GWD-30-Q39

piratewings

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.
A.    the first literate culture in East Asia were the Shang, and they were well known for crafting
B.    the first literate culture in East Asia were the Shang, well known as the crafters of
C.    the Shang, as the first literate culture in East Asia, is well known for its crafting
D.    the Shang were the first literate culture in East Asia and are well known as the crafters of
E.    the Shang were the first literate culture in East Asia and well known
为什么Shang后面要跟were复数形式而不是was，我觉得应该是单数be动词选c啊？

Gail小M

in addition to being China's first ADMINISTRATORS(plural)

piratewings

啊！知道了 傻了一下 谢谢谢谢

supershuang