[讨论]汇总讨论帖里没找到的大全2-19

19.   Federal legislation establishing a fund for the cleanup of sites damaged by toxic chemicals permits compensating state governments for damage to their natural resources but does not allow claims for injury to people.

(A) compensating state governments for damage to

(B) compensating state governments for the damaging of

(C) giving state governments compensation for damaging

(D) giving compensation to state governments for the damage of（A）

(E) the giving of compensation to state governments for damaging

能给解释一下B，C，E怎么错的么？

19.   Federal legislation establishing a fund for the cleanup of sites damaged by toxic chemicals permits compensating state governments for damage to their natural resources but does not allow claims for injury to people.

(A) compensating state governments for damage to (this should be the correct answer, right?)

(B) compensating state governments for the damaging of  ("damaging" is incorrect, should be "damage", and should be "damage to" rather than "damage of")

(C) giving state governments compensation for damaging ("damaing" is incorrect, here "damaging" means Federal legislation causes the damage, but in fact the damage is caused by toxic chemicals)

(D) giving compensation to state governments for the damage of ("giving compensation" is wordy, "damage of" should be "damage to")  

(E) the giving of compensation to state governments for damaging ("the giving of compensation" is wordy and awkward, "damaging" is incorrect for the reason mentioned in option C)