问题
单项选择题
The woman proceeded gently to tickle that withered chin of seventy, much as it had been that of a four- or five-year old child.
A. much as if it was that
B. much as though it were that
C. much as though it has been that
D. much as though it had been that
答案
参考答案：D
解析：此句是个纯虚拟句，以much as though引导的成分，因为是虚拟的，所以之后的动词应该用had been，而much as though便是这种虚拟推测句的基本要素。