[求助]新prep or GWD答案以谁为准？PREP个别答案感觉怪怪的，，，

jevoudrais

做的新prep语法 有两道题官方答案觉得怪怪的  而GWD的答案和我错选的一样的 不知道怎么解释....

172.
            (24952-!-item-!-188;#058&001065)     (GWD7-Q40)

 

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.

A. because of the economy's continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will

B. with the economy's strength continuing, analysts predicted for weeks that the target

C. because the economy continues strong, analysts predicted for weeks that the target would

D. due to the economy's continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target

E. due to the fact of the economy's continued strength, analysts predicted for weeks that the target will

176.
                    (26076-!-item-!-188;#058&001714)     (GWD17-Q12)

 

Mauritius was a British colony for almost 200 years, excepting for the domains of administration and teaching, the English language was never really spoken on the island.

A. excepting for

B. except in

C. but except in

D. but excepting for

E. with the exception of

黄色为正确答案，划线的是GWD的答案，我选的都和GWD一样，，， 请教NN

已参考过讨论帖 觉得GWD的更能说服我啊 PREP给的答案是官方标准答案肯定没错误？？

ymcheswin

个人觉得，continued这里并不是表示完成或者过去，而单纯只是strength的定语；未划线部分since...has...+for weeks注定主句要用现在完成时，如果用would，就改变了句子本身的时态。而整句话没有出现让句子时态发生改变的形式（例如：that宾语从句前面的谓语动词是过去式），所以不能用would

jevoudrais

dd

jevoudrais

nn help!

sharenruma

prep的答案是Gmac给的,GWD的答案是国人自己总结的,阅卷的是GMAC,所以以prep为准.
就这两道题而言,个人觉得,前一题中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.
Since February置于句首单独罗列说明是后面两个平行部分的时间状语,所以后面两者的动词时态需要一致,均用完成时而不是C的过去时(in November是从句的时间状语不要混淆)可以与这个句子对比下

    Since February,svo,and svo    svo Since February,and svo
后一题个人觉得C更好些 except for的例句是:Everyone is here except for Lucy,except for后的对象应该是主体的一部分,而句中没有哪一部分可以作为the domains of administration and teaching
    的主体
不知道以上分析对否?

[此贴子已经被作者于2009-7-14 20:25:12编辑过]

Liu_leaf

第一题请注意Since February, 说明此短语作用于整个句子，加上第二个分句的for weeks因此需要使用现在完成时。

第二题 excepting for the domains of administration and teaching, the English language was never really spoken on the island.就如上面GG说的，except for是从某一类中出去，如果需要使用，后面应该变成 excepting for the domains of administration and teaching, other domains never used the English languages on the island.

genius_ivan

解释的很好，第一题会，第二题经过楼上两位的指点，也清楚了，谢谢

allanweihai

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.

觉得根据句意：the Federal Reserve has raised 直到目前为止的情况，而为划线部分be raised again  可知划线处只能现在时而不可能是过去时。所以排除 BCE 。至于D predict 后面应该与will 对应，所以排除。

gracezz

呃。。。虽然答案是A，但是 because of the economy's continued strength真的好怪好怪。。。。

flewrudy

我也觉得continued用的有点怪啊，为啥是被动或完成，为啥不用continuing这样的表示其性质的？，而且既然是完成的动作为啥后面还加上了will，难道表示真理还是？总觉得既然是完成了，would语气上也更婉转些啊