请帮忙看看prep上的这道语法题： thanks！！！

Soaringii

180.  Noting that the Federal Reserve had raised akey short-term interest rate again last month, analysts said that they expectedorders for durable goods to decline soon because rising interest rates makesit more expensive to buy them on credit
A.   rising interest  rates makes     it more expensive to buy them on credit
B.   rising interestrates make buying on credit more expensive
C.   a rise in interestrates make it more expensive to buy on credit
D.  a rise in interestrates make buying on credit more expensive  
E.   a rise in interestrates makes it more expensive for them to be bought on credit

sonic217

感觉是A

may24

主谓一致排除ACD，E哆嗦，被动无必要，IT和THEM指代不明，选B

Soaringii

谢谢楼上的童鞋。

答案是B。

可是怎么感觉  'rising inerest rates' 是 singular?  谓语动词make 是不是应该是makes？

may24

RATES才是主语，谓语是复数形式

Hotsausage

in b, the present participle "rising" is an adj that modifies the noun "interest rates". Since "interest rateS" is plural, we should use "make". If the sentence is structured as "the rising of interest rates" then it would be singular.

lightgarden

in b, the present participle "rising" is an adj that modifies the noun "interest rates". Since "interest rateS" is plural, we should use "make". If the sentence is structured as "the rising of interest rates" then it would be singular.

-- by 会员 Hotsausage (2011/10/3 4:09:06)

very good explanation except: If the sentence is structured as "the rising raising of interest rates" then it would be singular. Am I right?

乙苯

raise是及物动词

tenby

buying on credit 分期付款。B逻辑清晰。

山山思密达

因为题目中说had raised akey short-term interest rate again last month,说明利率不只上升了一次哦，所以偏向用复数咯