快考试了！求助GWD一题

yolandekwong

下面这题，有解释说will 要省略，要不然不平衡，所以排掉了A，为什么？高手帮帮忙吧！！这个平行关系是什么？

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.     C

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

罗正辉

我觉得AD可以首先排除，现在完成进行时用法错误，分析家一直在预测到现在还没有停止，但是后面又说目标会在11月份达到，表示预测已经结束，前后矛盾，用过去时表示预测已经结束；E中due to the fact of的表达wordy，再gmat中从来没有成为正确答案，有很多这样的例子，fact后面一般加that引导同位语从句，B选项中，with做伴随状语从句，对主句进行补充说明，无法说明因果关系，所以选C，不知道这样分析对不对，仅供参考~

AlohaDJ

这题选A吧。。C时态明显不对。

AlohaDJ

http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/since-february-the-federal-reserve-has-raised-its-t3110.html

yolandekwong

恩呢~谢谢  很清楚

篱笆下的青锋剑

首先，due to...只能做表语，做其它成分在GMAT中从来不对；

如果是B的话，predict后为虚拟语气，而只有suggest,order,recommend,demand等表示命令、建议的动词后才加虚拟；

只剩AC，其实时态用一般过去和现在完成都可以，因为没有线索提示predict的动作是否持续到现在。之所以选C， 是因为continued strength没有continues strong更优选，根据是：同根词情况下，动词 优于 形容词 优于 抽象名词 优于 动名词。

thechooosenone

prep给的答案是A