[求助]GWD30-39

GWD30-Q39:

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.

1. the first literate culture in East Asia were the Shang, and they were well known for crafting
2. the first literate culture in East Asia were the Shang, well known as the crafters of
3. the Shang, as the first literate culture in East Asia, is well known for its crafting
4. the Shang were the first literate culture in East Asia and are well known as the crafters of
5. the Shang were the first literate culture in East Asia and well known for its crafted

我选了C, 答案选D，请教为什么这里应该/可以用复数？谢谢！

自己明白了，因为"In addition to...administrators" 这里adminstrators是复数，所以E也不对，“for its crafterd”这里its错了。

sigh, 够狡猾的。

那为什么两个动词的词性不一样呢?

如果把the Shang = the people in Shang dynasty 那么 sb is known as XXXX是正确用法。

the Shang were the first literate culture in East Asia and are well known as the crafters of

The Shang 是复数嘛？不是应该是单数的。