No. 40

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
4. due to the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target
5. due to the fact of the economy’s continued strength, analysts predicted for weeks that the target will

从时间状语for weeks判断，应该是having been doing，因此只有A和D有可能对。答案是D，但我认为这里的predict是预测的意思，应该用will，不是should省略的情况吧。

有别的理解吗？答案是D。

a 同意