Putting it all together(주어-동사 일치, Marsupial)

Subject-Verb Agreement

3. Marsupial 유대동물(주머니에 새끼를 넣고 다니는 동물)
According to scientists at the University of California, the pattern of changes that have occurred in placental DNA over the millennia indicate the possibility that every marsupial alive today might be descended from a single female ancestor that lived in Africa sometime between 125 and 150 million years ago.
캘리포니아 대학 과학자들에 따르면, 천년 동안 태반 DNA에 나타난 변화 패턴은 오늘날 살아있는 모든 유대동물은 1억 2천 5백만에서 1억 5천만 년전에 아프리카에 살았던 한 명의 여성 조상으로부터 유래되었을 가능성을 제기했습니다.

A) indicate the possibility that every marsupial alive today might be descended from a single female ancestor that
B) indicate that every marsupial alive today might possibly be a descendant of a single female ancestor that had
C) may indicate that every marsupial alive today has descended from a single female ancestor that had
D) indicates that every marsupial alive today might be a descendant of a single female ancestor that
E) indicates that every marsupial alive today may be a descendant from a single female ancestor that

정답: D
난이도: 중
주어가 단수 the Pattern 이니 indicates 가 와야 하기에 정답은 D 입니다.
Possiblity 와 Might 가 같이 쓰일 수 없고, Might는 과거를 나타낼때 사용됩니다.


Excerpt From
The Little Gold Grammar Book
Brandon Royal
https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-little-gold-grammar-book/id466973157
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