求教大全157，即885SECTION B-19,我是新手，刚刚上路，但我也关爱CD，为了一个共同的目标，请各位大侠帮忙

Balzac drank more than fifty cups of coffee a day and died of caffeine poisoning; furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother Samuel Johnson, the great writer and lexicographer, who was reported to have drunk twenty-five cups of tea at one sitting.

(A) furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother

(B) however, caffeine did not seem to bother

(C) however, caffeine did not seem to have bothered

(D) furthermore, caffeine did not seem to have bothered（B）

(E) in addition, caffeine did not seem to bother

I THINK ANSWER C IS BETTER THAN B,WHO CAN HELP ME?

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seem to bother(一般时态的不定式)表达的是一般情况，seem和bother同时发生；而seem to have bothered(完成时态的不定式)表达的是bothered发生在seem之前，换言之，以前没有bothered，但现在可能bother，所以逻辑上B更合理。