问一道Even as题 和 GWD

新东方补充教材 Section Twelve 第1题，

Even as they never forgave the Crusades who overran their homeland, the Syrians have never absolved the French for taking territory from them.

A. Even as they never forgave
    

A 为正确答案，我查了一下Even as 的用法，是当。。。时候的意思，有哪位能帮忙翻译一下这句话，还有这句话前面是过去时，后面是现在完成时，这样的话，even as作当。。时候的意思在这句话好像有些行不通，那它还有别的意思吗？

2) GWD 1-Q7 A recent review of pay scales indicates that CEO’s now earn an average of 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times in 1980.

A.      that CEO’s now earn an average of 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times

B.       that, on
            average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, a ratio that compares to 42 times

C.      that, on average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, as compared to 42 times their pay, the ratio

D.      CEO’s who now earn on average 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, as compared to 42 times their pay, the ratio

      E.   CEO’s now earning an average of 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, compared to the ratio

   正确答案是C, 我选的B,因为我觉得C中their不太清楚指代谁，是CEO还是Blue-collar workers, 还有as compared 在这里作从句还是非限制定语从句，as 的作用是指代前面一句话还是做连词呢？

请那位帮忙解释一下，多谢！

多谢！

这里even as  是"正如:的意识.就好翻译了.