Gmat 语法

题目

Gmat 语法
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
我选的是C 但是错了.请各位朋友帮我分析

答案

首先“in 1997”是一个时间点,所以用过去式
其次,“almost”是用来修饰20%的,所以要作by的宾语,放在by后面
并不是说“几乎上升了20%”——几乎上升的话,这样你到底有没有上升都是问题——而是说“上升了几乎20%”,这样是在上升的程度上有不确定、表示很高.
所以答案出来了,B