PREP 28题

beMe

28.(25890-!-item-!-188;#058&002817)

In 1997, despite an economy that marked its sixth full year of uninterrupted expansion with the lowest jobless rate in a quarter century, the number of United States citizens declaring themselves bankrupt has jumped by almost 20 percent, at 1.34 million.

(A) declaring themselves bankrupt has jumped by almost 20 percent, at

(B) declaring themselves bankrupt jumped by almost 20 percent, to

(C) who declared themselves bankrupt has jumped by almost 20 percent, to

(D) who declared themselves bankrupt jumped almost by 20 percent, at

(E) to declare themselves bankrupt jumped almost by 20 percent, at

答案选B,我想问C中用who引导定语从句不行吗，如果把C中时态改成一般过去时，就正确了吗？？

cc621josh

who引导定语从句不是不行，是不够简洁，在这里。要改时态也应该改过去完成时最佳，had jumped，发生在过去的1997年之前完成的事情，我认为。当然一般过去时也可以，当做一个已发生的事实来讲。