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Untilthe passage of the Piracy and Counterfeiting Amendments Act in 1982, afirst-time charge of copyright infringement was merely a misdemeanor charge,federal prosecutors being unlikely in pursuing criminal copyright infringers,while offenders were subject to relatively small penalties.

A.charge, federal prosecutors being unlikely in pursuing criminal copyrightinfringers, while offenders were

B.charge, with federal prosecutors who were unlikely to pursue criminal copyrightinfringers, offenders being

C.charge, federal prosecutors unlikely to pursue criminal copyright infringers,while offenders were

D.charge; therefore, federal prosecutors were unlikely in pursuing criminalcopyright infringers and offenders being

E.charge; therefore, federal prosecutors were unlikely to pursue criminalcopyright infringers, and offenders were

正确选项E)

对选E没有疑问 但是不是很理解E里面therefore的使用 后面一句是在解释前面 为啥用therefore因果关系副词

VincentFSJ

我觉得后面一句不是对前面一句的解释，是根据第一句话的推断（likely）

xcdamon

because ---the first-time charge of copyright infringement was merely a misdemeanor
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therefore ----federal prosecutors were unlikely to pursue criminalcopyright infringers

因为第一次判罚都仅仅只是轻罪
所以prosecutors 不太可能当刑事案件来诉讼