求助牛哥牛姐~~OG 诊断练习中的一道语法

songhanxiao

39. According to scholars, the earliest writing was probably not a direct rendering of speech, but was more likely to begin as a separate and distinct symbolic system of communication, and only later merged with spoken language.

A.
B. more than likely began as
C. more than likely beginning from
D. it was more than likely begun from
E. it was more likely that it began

鄙人选了A，答案是B。求牛牛们讲解一下，谢谢~~

silent7706

哈哈, 当初我也栽到了这题上
其实不选A)的理由很简单: when you see "more" used in comparison, you have to complete the structure with "than".  
如果我没有记错, 这应该是OG上的解释.