大全sectionB-17, 题外话

During the first nine months of 1979, textbook publishers incurred substantial costs for creating products that, due to a decline in public funding for instructional material, never were sold.

(A) funding for instructional material, never were

(B) funding for instructional material, never was

(C) funding, the instructional material, was never

(D) funding for instructional material, the products were never（A）

(E) funding, they were never

S

A答案中never were的顺序正确吗?never做副词与be连用难道不应该是be never吗?