OG SC68题 不懂，求助！

azhongzhong

68.  The fi rst trenches that were cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence for centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East that were arising
simultaneously with but independently of the more
celebrated city-states of southern Mesopotamia, in
what is now southern Iraq.
(A)  that were cut into a 500-acre site at Tell
Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence
for centrally administered complex societies in
northern regions of the Middle East that were
arising simultaneously with but
(B)  that were cut into a 500-acre site at Tell
Hamoukar, Syria, yields strong evidence that
centrally administered complex societies in
northern regions of the Middle East were arising
simultaneously with but also
(C)  having been cut into a 500-acre site at Tell
Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence
that centrally administered complex societies in
northern regions of the Middle East were arising
simultaneously but
(D)  cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria,
yields strong evidence of centrally administered
complex societies in northern regions of the
Middle East arising simultaneously but also
(E)  cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria,
have yielded strong evidence that centrally
administered complex societies in northern
regions of the Middle East arose simultaneously
with but
此题我选的A,答案是E。为何E比A好？

fansea

that were cut 不如cut简洁
that were arising不如arose简洁

Tobelogical

另外一点是evidence的修饰语，
evidence for centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East that were arising simultaneously with but
evidence that centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East arose simultaneously with but
首先that从句更好地解释了evidence
其次A中的that从句可能造成修饰societies和regions两种情况的误解。

azhongzhong

其次A中的that从句可能造成修饰societies和regions两种情况的误解。 这个看不懂呢？感觉是根据答案反推A不对。

Tobelogical

不用根据答案也会有这样的疑问
定语从句的修饰对象要单一明确，跟代词指代要明确一个道理，从句是复数形式，A中有两个复数的名词，相对而言，regions更近一点。