新prep上一道关于时态的题

seanceserene

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 Englandlife insurance remained until the end of the seventeenth century a specialized contract
   between individual underwriters and their clients, typically being
B. in Englandlife 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 Englandhad remained a specialized contract
   between individual underwriters and their clients, typically
D. life insurance in Englandremained until the end of the seventeenth century a specialized contract
   between individual underwriters and their clients, typically
E. life insurance remained until the end of the seventeenth century in Englanda specialized contract
   between individual underwriters with their clients, who typically were

答案是D，这里为什么不用过去完成时呢？和until的用法有关吗？请教～～～

aobailing

过去完成时要有以句子中的过去为基础,往之前推,才可以使用
这里体现出过去的过去

hangtianyuan

这个题完全是叙述顺序问题啊 不必拘泥于时态。
原句A的being用的很没必要。
Between ... and 干掉BE。
剩下CD，C的那个until开头的句子使得前面的introduced语句修饰谁变得开始不清楚。
D很清晰， life insurance in England 这个主语放的位置读起来很完美。

PS：哪里写过去完成时了啊，我只看到 life insureance remained 这个结构.

aobailing

C项中有HADREMAINED,不过之间没有打空格