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.
(A)
The rising of
costs
(B)
Rising
costs
(C)
The rising
cost
(D)
Because
the rising cost
(E)
Because
of rising costs
C is the best choice. In choice A, The rising of costs
is unidiomatic, and in B costs... has lacks subject-verb agreement.
Choices D and E produce sentence fragments since Because makes the clause
subordinate rather than independent.
解释说A：the rising of costs is
unidiomatic。我觉得应该是rising本身created the opportunity啊，而不是the rising
cost
但是OG10-150, 紫皮17中：
150.
In the mid-1960's a newly installed radar warning system mistook the rising
of the moon as a massive missile attack by the Soviets. (B)
(A)
rising
of the moon as a massive missile attack by the Soviets
(B)
rising
of the moon for a massive Soviet missile attack
(C)
moon rising
to a massive missile attack by the Soviets
(D)
moon as it was
rising for a massive Soviet
missile
attack
(E)
rise
of the moon as a massive Soviet missile
attack
B中用的不就是the rising of the moon么
请NN指教。
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