Diabetes, together with its serious complications, ranks as the nation's third leading cause of Death, surpassed only by heart disease and cancer (a) ranks as the nation's third leading cause of Death, surpassed only (b) rank as the nation's third leading cause of Death, only surpassed (c) has the rank of the nation's third leading cause of Death, only surpassed (d) are the nation's third leading causes of Death, surpassed only (e) have been ranked as the nation's third leading causes of Death, only surpassed
答案选A,有一个小问题:过去分词(surpassed)在句尾部不是应该修饰离它最近的名次吗? 难道它的修饰对象不是diabetes 而是leading cause of death?