_______were a highly civilized people long before the Europeans were.

问题描述:

_______were a highly civilized people long before the Europeans were.
A.The Egyptians B.The egyptian C.Egyptians D.Egyptian
请问应该选什么?请说明原因.Egyptian的复数是不是Egyptians?这样的话是不是应该选A呢?

我认为选A.
加the表示强调;同时题目里也给了暗示:the Europeans .