prep 163 时态问题

Latiaslee

看了以前的讨论表示都没看懂，要不就是一笔带过让我不太理解。

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The British sociologist and activist Barbara Wootton once noted as a humorous example of income maldistribution that the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo was earning annually exactly what she then earned as director of adult education for London.
(A) that the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo was earning
(B) that the elephant, giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo, had been earning
(C) that there was an elephant giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo, and it earned
(D) the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo and was earning
(E) the elephant giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo and that it earned

答案是A
想问一下为什么B的时态错了？then she earned不是过去吗？为什么不能用过去的过去？
谢谢大家了！！

Latiaslee

upup

随风奔跑

我一开始也纠结在A,B选项，后来觉得吧，这个大象赚的钱和她赚的钱是一个表达收入分配不均的例子，收入分配不均肯定是同时发生的两件事比较，所以时态要保持一致，后面是过去时（earned)，前面也应该是过去时，就把B排除了。

karma3001

that 从句和ing有区别 that强调状态 啥啥啥的大象 ing强调动作 大象干了啥啥啥 显然a符合句意