急问！！！

hydin

For the first time in the modern era, non-Hispanic Whites are officially a minority in California, which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly there-quarters only a decade ago.

1. which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters only a decade ago
   
2. which amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when it was nearly three-quarters
   
3. and that amounts to a little less than half the population of the state, down from a decade ago, when they were nearly three-quarters
   
4. amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from nearly three-quarters a decade ago
   
5. amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from what it was a decade ago by nearly three-quarters
   

答案是D。。。。我觉得E比较对啊。。。求问为什么

hydin

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sayysong

算算数，现在是约1/2，如果是E的话，那么就是从10年前的某个数降了3/4(by three-quarters),
1/2 + 3/4 超过 1 啦。。。
所以应该是从3/4降到了1/2才对，也就是D的意思。

仙蒂瑞拉

5.amounting to a little less than half the population of the state, down from what it was a decade ago by nearly three-quarters.

what it was a decade age 指代的就是3/4这个比例,与后面的 by nearly three-quarters重复.所以不对.

另外,E有点罗嗦啊~~你看D又清晰又简单...长得就像正确选项~~