Noting that the Federal Reserve had raised a key short-term interest rate again last month, analysts said that they expected orders for durable goods to decline soon because rising interest rates makes it more expensive to buy them on credit.
A. rising interest rates makes it more expensive to buy them on credit
B. rising interest rates make buying on credit more expensive
C. a rise in interest rates make it more expensive to buy on credit
D. a rise in interest rates make buying on credit more expensive
E. a rise in interest rates makes it more expensive for them to be bought on credit
考察主谓一致和make的固定搭配
首先AB可以进行竖读排选：主语是rates复数，所以谓语动词应该是make而不是makes(这里的rising是形容词，不是动名词做主语，因为rise是不及物动词，后面不能直接加宾语)
CDE的主语是rise所以应该是makes,所以CD错
关于B和E，可以通过简洁性原则进行排选。
E中的for them, to be bought都很wordy,所以选择B
补充：
这里不是make doing的错误用法，而是make sth. Adj.的用法，只不过sth.由buying on credit这个短语充当了。