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.

1. because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will
2. with the economy’s strength continuing, analysts predicted for weeks that the target
3. because the economy continues strong, analysts predicted for weeks that the target would

答案C, B不行么？为什么用would不用will？看成虚拟predict that+ be原型不可以么？

would表示愿望，还更好点呢！

关键是前面，原因状语从句用because。

with 结构无法体现因果关系！！！

感觉predict不是一个延续性动作吧，所以才改成表示动作的过去时态，而不是表示从过去一直……的完成时态。这可能是A和C的差别吧！期待NN的进一步解释.