Question

The number of foreign students attending Chinese universities ______ rising steadily since 2009.

A．is

B．a(chǎn)re

C．has been

D．have been

Answer 1

C

試題分析：考查時(shí)態(tài)和主謂一致。本題的主語(yǔ)是the number of……的數(shù)量。做主語(yǔ)時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)。句子的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)是since 2009，故使用現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)。故C正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：the number of。。。的數(shù)量，做主語(yǔ)時(shí)謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)；a number of許多，修飾了數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，做主語(yǔ)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)。