请教 OG10－sc－17

17. 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

(E)   were a people which had been part of a wide­spread, Algonquian-speaking culture

答案为什么是A呢？

That 从句的主语是residents，宾语是culture

我的理解是答案A的意思是：residents were culture，逻辑上也不对啊

不好意思，我的理解有错误

residents 可以是culture的一部分

residents were part of culture.没问题

A是答案