作者:英吉
The government predicts that, for consumers and businesses that make a large number of long-distance calls, the Federal Communications Commission's recent telephone rate cuts will greatly reduce costs, though some consumer groups disagree with the government's estimates, suggesting they are too optimistic.
(A) The government predicts that, for consumers and businesses that make a large number of long-distance calls, the Federal Communications Commission's recent telephone rate cuts will greatly reduce costs
(B) The government predicts that costs will be greatly reduced for consumers and businesses that make a large number of long-distance calls by the Federal Communications Commission's recent telephone rate cuts
(C) The government's prediction is, for consumers and businesses making a large number of long-distance calls, costs will be greatly reduced by the recent telephone rate cuts made by the Federal Communications Commission
(D) For consumers and businesses that make a large number of long-distance calls, the government's prediction that the Federal Communications Commission's recent telephone rate cuts will greatly reduce costs
(E) For consumers and businesses making a large number of long-distance calls, the government predicts that the recent telephone rate cuts that the Federal Communications Commission has made will greatly reduce costs
原文意思:政府预测当局会减少长途电话费用,虽然有一些人认为政府的这种预测过于乐观。
题目分析:A读起来逻辑还是比较通顺的,留着。B用被动,一个说英吉打篮球,一个说篮球被英吉打,A更好一些。C中的prediciton is太啰嗦,没有直接说predict好,而且后面要加that我才知道后面要详细说predict的具体内容,如果没有that直接用逗号,我就不知道后面要说什么了,而且后面还用被动,从什么角度都应该是A更好。D和E把for consumers放前面,就是对于这帮人,政府的预测。。。。,但是人家表达的意思是政府预测,对于这帮人,成本会下降,D和E的意思错了,杀!