GWD-30-39

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

            Key is D. 看起来好像前面有administrators, 所以Shang应该是复数，但是我还是有点倾向C, 请帮忙指正

C改变了句子的重心，原句强调商除了是中国第一个统制王朝In addition to being China’s first administrators还是东亚最早的文化were the first literate culture in East Asia两者是并列关系，B把后者降级为从属关系，改变了原意。

八神顶LS，C除了单复数搭配不对之外，还改变了句子的重心。将主谓语改成了插入成份。

本题由未划线部分they/their等得到提示：Shang应为复数名词，排除C and E

同时由居首介词短语等修饰成份得到提示，主语应为Shang，而不是culture. 排除A and B

选出D选项