考古題Form 33 Q16

[titin]

Statisticians studying the health effects of uranium mining o Navajo communities have found others besides miners and millworkers to be affected; birth defects, children's cancer, and altered birth ratios of males and females are much higher in mining than in nonmining communities.

A children's cancer, and altered birth ratios of males and females are much higher
B cancer among children, and altered male and female rations at birth are much higher
C cancer among children, and altered birth ratios of males and females occur much more frequently
D altered birth ratios of males and females, and children's cancer are much higher
E altered male and female ratios at birth, and cancer among children occur much more


The answer is C
但我看到cancer among children就會覺得改變句意
為什麼不能選A呢?

[Calvin]

除了ratio可以用higher修飾外，defects, cancer用higher修飾是不是怪怪的？

我倒認為cancer among children反而更貼近句意！

[Behemoth]

children's cancer 句意錯誤!

cancer不只屬於children, 如果這樣的話代表大人都不會得cancer了喔

所以要用cancer among children