蓝皮P193-15，大全里没有，来路不明

rock19840717

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 for its crafted

我选的是C，不知道为什么不对，答案是D，不知道为什么Shang要用复数动词，请教大家，谢谢

愁予

in the sense that they developed a coherent bureaucracy for their empire

rock19840717

我当时注意they了，我觉得是向前指代administrators的，顺便再问下这个known的用法有多少搭配和讲究，谢谢LS