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一道英语问题whatever the causes,English is now more widely spoken

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一道英语问题
whatever the causes,English is now more widely spoken and written than any other language ______.
A ever was B had ever been
c has ever been D would ever be
我一看选项觉得A看上去很顺口就选A了,问一下有没有A这个用法的.另外为什么选C和其他两个选项也解答一下吧.
这道题考省略用法.句意:不论什么原因,现在英语比其他语言讲的更广泛,写得更广泛.若把这句话补充完整,那就是whatever the causes,English is now more widely spoken and written than any other language has ever been spoken and written widely.但英语有一个原则:简略.所以能省则省.前面有了spoken and written ,后面便可以省略spoken and written.现在完成时一定表示现在的时刻,这一点要记住.此句前面是is,说明是现在时刻.a项是过去式,b项是过去完成时.都是过去的时态,因此不能选.d项是虚拟语气表示“可能会 ”句意不通.a项用法当然有呀,只不过是过去时的省略形式罢了.另外,此句是由whatever引导的名词性从句.