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miffyhui

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After decreasing steadily in the mid-1990's, the percentage of students in the United States

finishing high school or having earned equivalency diplomas increased in the last three years of the

decade, up to 86.5 percent in 2000 from 85.9 percent in 1999 and 84.8 percent in 1998.

(A) finishing high school or having earned equivalency diplomas increased in the last three years of

the decade, up to 86.5 percent in 2000 from 85.9 percent in 1999 and

(B) finishing high school or earning equivalency diplomas, increasing in the last three years of the
decade, rising to 86.5 percent in 2000 from 85.9 percent in 1999 and from

(C) having finished high school or earning an equivalency diploma increased in the last three years

of the decade, and rose to 86.5 percent in 2000 from 85.9 percent in 1999 and from

(D) who either finished high school or they earned an equivalency diploma, increasing in the last

three years of the decade, rose to 86.5 percent in 2000 from 85.9 percent in 1999 and

(E) who finished high school or earned equivalency diplomas increased in the last three years of the

decade, to 86.5 percent in 2000 from 85.9 percent in 1999 and

答案是选对了，不过不理解这里为什么，在 increase.....to 中间加一逗号，把宾语和前面的那部分隔开，求解答！

miffyhui

who finished high school or earned equivalency diplomas increased in the last three years of the


decade, to 86.5 percent in 2000 from 85.9 percent in 1999 and

and后面不需要补充from吗？虽然能理解，但是感觉GMAT 题总是能挑刺，这里为什么不要补上介词呢？

leewanz

who finished high school or earned equivalency diplomas increased in the last three years of the


decade, to 86.5 percent in 2000 from 85.9 percent in 1999 and

and后面不需要补充from吗？虽然能理解，但是感觉GMAT 题总是能挑刺，这里为什么不要补上介词呢？

-- by 会员 miffyhui (2012/3/27 15:44:06)

同问~~~为什么不用加from呀，而且列了1999和1998年两个数据，那到底是从那个数据开始的啊？

miffyhui

顶丫，帮忙解答下吧~谢谢了