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加州女孩

93.Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than last because refiners are paving about S5 a barrel more for crude oil than thev were last year.
(A)Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than last because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel more for crude oil than they were
(B)Heating-oil prices are expected to rise higher this year over last because refiners pay about $5 a barrel for crude oil more than they did
(C)Expectations are for heating-oil prices to be higher this year than last year's because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel for crude oil more than they did

(D)It is the expectation that heating-oil prices will be higher for this year over last because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel more for crude oil now than what they were
(E)It is expected that heating-oil prices will rise higher this year than last year's because refiners pay about $5 a barrel for crude oil more than they did
关于这个题 很多人都讨论过 但是没见大家探讨一下为什么A选项最后不用than they did。我的理解是：今年是are paying,应该是将要发生的 所以这里的are是助动词，但是后面的than they( )last year,应该不是than they were paying last year 吧，所以我觉得应该是than they paid 所以不应该是than they did 吗？

加州女孩

自己顶一个，期待牛牛赐教吖~

fylonglong

为什么LZ感觉用are paying就是表示将要发生的事呢？

加州女孩

即使表示进行时，那后面平行的也是进行时，但是过去进行时在这里感觉不合适吧than they were paying?

fylonglong

refiners are paying 表示refiners现在正在paying，而比较是跟上一年同一时间作比较。那么上一年同一时间refiner在干吗呢？应该也在paying吧。

切尔西

这个感觉应该因为前面是现在进行时，后面对应的就应该是过去进行时吧，否则时态上不能形成对称吧，另外这个选项也是5里面最好的一个

purple_soul_m

refiners are paying 表示refiners现在正在paying，而比较是跟上一年同一时间作比较。那么上一年同一时间refiner在干吗呢？应该也在paying吧。

-- by 会员 fylonglong (2010/4/20 23:28:29)

这个回答真帅，谢谢啦

小伊YSY

没看懂呀，不明白呀，还是不懂呀……

billntt

其实，动词省略保留助动词是有条件的，就是在前面能找到相应的被省略动词，用did的话，那就意味着前面是paied了，但是没有paied，所以用were

fiona1988325

在逻辑意思上than后面肯定比较是去年的行为，所以they were( paying for crude oil last year) 如果用they did的话，前面其实必须是they pay，主句和比较从句也算是有明确的时间概念了~ 拙见~见笑了~