同意楼上的说法,我作时也觉得此题有问题,只有A的平行结构正确,但A的“had become”看得不顺眼。实在没有办法,只能理解为: she had become ill before she was discharged in 1783. 即:她在1782-1783这一年之间had become ill, 所以此动作发生在she was discharged in 1783之前。
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