OG12 语法76题的时态问题

shixiaoliu1986

Retailers reported moderate gains in their November sales, as much because of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that shoppers were getting a head start on buying their holiday gifts.
(A) of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that
(B) of their sales a year earlier having been as bad as because
(C) of their sales a year earlier being as bad as because
(D) their sales a year earlier had been so bad as because
(E) their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that
答案是D，我觉得逻辑上没有问题，就是D选项的时态我有点不明白，为什么要用过去完成时，而不是对应的过去时～谢谢～

wenchang_yiy

同不理解，我是这样考虑的，非考点时态问题出题人并不会去死扣，这里过去式和过去完成时都可以，如果是我出题这里就是完成时，后面的becasue从句也是完成时，因为因果关系存在着必然的时间先后顺序，因在前果在后

gracefighting

过去完成时具有比较过去的过去发生的事情  以及 过去发生的事情的意思

11月份（过去某时）的销售增长     一是因为在那以前（过去的过去）销售很差，二是因为那个时候（过去）人们开始狂买

luckxiang

同意2楼的，过去的过去用Had+动词过去分词。

shijiaxin13

很明显啊，之前reported已经是过去式，一年前的销售是更过去的事情，因此该用过去的过去啊··