Navigators have known for thousands of years that the ocean has variable currents, but it is only in the last half century that a reasonably clear picture has emerged of the patterns and causes of ocean currents.
[size=1em]Navigators have known for thousands of years that the ocean has variable currents, but it is only in the last half century that a reasonably clear picture has emerged of the patterns and causes of ocean currents.
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a reasonably clear picture has emerged of the patterns and causes of ocean currents
a reasonably clear picture of the patterns of ocean currents and their causes have emerged
a reasonably clear picture emerged of ocean currents, their patterns and the causes of them
there have emerged a reasonably clear picture of the patterns of ocean currents and what caused them
there had emerged a reasonably clear picture of the patterns of ocean currents and their causes
[size=1em] Answer: A
in the last half century ,看到这儿九把用现在完成时的ABD都排除了,楼主看到了前半个句子也用的现在完成时,但是没有时间限制所以应该没有问题吧?可是后半句有这个过去的时间段限制。楼主只好选了E,求牛牛解答。