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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.
答案是D.搞不清楚为什么用were, the Shang是单数名词啊,还是有其他原因,谢谢!
莫有找到啊,是不是XY13里面的重题啊,XY13偶还没做啊
the Sang就做主语了所以跟动词
http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=23&ID=167522&page=5
for your reference.
多谢!
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。-------香香茶
In addition to being China’s first administrators,...., the Shang were
主语是the Shang, 朝代是单复数同形吗? 这是一种特别用法还是语法点?The Shang的单复数为什么由administrators?
我刚才又仔细看了看，有了点新想法。
首先，句子的主语必须是in addition to being的逻辑主语，能够成为adminstrators的只可能是the Shang而非culture。这里的the Shang我把它理解为商朝的人，而非商朝本身。从逻辑上来看，文化（或文明）不能是中国第一代统治者，只有人才是，所以确定了主句的主语。
其次，既然主语是人了，那么单复数就好定了。你也许会说人怎么可能成为文化呢，这一点让OG来证明：
17. Native American burial sites dating back 5,000 years indicate that the residents of Maine at that time were part of a widespread culture of Algonquian-speaking people.
(A) were part of a widespread culture of Algonquian-speaking people
(B) had been part of a widespread culture of people who were Algonquian-speaking
(C) were people who were part of a widespread culture that was Algonquian-speaking
(D) had been people who were part of a widespread culture that was Algonquian-speaking（A）
(E) were a people which had been part of a widespread, Algonquian-speaking culture
Choice A is best because it correctly uses the simple past tense, the residents... at that time were, and because it is the most concise. In B and D, the replacement of were with the past perfect had been needlessly changes the original meaning by suggesting that the Native Americans had previously ceased to be part of the widespread culture. All of the choices but A are wordy, and in C, D, and E the word people redundantly describes the residents rather than the larger group to which the residents belonged. These choices are also imprecise because they state that the culture, rather than people, spoke the Algonquian language. Choice E displays inconsistent tenses and an error of pronoun reference, people which.
Hope it helps
我觉得前面的administrators，the Shang似乎是有点矛盾
但是没划线，只能当是复数
但是后面是文化，又显的没法判断
我个人感觉单数就是朝代，复数就是商朝人
问题在于“商朝是文化”还是“商朝人是文化”？
商朝人最多是部分的文化
我感觉还是应该是商朝是文化
人是文化，那宠物就不是文化了？
房子不是文化？建筑不是文化？鸟语花香，谈情说爱不是文化？？？
我刚才又仔细看了看，有了点新想法。
首先，句子的主语必须是in addition to being的逻辑主语，能够成为adminstrators的只可能是the Shang而非culture。这里的the Shang我把它理解为商朝的人，而非商朝本身。从逻辑上来看，文化（或文明）不能是中国第一代统治者，只有人才是，所以确定了主句的主语。
其次，既然主语是人了，那么单复数就好定了。你也许会说人怎么可能成为文化呢，这一点让OG来证明：
17. Native American burial sites dating back 5,000 years indicate that the residents of Maine at that time were part of a widespread culture of Algonquian-speaking people.
(A) were part of a widespread culture of Algonquian-speaking people
(B) had been part of a widespread culture of people who were Algonquian-speaking
(C) were people who were part of a widespread culture that was Algonquian-speaking
(D) had been people who were part of a widespread culture that was Algonquian-speaking（A）
(E) were a people which had been part of a widespread, Algonquian-speaking culture
Choice A is best because it correctly uses the simple past tense, the residents... at that time were, and because it is the most concise. In B and D, the replacement of were with the past perfect had been needlessly changes the original meaning by suggesting that the Native Americans had previously ceased to be part of the widespread culture. All of the choices but A are wordy, and in C, D, and E the word people redundantly describes the residents rather than the larger group to which the residents belonged. These choices are also imprecise because they state that the culture, rather than people, spoke the Algonquian language. Choice E displays inconsistent tenses and an error of pronoun reference, people which.
Hope it helps
OG这个题人前面有个of,根据核心词就可以判断(the residents of Maine ), GWD这个题没有of,是不是起一样的作用呢
上面的几位大牛，我还是有点不太理解，为什么 the Shang were the first literate culture in East Asia and are well known as the crafters of 中，为什么一会儿用WERE，一会儿用ARE
如果说前面的were是因为Shang曾经是East Asia的first literate，那后面为什么要用are呢，它也曾经是crafters of ornate bronze ritual vessels啊
如果不看正确答案，大家到底是如何判断，它作为crafters of ornate bronze ritual vessels到底是现在仍然be well known还是现在已经不be well known了呢
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.
我这样做这道题目，先判断逻辑主语，应该是商朝人而不是文化，排除AB，再看CDE，两个its太扎眼，就选了D
In addition to being China’s first administrators,...., the Shang were
主语是the Shang, 朝代是单复数同形吗? 这是一种特别用法还是语法点?The Shang的单复数为什么由administrators?
in my opinion,
the sentense construction is " In addition to being China’s first administrators,...., the Shang were..",
so the Shang = 统治者men, so use plural verb.
the two different verb tense inidicate of the different situation and time..--present and past
in A, the only problem is " 商朝人是文化" , but it's not big deal.
others have more problems..
so A is best
要不是中国人，你这题不会做错。
GMAT大忌：把专业知识带入考试
找到原文了. The Shang were the first literate culture in East Asia and are well known for crafting ornate bronze ritual vessels. They were also China's first administrators, developing a coherent bureaucracy for their empire, and were able to marshall the human labor required to build rammed earth walls such as those found at the Huanbei Shang City.
http://www.archaeology.org/0005/newsbriefs/shang.html
The Shang明显指人. 个人觉得这题出得不严紧, 但中了GMAT宗旨 - POE (process of elimination)
时态最后考虑，优先考虑逻辑主语和一致性问题。可能是原则。
上面的几位大牛，我还是有点不太理解，为什么 the Shang were the first literate culture in East Asia and are well known as the crafters of 中，为什么一会儿用WERE，一会儿用ARE
如果说前面的were是因为Shang曾经是East Asia的first literate，那后面为什么要用are呢，它也曾经是crafters of ornate bronze ritual vessels啊
如果不看正确答案，大家到底是如何判断，它作为crafters of ornate bronze ritual vessels到底是现在仍然be well known还是现在已经不be well known了呢
跟crafters of ornate bronze ritual vessels没有关系吧.就是因为他现在仍被be well known所以用现在事态啦
我感觉人还是作为文化来讲的
继续糊涂中~~
有关于为何用the Shang were the first literate culture….，因为这是过去事实，不存在现在的时间点，商朝已经灭忙了。至于the Shang are well known as the crafters…，是要表现青铜器皿在今日仍知名，我想今日没人有在作吧！如果用了过去式，就代表今日已经不知名啦，是过去知名。
请指教！
我是这样想的：
在prep的前十题中有一道说了，the shang和the oneida一样，是复数，crafting这个动作决定了，开头是shang，因为只有他可能发出那种动作，所以只有cde可以考虑。e中的its和shang的复数概念不搭配，c中is的单数也不对，所以d对。
各位nn，这种想法对吗？
但是know as 是错误的阿，应该用Know for
我对于E的理解是把后面的那个were给省略了!!!
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我刚才又仔细看了看，有了点新想法。
首先，句子的主语必须是in addition to being的逻辑主语，能够成为adminstrators的只可能是the Shang而非culture。这里的the Shang我把它理解为商朝的人，而非商朝本身。从逻辑上来看，文化（或文明）不能是中国第一代统治者，只有人才是，所以确定了主句的主语。
其次，既然主语是人了，那么单复数就好定了。你也许会说人怎么可能成为文化呢，这一点让OG来证明：
17. Native American burial sites dating back 5,000 years indicate that the residents of Maine at that time were part of a widespread culture of Algonquian-speaking people.
(A) were part of a widespread culture of Algonquian-speaking people
(B) had been part of a widespread culture of people who were Algonquian-speaking
(C) were people who were part of a widespread culture that was Algonquian-speaking
(D) had been people who were part of a widespread culture that was Algonquian-speaking（A）
(E) were a people which had been part of a widespread, Algonquian-speaking culture
Choice A is best because it correctly uses the simple past tense, the residents... at that time were, and because it is the most concise. In B and D, the replacement of were with the past perfect had been needlessly changes the original meaning by suggesting that the Native Americans had previously ceased to be part of the widespread culture. All of the choices but A are wordy, and in C, D, and E the word people redundantly describes the residents rather than the larger group to which the residents belonged. These choices are also imprecise because they state that the culture, rather than people, spoke the Algonquian language. Choice E displays inconsistent tenses and an error of pronoun reference, people which.
Hope it helps
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香香茶 发表于 2006-6-6 13:02
我刚才又仔细看了看，有了点新想法。首先，句子的主语必须是in addition to being的逻辑主语，能够成为admi ...
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