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Based on accounts of various ancient writers, scholars have painted a sketchy pictures of the activities of an all-female cult that, perhaps as early as the sixth century BC,
workshipped a goddness known in Latin as Bona Dea, 'the good goddess;.

A. Based on accounts of various ancient writers
B. Basing it on various ancient writers' accounts
C. With accounts of various ancient writers used for a basis
D. By the accounts of various ancient writers they used
E. Using accounts of various ancient writers

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我觉得选E。查了一下base on是动词短语，缺了主格应该不可以吧