[求助]jj sc 两道

1  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. the first literate culture in East Asia were the Shang, and they were well known for crafting
B. the first literate culture in East Asia were the Shang, well known as the crafters of
C. the Shang, as the first literate culture in East Asia, is well known for its crafting
D. the Shang were the first literate culture in East Asia and are well known as the crafters of
E. the Shang were the first literate culture in East Asia and well known for its crafted

2    In 1981 children in the United States spent an average of slightly less than two and a half hours a week doing household chores; by 1997 they had spent nearly six hours a week.

A. chores; by 1997 they had spent nearly six hours a week
B. chores; by 1997 that figure had grown to nearly six hours a week
C. chores, whereas nearly six hours a week were spent in 1997
D. chores, compared with a figure of nearly six hours a week in 1997
E. chores, that figure growing to nearly six hours a week in 1997

这两题应该选什么呢

第一题中那个 SHANG 到底是个什么啊 是单数还是复数啊

第二题中是B吗

都是GWD题目，在语法专区可以找到前辈们的讨论的

第一个shang当然是商朝，从administrators和they可以看出是复数，这题我倾向选D

第二题同意是B，cde的in 1997改变了原意，Athey指代不明

gmat怎么尽爱找争议题出

 In addition to being China’s first administrators, in the sense that they developed a coherent bureaucracy for their empire,

in addition to being这个部分要是放在选项里，很多人会说累赘，会说一般不这么说的，对吧？

所以要多读句子，多看结构

agree with D，B