求教一道语法题。

dandan74

这道题有些模不到头绪：新东方语法section 1, 第 12 题
Traveling the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly began heir pioneering work in ethnomusicology , and they were armed only with an Edison phonograph and insatiable curiosity.

为什么要选：
C： In 1905 Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly egan their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, traveling the back roads of Hungary armed only...

为什么原句不对呢?

ygjm

原句没有c简洁， GMAT语法里面， 简洁也是一个考虑要素。
而且，in 1905在 travelling之后， 就是说，好像他们一直在travelling，直到1905才。。。

dandan74

I got it. Thank you very much!