172.Introduced by Italian merchants resident in London during the sixteenth century, in England life insurance remained until the end of the seventeenth century a specialized contract between individual underwriters and their clients, typically being ship owners, overseas merchants, or professional moneylenders.
A.in England life insurance remained until the end of the seventeenth century a specialized contract between individual underwriters and their clients, typically being
B.in England life insurance had remained until the end of the seventeenth century a specialized contract between individual underwriters with their clients, who typically were
C.until the end of the seventeenth century life insurance in England had remained a specialized contract between individual underwriters and their clients, typically
D.life insurance in England remained until the end of the seventeenth century a specialized contract between individual underwriters and their clients, typically(D)
E.life insurance remained until the end of the seventeenth century in England a specialized contract between individual underwriters with their clients, who typically were 答案给的解释说A． in England 位置不好，应该在修饰对象life insurance后面以使introduced修饰life insurance更为清晰；being多余 in england修饰整个句子不可以吗？强调整个事件是在英国的情况
我觉得解释里已经讲的很明确了，in England在前面的确很影响Introduced 和life insurance 的关系。再说in England 没必要一定要去强调整个句子，只需让人知道是.life insurance in England 就可以了，所以从句子结构清晰度上来说，A的确比C差了很多，甚至不如D。
in england, life insurance....是“在英格兰，生命保险是。。。。”那也就暗指“在别的地方，生命保险不是。。。”这样的表达是有歧义的，因为原文肯定没有要暗指别的地方的意思，有一道prep题： On Earth, among the surest indications of sunspot cycles are believed to be the rate that trees grow, as seen in the rings visible in the cross sections of their trunks. A. On Earth, among the surest indications of sunspot cycles are believed to be the rate that trees grow B. On Earth, among the surest indications of sunspot cycles are, it is believed, the rate of tree growth C. On Earth, the rate at which trees grow is believed to be among the surest indications of sunspot cycles D. Among the surest indications on Earth of sunspot cycles, believed to be the tree growth rate E. Among the surest indications on Earth of sunspot cycles is believed to be the rate at which trees grow 然后是RON的解答： the placement of 'on earth' is also much better in e than in a. - e says what it's supposed to say: we're looking at indications that are on earth. (this answer choice implies that better indicators are available elsewhere - presumably closer to the sun.) - a says that tree growth is believed to be a good indicator by people on earth (--> martians beg to differ). 说明火星上是另一种情况？ some things wrong with c: * the placement of 'on earth' is just as problematic as in choice a (again, the sentence seems to be saying that residents of other planets disagree with us). 我觉得两句话是相似的 life insurance in england——we are talking about life insurance that are in england In England, life insurance....——the sentence seems to be saying that life insurance of other places disagree with the one in england
关于那道earth的题： stacey的评论——As for C, it implies first that this belief is only true "on earth" but maybe people living on other planets have different views. That's nonsensical.
回到这题就是，“insurance remained until the end of the seventeenth century a specialized contract between individual underwriters and their clients”这件事，只在英格兰发生，这种说法是不make sense的。因为我们不知道别的国家如何
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