OG11-DT39

DTV 39

According to scholars, the earliest writing was probably not a direct rendering of speech, but was more likely to begin as a separate and distinct symbolic system of communication, and only later merged with spoken language.

A. was more likely to begin as

B. more than likely began as

C. more than likely beginning from

D. it was more than likely begun from

E. it was more likely that it began

答案 B

答案解释说是平衡三个动词….既然这样…那not…but在这边要作何解释呢?既然and平衡三个…那but的功用是啥?