Which of the following statements, if true, most strengthens the author’s claim that there are far fewer children available for adoption than there are people who want to adopt?

(A) The number of couples waiting to adopt has increased significantly in the last decade.

(B) The number of adoptions in the current year is greater than the number of adoptions in any preceding year.

(C) The number of adoptions in a year is approximately equal to the number of children available for adoption in that period.

(D) People who seek to adopt children often go through a long process of interviews and investigation by adoption agencies.（C）

(E) People who seek to adopt children generally make very good parents.

我是用排除法作出正确答案的，但想不通C哪里strengthen了

C是不是再说每年实际领养的小孩人数等于可被领养的小孩人数啊

50,000 adoptions 是1982年的数据，好像不能拿来和现在的情况（200万夫妇）作比较

想不通啊

哪位NN指点一下啊

是啊，所以说如果对C取非的话，虽然只有5000小孩被领养，但是实际上可能还有很多的小孩在等待领养，因此想要领养的人不一定多于等待领养的小孩~

至于你说的时间……题目都说了是最后一次统计的数据了，那当然就是目前为止最能拿来利用的数据啊，不过，这只是个人意见拉~

ms有点明白了

这年头做题还要考虑言下之意啊