PREP 112 请教一个it指代的问题

venus2elva

112。In hoping to restrain economic growth, interest rates were raised by British policymakers, making it more expensive to borrow for businesses and consumers.

(A) In hoping to restrain economic growth, interest rates were raised by British policymakers, making it more expensive to borrow for businesses and consumers.

(B) Making it more expensive for businesses and consumers to borrow, interest rates were raised by British policymakers, in hopes of their restraining economic growth.

(C) In making borrowing for businesses and consumers more expensive, British policymakers, in hopes they will restrain economic growth, had raised interest rates.

(D) Hopefully restraining economic growth, British policymakers raised interest rates, making more expensive borrowing by businesses and consumers.

(E) Hoping to restrain economic growth, British policymakers raised interest rates, making it more expensive for businesses and consumers to borrow.

E让我唯一感觉怪怪的是 it指代谁？interest? 可是interest是修饰rates的，代词只能指代中心词，不能指代修饰语。
求指教。多谢。

cleoguo

同问~

venus2elva

后来发现GMAT里面有很多这样的make it +adj... ，OG里面也有这样的例子。觉得把它看成固定搭配吧 = =

serenity049

<longman>
used as the subject or object of a verb when the real subject or object is later in the sentence
eg：I found it hard to concentrate  
"it" refers to "for businesses and consumers to borrow"

cleoguo

哦。。。。make是一个接宾补结构的动词，it是形宾，to borrow是宾语，more expensive是宾补。

venus2elva

<longman>
used as the subject or object of a verb when the real subject or object is later in the sentence
eg：I found it hard to concentrate  
"it" refers to "for businesses and consumers to borrow"

-- by 会员 serenity049 (2010/5/2 16:12:26)

正解。多谢。

yahoochao

112。In hoping to restrain economic growth, interest rates were raised by British policymakers, making it more expensive to borrow for businesses and consumers.

(A) In hoping to restrain economic growth, interest rates were raised by British policymakers, making it more expensive to borrow for businesses and consumers.

(B) Making it more expensive for businesses and consumers to borrow, interest rates were raised by British policymakers, in hopes of their restraining economic growth.

(C) In making borrowing for businesses and consumers more expensive, British policymakers, in hopes they will restrain economic growth, had raised interest rates.

(D) Hopefully restraining economic growth, British policymakers raised interest rates, making more expensive borrowing by businesses and consumers.

(E) Hoping to restrain economic growth, British policymakers raised interest rates, making it more expensive for businesses and consumers to borrow.

E让我唯一感觉怪怪的是 it指代谁？interest? 可是interest是修饰rates的，代词只能指代中心词，不能指代修饰语。
求指教。多谢。

-- by 会员 venus2elva (2010/4/14 12:09:06)

D选项中有一个问题，我想大家可能没有注意到，于是说一下。hopefully表示“充满希望地”是一个口语词，在GMAT中一般不用。