og11-3,哪位跟我讲讲这2者的区别

3. 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

surpassed only 和only surpassed 我怎么觉得一样呀?

两者的区别就在形容的对象上，在这里可以通用没关系。

我觉得应该有区别吧?

还是找不到哪里验证

极端修饰词最好不要改变其位置。

顶起来。我也有这个疑问，呵呵。

C is too wordy

not the best choice.