Question

the ancient chinese scroll along the river during the qingming festival (qingming shanghe tu) by zhang zeduan captures the bustling urban life of bianjing (now kaifeng) during the song dynasty. with its intricate details and panoramic structure, ______ 16 which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of standard english? a the scrolls creator captured a rare visual record of everyday life in medieval china. b everyday life in medieval china is vividly captured in the rare visual record offered by the scroll. c the visual record found in the scroll offers unique insight into the daily rhythms of medieval chinese society. d it provides a rare visual record of everyday life in medieval china.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the sentence structure and subject - verb agreement. The first part of the sentence has the subject "The ancient Chinese scroll...", so the next part should have a subject that logically follows, with "it" (referring to the scroll) being appropriate. Let's analyze each option:

• Option A: The subject here is "the scroll's creator", which is a shift from the scroll being the main subject of the previous clause, so it's incorrect.
• Option B: The subject is "everyday life", and the structure is passive. It doesn't flow well with the previous clause which was about the scroll, so it's incorrect.
• Option C: The subject is "The visual record", which is a shift from the scroll as the main subject, so it's incorrect.
• Option D: "it" refers to the scroll, and the structure is correct, continuing the idea about the scroll providing a record.

Answer:

D. it provides a rare visual record of everyday life in medieval China.