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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

这题答案是A，可是把A简化后变成residents were culture,  逻辑上没有问题吗？

Residents were part of a culture. 没有问题的，culture 是有很多部分组成的，比如人，历史，。。。，

这题其实就两个points: 1. 人(people, or residents) were part of a culture.  2. People are Algonquian-speaking. 所以Algonquian-speaking 只能修饰人，不能修饰culture, because culture can NOT speak.

Hope that helps!