high GMAT practice 8/20

以下是引用Robin在2003-4-15 22:33:00的发言：
Not until the Enlightenment, some 200 years ago, （had society seriously questioned the right of the state that it could execute） its citizens.
A: had society seriously questioned the right of the state that it could execute
B: did society seriously questioned the right of the state that it could execute
C: had society seriously questioned the right of the state for the executing of
D: did society seriously questioned the right of the state to execute
E: had society seriously questioned whether the state had a right that it could execute
Answer: D,
请问如何排除B, 我觉得B和原文的语气一致，比D好。