[G求助]10THOG-43(已查仍很困惑)

In the minds of many people living in England, before Australia was Australia, it was the antipodes, the opposite pole to civilization, an obscure and unimaginable place that was considered the end of the world.

(A) before Australia was Australia, it was the antipodes

(B) before there was Australia, it was the antipodes

(C) it was the antipodes that was Australia

(D) Australia was what was the antipodes（A）

(E) Australia was what had been known as the antipodes

In B, it has no logical referent, because the previous clause describes a time when there was no Australia.
  

 OG解释:

E similarly distorts the original meaning, and the past perfect had been is inconsistent with the past tense used to establish a time frame for the rest of the sentence.