GWD7-Q40求解答！

Hamburger530

GWD7-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.

A.    because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will
B.    with the economy’s strength continuing, analysts predicted for weeks that the target
C.    because the economy continues strong, analysts predicted for weeks that the target would
D.    due to the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target
E.    due to the fact of the economy’s continued strength, analysts predicted for weeks that the target will
答案是C，但是不明白C中的时态关系~请高手指教！

rmbaos

刚做prep测试，Gmac给出的答案是A

分析：
（1）because the economy continues strong, analysts predicted for weeks that the target would
because（原因）...continues(现在时)，（结果）analysts predicted（过去式）
此举不符合逻辑

（2）
个人看法: continued strength没continues strong好

monsterld

我也认同楼上的说法 答案应该为iA

bobdog179

答案应该是A