GWD-TN-24, 20th. Q39,求教

joycehua

39. GWD30-Q39:

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

正确答案： D

朝代the Shang,是复数吗？ 我选C， 当单数处理了

edmundshi

划线部分前面的administrators,they,their提示你，选项中表示人的复数名词，所以Shang应该是指商朝的统治者们

但GMAT一般不会在单复数上为难我们，加不加s就应该是单复数的唯一区别。

这题只能根据Effectiveness，择优

C、E中有"its"，排除

A、B的主语是culture，不能做administrators的逻辑主语