The total market value of real estate in Altonville has steadily declined over the past four years. This decline has meant that the overall figure on which the city’s property tax is based—the assessed value of that real estate—has also declined. Moreover, the percentage of assessed value that was paid as property taxes to the city did not change during this period.
房地产市场价格下跌。评估价格也下降，而评估价格是税收的基础。但是，税率并没有变化。
The information above most strongly supports which of the following?
A.Money collected from property taxes provided most of Altonville’s revenue during the past four years.
B.The percentage of Altonville’s overall revenue that was collected from property taxes did not change over the past four years. （评估价格变化，税率不变，revenue肯定是变化的）
C.Altonville officials had proposed raising property tax rates during the past four years but never did so because of strong opposition from property owners.
D.The total amount of revenue that Altonville has collected from property taxes has declined over the past four years.
E.During the past four years, Altonville officials also did not increase tax rates on other sources of revenue such as retail sales or business profits.