gwd 30-39

bloomingdales

Q39:

In addition to being China’s first administrators, in the sense that they developed a coherent bureaucracy for their empire, the first literate culture in East Asia were the Shang, and they were well known for crafting ornate bronze ritual vessels.

1. the first literate culture in East Asia were the Shang, and they were well known for crafting
2. the first literate culture in East Asia were the Shang, well known as the crafters of
3. the Shang, as the first literate culture in East Asia, is well known for its crafting
4. the Shang were the first literate culture in East Asia and are well known as the crafters of
5. the Shang were the first literate culture in East Asia and well known for its crafted

答案D。可是我选的是C。 并且排出了D，因为the Shang, 是单数，谓语动词应该是单数，怎么成了were 呢？请高手指点

IORIYAGAMI

还是觉得这道题有问题。“the Shang were the first literate

culture in East Asia”这里的shang的意思应该是商国，人怎么会是

culture呢？但是“are well known as the crafters”这里的主语又是“

商”人。

himba

D也有问题，the Shang were the first literate culture in East Asia and

are well known as the crafters of 后半句SHANG似乎有在说是商朝人，前面半句是

商朝是第一个文明。还是C比较好。需要把前面的administors改成单数。

总之比较混乱

windlake

对此句逻辑意思有些疑惑

how to translate?

aegeanyoung

这题出的还是有点水平的。

the shang是单数还是复数，可以由前面未划线部分的administrators和

they来决定，如果没有注意到前面，很有可能看成单数误选C。接着由于

and前后分别一个说过去的事情，一个说现在的事情，所以两个谓语动词就

算原形一样，可因为过去式和现在式不同，所以一个也不能省。淘汰E。为

了避免大家基于不同的见解，针对过去和现在的问题有争议，导致怀疑E中

第二个BE动词可省略的话，那么来个it，使它罪加一等，这样不选D都不行

了。

snowmoon

同意楼上的分析

blueshandys

In addition to being China’s first administrators

do you see the -S at the end of administratorS ?