PP68请教

为什么答案是A而不能选C?

removal的确是可以用在这个地方，但是我觉得removal还是和clearance比较对应。。

C又错在什么地方了呢？请高手指教

The cottontail rabbit population in Orange County, California, has increased unchecked in recent years as a result of the removal of the native fox population and the clearing of surrounding woodlands.

A.    years as a result of the removal of

B.    years as a result of removing

C.    years, resulting from the removing of

D.    years, which is result of removing

E.     years, which is a result of the removal of
            

同问，转个解释

(2) first
removal is better.
there are a bunch of words like these, with specific noun forms that, simply because they exist, are considered better than the corresponding gerund (-ing) forms. notable among this class of nouns are the '-al' forms, like removal, betrayal, etc.

unfortunately, there are no general tips of the form you're soliciting; such are the joys of the english language. the closest i can get to a general rule is this: if a special noun form exists, use it. if not, use the -ing form.
            
as for your examples above, you wouldn't want 'removing' because removal is a better substitute. clearing, though, is fine because there's no specially designated noun form for that one.

(1)
you can't use 'resulting from' as an adverbial modifier, as is done here. in general, 'resulting from' is only used as an adjective modifier, almost always without a comma, as in
the pollution resulting from the chemical spill forced all the local residents to evacuate.

错在resulting from可以修饰The cottontail rabbit population ，不如A好，且名词results优于动词resulting，还有作为介词Of宾语名词removal优于动名词removing，至于后面的clearing可能是想表达一种动作型名词，而clearance没有这种表达吧

谢谢