老prep sc 105有一点不明白

miffyhui

105.    (29961-!-item-!-188;#058&004575

2001 proved to be the automaker's first losing year since 1992, when the company had lost $7.4 billion, which was primarily because of almost $7 billion in accounting charges.

(A) when the company had lost $7.4 billion, which was primarily because of
(B) when the company had lost $7.4 billion, primarily resulting from
(C) when the company lost $7.4 billion, primarily because of
(D) which is when the company lost $7.4 billion, and that was primarily because of
(E) which is when the company lost $7.4 billion, primarily resulting from
我选B的理由是: when 引导的状语从句修饰1992,而它发生在2001年前,所以采用过去完成时
谁能帮我纠正下我的错误思维,不胜感激,都已经选错两次了

miffyhui

噢，谢谢，懂了

ttturtlett

過去完成式的出現一定是要強調事件的先後順序所造成的因果關係。
如OG12, 36題
Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff, Dborah Sampson, the first woman to draw a soldier's pension, joined the Continental Army in 1782 at the age of 22, was injured three times and was discharged in 1783 because she had become too ill to serve.
had become too ill ,  用過去完成式因為是先病在先才造成她被 discharged

然而本題1992 本來就在2001之前，而且the company lost 7.4 billion 是單純敘述1992發生的事，沒有強烈的因果關系，所以用過去簡單式就可以了。