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319.    From 1982 to 1987 sales of new small boats increased between five and ten percent annually.
(A) From 1982 to 1987 sales of new small boats increased between five and ten percent annually.
(B) Five to ten percent is the annual increase in sales of new small boats in the years 1982 to 1987.
(C) Sales of new small boats have increased annually five and ten percent in the years 1982 to 1987.
(D) Annually an increase of five to ten percent has occurred between 1982 and 1987 in the sales of new small boats.
(E) Occurring from 1982 to 1987 was an annual increase of five and ten percent in the sales of new small boats
如果是a,between 5 and 10% 那么不是说增长就是在5和10两个数字之间选择，应该用from...to...才可以吧，所以我选b

深海的小美人鱼

以下是引用ballpark在2003-11-8 3:52:00的发言：
319. From 1982 to 1987 sales of new small boats increased between five and ten percent annually.
(A) From 1982 to 1987 sales of new small boats increased between five and ten percent annually.
(B) Five to ten percent is the annual increase in sales of new small boats in the years 1982 to 1987.
(C) Sales of new small boats have increased annually five and ten percent in the years 1982 to 1987.
(D) Annually an increase of five to ten percent has occurred between 1982 and 1987 in the sales of new small boats.
(E) Occurring from 1982 to 1987 was an annual increase of five and ten percent in the sales of new small boats
如果是a,between 5 and 10% 那么不是说增长就是在5和10两个数字之间选择，应该用from...to...才可以吧，所以我选b

between 5 and 10% 就是说5％或者10％
from 5%to 10% 包括5％。 6％，7％。。。10％不等

ballpark

so why the answer is a?

深海的小美人鱼

because A is the best one.
compared with A, B is awkward. it is not correct to say that 'in the years 19**to 19**
C changes the original meaning. Both B and C adopt awkward sentence structure.
D) Annually an increase of five to ten percent has occurred between 1982 and 1987 in the sales of new small boats ...

If use annually, then the tense is not correct. plus. "between 1982and 1987" changes the original meaning from1982-1987
(E) is too wordy and not logically expressed.

ballpark

but in A  "between five and ten percent " also weird

深海的小美人鱼

why?

I don't think it is weird.
between 5% and 10%, what's wrong with that?

You have to make choice between 5% and 10%.
Your salary might be improved between 5% and 10%.
meaning, you only have two choices, 5% or 10%

深海的小美人鱼

just bear in mind that you only have to choose the best answer among those five.

gemj

between 5 and 10% 说的是增长率在5％至10％之间。
可以是这两个数字之间的任何一个数字，但并非全部包括。
这样表达没有任何问题啊。

B中的Five to ten percent is the annual increase 显然UNIDIOMATIC。

cxj

Agree with gemj, it sounds understandable.