句子简化题
Sentence Simplification Questions （长难句分析）
Target Sentence
• Papermaking spread quickly to Egypt and eventually to Sicily and Spain but it was several centuries before paper supplanted parchment for copies of the Koran, probably because of the conservative nature of the religious art and its practitioners.
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• It was several centuries before papermaking techniques spread to faraway areas where parchment was popular and used widely in art. It was several centuries before papermaking techniques spread to faraway areas where parchment was popular and used widely in art
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• Understand the sentence ( split/analyze/combine) option ( split/analyze/combine)
Practice
• That we now have an abundance of the proof that was called for was established when Barbara Bentley reviewed the relevant evidence in 1977, and since then many more observations and experiments have provided still further proof that ants benefit plants.
• Papermaking ［Subject］ spread ［Verb.］ quickly to Egypt and eventually to Sicily and Spain ［Adverbial］ • but it ［Subject］was several centuries ［V+P］
• before paper ［Subject］ supplanted ［Verb.］ parchment ［object］ for copies of the Koran, ［Adverbial］probably because of the conservative nature of the religious art and its practitioners. ［Adverbial］
Option 3
• Paper replaced parchment in copies of the Koran, probably at the request of conservative practitioners in areas like Egypt, Sicily and Spain. Paper replaced parchment in copies of the Koran, probably at the request of conservative practitioners in areas like Egypt, Sicily and Spain.
Option 1
• Although papermaking came to Egypt quickly, it took much longer for paper to be used when coping the Koran, probably because of the conservative nature of religious art. Although papermaking came to Egypt quickly, it took much longer for paper to be used when coping the Koran, probably because of the conservative nature of religious art.
Option 2
• Papermaking spread beyond Egypt, Sicily and Spain, but it was not widely used by artists for centuries, probably because of the conservative nature of art in those countries. Papermaking spread beyond Egypt, Sicily and Spain, but it was not widely used by artists for centuries, probably because of the conservative nature of art in those countries.