Last year the number of death increased by 2%-5% the year before last.A. comparing to B.

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。