Question

Nokia, the world’s largest mobile phone maker, said that over the first nine months of the year it ________ 23 million handsets in China, an increase of 77 percent ________ the same period a year ago．

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A．

had sold; compared to

B．

has sold; compared to

C．

sold; comparing with

D．

was selling; compared with

Answer 1

答案：A
解析：

第一个空的动词sell应发生在主句谓语said之前，即“过去的过去”，应用过去完成时；第二个空用过去分词表示“(被)与一年前的同期比起来”。