Introduced by Italian merchants resident in London during the sixteenth century, in England life insurance remained until the end of the seventeenth century a specialized contract between individual underwriters and their clients, typically being ship owners, overseas merchants, or professional moneylenders.
A. in England life insurance remained until the end of the seventeenth century a specialized contract between individual underwriters and their clients, typically being
B. in England life insurance had remained until the end of the seventeenth century a specialized contract between individual underwriters with their clients, who typically were
C. until the end of the seventeenth century life insurance in England had remained a specialized contract between individual underwriters and their clients, typically
D. life insurance in England remained until the end of the seventeenth century a specialized contract between individual underwriters and their clients, typically
E. life insurance remained until the end of the seventeenth century in England a specialized contract between individual underwriters with their clients, who typically were
答案是D，我想选择C。我的理解是，直到17th，英国的人生保险还是保持着专门的个人和客户间的合同。
introduced during the 16th century,明显是修饰主语名词，应该直接life insurance
-- by 会员 928817265 (2010/3/30 16:28:48)
introduced during the 16th century，在17th centry之前发生的用的都是过去式，所以17th century的时态不能用过去完成时。
-- by 会员 tracyforever (2010/3/30 15:54:09)