求解，简单问题，PREP2-112，(已解决)

spz316

112.(30283-!-item-!-188;#058&005246)

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.










答案是E，没问题。但是(E)  making it more expensive for businesses and consumers to borrow.
中的it，指代的是什么呢?  interest rates???单数OR复数？
求NN解答

qingbo

it 指代的是 to borrow

维SANDY

对，it应该是形式宾语吧 指代后面的to borrow

Nothuman

新东方讲义上，关于it的指代：
1、it不能指代介词短语
2、it可以指代主语从句和不定式结构

此处指代后面的不定式to borrow

spz316

这道题明白了，谢谢LS所有人啦~