Last year the number of death increased 2% 4% the year before.A. to comparing toB. by c

问题补充：

Last year the number of death increased 2% 4% the year before.

A. to, comparing to

B. by, comparing with

C. to, compared with

D. by, compared to

答案：

A. to, comparing to

B. by, comparing with

C. to, compared with

(答案→)D. by, compared to

解析：考查介词和过去分词做状语，第一空是by，increase to增加到，increase by增加了，第二空是过去分词做状语因为4%是被和2%比较，句意：和前年的4%比较，去年死亡的数量已经增加了2%。选D。