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1.        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

人怎么变成一种文化了呢？这是OG里的题吗？

是og里的题，如果people是文化的一部分不太好理解，建议可以从排除法入手，首先两个had been错误，没有使用过去完成时的标志词，含义也不对，c中结构为residents were people...，ill-focused and awkward,改变句子原意，而E中的were a peole 更无从谈起，且had been同样有问题

此外，本题中涉及到noun + that+ is/are+ adj的表达问题，在gmat语法中，一般倾向于将之简化为adj +noun

people that were algoquain-speaking 应改为 algoquian-speaking people

a girl that is pretty -> a pretty girl

这样使句子的表达更为简洁

hope it helps...

谢啦帮主，只能用排除法了，ETS大概也是这么解释的吧。