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He came back home in April,by which time his grandfather ___

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He came back home in April,by which time his grandfather _____ ( )
A、had passed away
B、passed away
C、had been passed away
D、was passed away
但是我选B,为什么就不能理解成是:“他的外祖父是在以前的某一年的这个时候死的”呢?
He came back home in April,by which time his grandfather ___
选A没错.
这道题要注意by which time修饰的是哪句话,因为这里有which,所以是这个time是一个定语,修饰的是前一句“He came back home in April”的,而不是修饰“his grandfather.”的.
所以He came back home in April是从句,而his grandfather.才是主句.
by the time 接时间状语的时候,从句要用时间点,而主句要用相对应的完成时,这里的从句he came back是过去时,所以主句要用过去完成时,因此选A.
翻译为:他四月份回来的,那时(他回来时),他爷爷已经死了.而并不是说“他爷爷死的时候,他已经回来了”.