请教GWD-30-Q39，谢谢呀！

slmne

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.

A.[font=]the first literate culture in East Asia
were the Shang, and they were well known for craftingB.[font=]the first literate culture in East Asia
were the Shang, well known as the crafters ofC.[font=]the Shang, as the first literate culture in East Asia
, is well known for its craftingD.[font=]the Shang were the first literate culture in East Asia
and are well known as the crafters ofE.[font=]the Shang were the first literate culture in East Asia
and well known for its crafted
答案选D。
其中这句话，the Shang were the first leterate culture in EA, the Shang指的是商代的人，用were这里没有问题。后面是are说明到现在还是认为well known。
问题是这句话是主系表结构，那么表语是对主语的描述，说明，搭配必须合理才可以呀。我们怎么可以说商代的人是 the first leterate culture 呢？是我翻译错了还是另有所指？谢谢大家！

想問句意 和 nowhere 和誰比較?   There is  nowhere in early American literature where the influence of Jane Austen is so  apparent as the novels of James Fenimore Cooper.

A. There  is nowhere in early American literature where the influence of Jane Austen is  so apparent as

B. In early American literature, nowhere is  Jane Austin's influence so apparent than in

C. It is  nowhere more apparent in early American literature that Jane Austen was an influence as in

D.  Nowhere in early American literature is the influence of Jane Austen more  apparent than in

E.  Nowhere in early American literature is it more apparent that Jane Austen had  an influence than

想問句意 和 nowhere 和誰比較?   There is  nowhere in early American literature where the influence of Jane Austen is so  apparent as the novels of James Fenimore Cooper.

A. There  is nowhere in early American literature where the influence of Jane Austen is  so apparent as

B. In early American literature, nowhere is  Jane Austin's influence so apparent than in

C. It is  nowhere more apparent in early American literature that Jane Austen was an influence as in

D.  Nowhere in early American literature is the influence of Jane Austen more  apparent than in

E.  Nowhere in early American literature is it more apparent that Jane Austen had  an influence than

mop000

being China’s first administrators,说的是人，所以主语应该是the Shang（商朝人）， 所以排除A,B。
the Shang 对应谓语应该用复数，所以排除C。
E可理解成省略了were，即 the Shang were the first literate culture in East Asia and （were）well known for its crafted，
但是这里用are 更合理，即商朝人以xx闻名，这个现在仍成立。
另外E中its也不对，应该是their。

slmne

谢谢啦！！
其实我也是用排除法来做的~但是做完了以后我就是没有理解答案这句，为什么可以说The shang were the first literate culture.因为我们不是认为the shang 是商朝的人么，那么这样我们怎么用主系表说shang were the culture? 我觉得这里搭配对应不上呀。。
3q again！