through the harvest season, is

(B) which farmers use as collateral to borrow against to get through the harvest season, is

(C) the collateral which is borrowed against by farmers to get through the harvest season, is

(D) which farmers use as collateral to borrow against to get through the harvest season, are（E）

(E) the collateral against which farmers borrow to get through the harvest season, are

老题目,有个比较蠢的问题想问问,就是答案e的主语是Values, 那么为什么不理解成declining values这个动作是主语呢？因为个人认为values本身不会使lenders去限制或拒绝贷款，只有declining value 才会导致这个发生，而且doing sth.作主语也是可以的，只是ETS更prefer名词作主语，难到是因为这点主语就成了values么？请教各位nn

summa

个人觉得如果非要理解成declining values动作做主语的话應該用the decline in values...