prep 1-166 求解答。

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prep 1-166

Shrinking faster than any other nation's,the projected decline of Japan's population is 17 percent

during the next half century.

(A) Shrinking faster than any othernation's, the projected decline of Japan's population is

(B) Shrinking faster than any othernation, Japan's population has a projected decline of

(C) The population of Japan is shrinkingfaster than that of any other nation and is projected todecline by

(D) The Japanese population is shrinkingfaster than any other nation, and it has a projecteddecline at

(E) Japan's population is shrinkingfaster than that of any other nation, with a projected decline at

句子结构：The population of… is shrinking faster than that of… and is projected to…

主语是population，并列谓语为is shrinking and is projected to。

考点：比较、简洁有效

1)        比较，不同范围的相同比较对象对比时，第二个要用代词指代，缺少代词会导致比较对象不对等。
2)  简洁有效，动词比形容词和名词更能清晰有效地表达原句意思。

(A) 现在分词结构在句首修饰主句主语decline，不符合逻辑。

(B) population和any other nation比较对象不对等。

(C)  正确，that指代population，两国的population对比，is shrinking… and is projected…并列谓语。

(D) population和any other nation比较对象不对等；has a projected decline表达罗嗦，动词project比形容词projected更有效。

(E)  名词a decline at…不如动词decline by…表达的含义清晰。

ABE三项的错误很明显。但是在CE两项里面我真的不知道该怎么选择。

感觉从逻辑上来讲，不需要两个动作以并列的方式出现啊。E选项除了japan`s population 不太合适，我没找到其他硬伤啊。 a decline at 和 decline by 的区别有那么重要么。而且正确的独立主格不也常是正确答案的特征之一么。求解答。