OG SC D39题，不会做，求助！

azhongzhong

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) was more likely to begin as
(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
我选的A，认为but前面一逗号，后应该跟完整的句子，所以排除了B，选了A。答案却是B，但是选B,but后就不是一完整句子了啊！是我哪里错了？求帮助！

Tobelogical

句子主干
the earliest writing was ..., but began as ..., and merged with ....
more than likely是非常有可能的意思

选项A里的
be likely to do sth.是对尚未发生的事情的推测，题目中明显看出begin的动作早已发生。

伊拉啦

这里有 not.... but....
but 之后和 not之后的并列
因此不需要 was了 probably 之前有共用的was

jasminerocks

A选项中用了more as 的搭配肯定是错的，应该是more than，这样就直接能把A排除了啊

Serena0304

Tobelogical 发表于 2011-8-5 20:24
句子主干the earliest writing was ..., but began as ..., and merged with ....more than likely是非常有 ...

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