og-52

bluewindow2008

52.   The rising of costs of data-processing operations at many financial institutions has created a growing opportunity for independent companies to provide these services more efficiently and at lower cost.

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  (A) The rising of costs


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  (B) Rising costs


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  (C) The rising cost


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  (D) Because the rising cost


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  (E) Because of rising costs

C is the best choice. In choice A, The rising of costs is unidiomatic.

有点晕了，到底什么叫idiomatic，有多少啊。是不是改成 The rising of the costs 就可以了呢？现在不知道该有多少相信语感，有多少相信分析了。

总觉得是 rising 导致的 growing oppotunity，所以应该突出核心词优先啊？

mutegirl

idiomatic是通用的，惯用的意思

偶觉得核心词还是costs，虽然是上升，但仍然是成本的上升

有没有牛牛来帮忙看看啊

mutegirl

og的这个解释有点耍赖的意思，说a不是习惯用法，感觉是在解释口语了

牛牛帮忙啊

joe11

2 楼的分析是对的。

是 cost 引出了 opportunities, 不是 rising 引出 opportunities.

注意逻辑意义的精确性。