求解一道英语语法题关於倒装句和时态问题的.

题目

求解一道英语语法题关於倒装句和时态问题的.
Seldom _________ an article that was so full of lies.
A.have I read B.I have read C.had I read D.I had read
答案的解释是不能说先于 was 发生,因为是先有文章后才读,而不是先读后才有文章.故只能选A.但我认为应该选C.不是应该是先读了之后在发现文章充满谎言吗?还是说was是一直存在的,不在乎先后.那如果将后句改成I found that it was so full of lies,那是否答案是选C呢?

答案

首先肯定,否定副词seldom放句首,句子要部分倒装,所以排除B和D.为了简化思维,我们用正常词序来思考,是：I have seldom read an article that was so full of lies.还是：I had seldom read an article that was so fu...