OG12, 93求助

liumin617

   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 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


正确答案是A


我的问题是为什么是they were last year, 而不是they did last year. 后面有明显的时间状语last year呀, 所以我觉得用一般过去时是显而易见的呀, 请问这里的过去进行时有什么理由吗, 我觉得只是说与前面的are paying时态平行似乎有些牵强, 所以跪求解答呀, 谢谢拉~

xubotiffany

与之相对应的是they are paying... this year.

evelyn205205

they were last year里面的they指代的是refiners，而不是Heating-oil prices
B的错误在于rise higher语义重复了，所以B错了
我也承认现在进行时不好，但在这里选择的是相对正确的答案

liumin617

恩 谢谢啦 我当时一上来就排了结尾是were的选项, 估计考场上看见类似的题还是照错....