95、After decreasing steadily in the mid-1990's, the percentage of students in the United States
finishing high school or having earned equivalency diplomas increased in the last three years of the decade, up to 86.5 percent in 2000 from 85.9 percent in 1999 and 84.8 percent in 1998.
(A) finishing high school or having earned equivalency diplomas increased in the last three years of the decade, up to 86.5 percent in 2000 from 85.9 percent in 1999 and
(B) finishing high school or earning equivalency diplomas, increasing in the last three years of the decade, rising to 86.5 percent in 2000 from 85.9 percent in 1999 and from
(C) having finished high school or earning an equivalency diploma increased in the last three years of the decade, and rose to 86.5 percent in 2000 from 85.9 percent in 1999 and from
(D) who either finished high school or they earned an equivalency diploma, increasing in the last three years of the decade, rose to 86.5 percent in 2000 from 85.9 percent in 1999 and
(E) who finished high school or earned equivalency diplomas increased in the last three years of the decade, to 86.5 percent in 2000 from 85.9 percent in 1999 and
原文意思: 90 年代经历了一段下降之后,美国完成高中教育或得到相同学历的人的百分比增加了,从多少到多少。
题目分析: 前面用 decreasing,如果后面还用 finishing 这样的进行时态就说明这几个动作应该是同时出现的,但应该是前出现 decreasing,后面在出现 finish 和 earn 这两个动作,答案在 D和 E 中,Dor 后面加 they,但是 finish 和 earn 的发起者没有变,加 they 多余,选 E。