[問題] 大全987- Q64

[airdog]

After Queen Isabella asked Admiral Columbus to describe the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti), which was newly discovered, he had reached for a sheet of paper, crumpled it, and said, “It looks like that—beyond the mountains, more mountains.”
(A) After Queen Isabella asked Admiral Columbus to describe the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti), which was newly discovered, he had reached
(B) On being asked to describe the new discovery of the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti) by Queen Isabella, Admiral Columbus, reaching
(C) Queen Isabella asked Admiral Columbus to describe the newly discovered island of Hispaniola (now Haiti), then he reached
(D) When asked by Queen Isabella to describe the newly discovered island of Hispaniola (now Haiti), Admiral Columbus reached
(E) After Queen Isabella had asked Admiral Columbus to describe the discovery of the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti), he had reached

答案是D

不解的是原意中的after消失了

沒有竄改原意？

C錯是因為不能用then當連接詞嗎？

[dibert8]

(A) 時間比較晚,卻用過去完成式
(B) 句子沒有動詞
(C) 流水句 (then 是副詞)
(D) 副詞子句 (when...) 省略主詞+be動詞 (i.e. Columbus was)
(E) 時間先後已由 after 表示,無須過去完成式, 非劃線部份 'and said' 透露時態是過去式
從文法的觀點,只有 (D) 才能選.