prep2-108 拜托看一下 - ChaseDream

In the

United States

, while the number of foreign-born residents and their children is higher than ever, the percentage of the population they represent is not, in 1910 this group made up 35 percent of the population when compared to 20 percent in 2000.

对于这题的语法结构不是很清楚，想请问一下答案E中的compared with 20 到底是和谁compare??

并且A选项只是根据compared to 与compared with排除吗，因为compare被动的时候其实compared to/with都可以用的，不管是同类比较还是异类比较，所以我觉得A肯定还有其他的错误，大家觉得呢？？

以下是引用sunpaopao在2007-6-30 5:15:00的发言：

In the United States, while the number of foreign-born residents and their children is higher than ever, the percentage of the population they represent is not, in 1910 this group made up 35 percent of the population when compared to 20 percent in 2000.

A. population when compared to 20 percent in 2000

when 不对. 这是一个事实, 你不这时候看也是这样. compare to 不对.

B. population as compared to 2000, when it was 20 percent

C. population, comparing it with 20 percent in 2000

D. population, unlike 2000, with 20 percent

E. population, compared with 20 percent in 2000

A: compare to应该是with

B: 同上；it无指代

C: comparing用被动；it无指代

D: unlike 2000比较对象有歧义

E: correct

对于这题的语法结构不是很清楚，想请问一下答案E中的compared with 20 到底是和谁compare??

和35 percent 比较啊!

但是E如果和35％比的话，为什么要加逗号呢，这样不是会让人误以为和主语the percentage of the population 的比较吗？

以下是引用sunpaopao在2007-6-30 5:41:00的发言：

非常感谢seatone.

A选项我也觉得是when错，因为when只表示一个时间点。

但是E如果和35％比的话，为什么要加逗号呢，这样不是会让人误以为和主语the percentage of the population 的比较吗？

可是，seastone,我还想再罗嗦一下：compared to......是作 35 percent of the population 短语的伴随吗？

我只知道分词短语可以作主句的伴随状语修饰主句的谓语动词或者就近修饰其最近的动词.

分词短语可以作一个短语的伴随状语吗？这个分词具体修饰哪个动词呢?