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Snazzy

821.    The rising of costs of data-processing operations at many financial institutions has created a growing opportunity for independent companies to provide these services more efficiently and at lower cost.
(A) The rising of costs
(B) Rising costs
(C) The rising cost
(D) Because the rising cost
(E) Because of rising costs

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C

橙子

首先排除D和E,只有从句,没有主句.
然后排除B,RISING COST与HAS主谓单复数不一致
然后是A,据说ETS有一个倾向是动词有名词形式,最好不要使用动名词形式来代替动作性名词
这道题目中RISE,可以做动词,也可以做名词,所以"the rise in the costs" is preferable
C句中RISING是现在分词做ADJ

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-2-8 7:05:38编辑过]

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以下是引用Snazzy在2004-2-8 5:54:00的发言：
821. The rising of costs of data-processing operations at many financial institutions has created a growing opportunity for independent companies to provide these services more efficiently and at lower cost.
(A) The rising of costs
(B) Rising costs
(C) The rising cost
(D) Because the rising cost
(E) Because of rising costs

please, help! help!
C

同意橙子MM的意见，另外自由加个补充“a growing opportunity ”决定了C的形式上的对称，读起来很美

Snazzy

谢谢！橙子是特级的！ 自由是完美的！