og 265

问e为什么不对呢？

265. Thomas Eakins' powerful style and his choices of subject--the advances in modern surgery, the discipline of sport, the strains of individuals in tension with society or even with themselves--was as disturbing to his own time as it is compel­ling for ours.

(A)  was as disturbing to his own time as it is

(B)   were as disturbing to his own time as they are

(C)  has been as disturbing in his own time as they are

(D)  had been as disturbing in his own time as it was

(E)   have been as disturbing in his own time as

the answer is B

to his own time决定了用过去式

主语的一大堆and决定了用复数形式

ours决定了用现在时态

至于they are，我觉得加上使句子表达更精确吧

为什么ours决定了用现在时态呢？

In E, while the plural have agrees in number with the compound subject, the use of the present perfect tense (have been) is inappropriate for characterizing the effect of Eakins' work in his own time.

og 的讲解是这样的。in his own time 和不能用完成时有什么关系呢？

our (time).  time is omitted and understood, so that means now.  

And OG made a very clear explaination why the first one needs to be 'were'.  

再问这句话怎么翻呢？thanks