问题补充:
Last year the number of death increased by 2%-5% the year before last.
A. comparing to
B. comparing with
C. to compare with
D. compared with
答案:
A. comparing to
B. comparing with
C. to compare with
(答案→)D. compared with
解析: 考查非谓语动词。Compare和逻辑主语the number of death之间是动宾关系,所以要用过去分词表被动,选D。