GWD-30-Q39 “were”的问题

willleecanton

GWD-30-Q39
In addition to being China’s first administrators, in the sense thatthey developed a coherent bureaucracy for their empire, the first literateculture in East Asia were the Shang, and they were well known for craftingornate bronze ritual vessels.
A.              the first literate culture inEast Asia were the Shang, and they were well known for crafting
B.              the first literate culture inEast Asia were the Shang, well known as the crafters of
C.              the Shang, as the first literateculture in East Asia, is well known for its crafting
D.             the Shang were the firstliterate culture in East Asia and are well known as the crafters of
E.              the Shang were the firstliterate culture in East Asia and well known
 key: D  
“ the Shang”为什么后跟复数状态的“were”和“are”，求大神解答！

MBAleo

同问

在路上的猫

China’s first administrators还有they develop, their empire原句提示的很明显 后面必须是复数了。

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huyunzheng1211

在路上的猫 发表于 2012-10-23 20:26
China’s first administrators还有they develop, their empire原句提示的很明显 后面必须是复数了。the an ...

可是后面的culture也没有用复数啊。。。为神马啊。。。

hawk！！！

同问。。。

PhoenixPenn

考虑到原句给的提示，这里的the Shang指的应该是"商朝人"这么一个概念