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.


in England life insurance remained until the end of the seventeenth century a specialized contract between individual underwriters and their clients, typically being

in England life insurance had remained until the end of the seventeenth century a specialized contract between individual underwriters with their clients, who typically were

until the end of the seventeenth century life insurance in England had remained a specialized contract between individual underwriters and their clients, typically

life insurance in England remained until the end of the seventeenth century a specialized contract between individual underwriters and their clients, typically

life insurance remained until the end of the seventeenth century in England a specialized contract between individual underwriters with their clients, who typically were

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题目分析:

句首的过去分词短语Introduced by Italian merchants resident in London during the sixteenth century是伴随状语,其逻辑主语需为其所修饰的句子主语。
本题还涉及到一些关于过去时和过去完成时的区别,这里做一个总结:
过去时就是过去的动作,在过去就完成了;过去完成时表达的是过去的过去,所以需要与一个过去的时态作对比,也即如果句子里面没有特别明显表达过去的过去或者没有某个动词是过去时态,那么不会出现过去完成时。


选项分析:

A选项:虽然主句的主语依然是life insurance,但是由于将状语in England放在了句首,所以容易引起introduce的逻辑主语的混淆。另外,typically being ship owners, overseas merchants, or professional moneylenders是现在分词短语,此处的being表示同时性。但在逻辑上,“寿险依然是一个特殊的合同”这个事件和“客户是海外商人等”这个事件间没有明显的同时关系(这些客户本来就是海外商人,并不是因为寿险才是商人,所以两个动作间没有同时关系)。因此,应将being去掉。

B选项:状语in England错误同(A);between…and…是习惯搭配,不能用between…with…;谓语动词remain应改为过去时。整句中没有明确的过去时间作为参照。

C选项:状语 until the end of the seventeenth century错误同理于选项(A);;谓语动词remain应改为过去时错误同(B)。

D选项:Correct。本选项在语法和逻辑上均是正确的。

E选项:between…and…是习惯搭配,不能用between…with…。

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