There are not many red—crowned cranes today and the numb Wap版

试题详情及答案解析

There are not many red—crowned cranes today and the number of them ________
getting ________．

A．are；fewer and fewer	B．are；smaller and smaller
C．is；fewer and fewer	D．is；sma]ler and smaller

答案：D

试题分析：句意：现在没有很多丹顶鹤了，并且数量越来越少了。the number of…意思是“……的数字/数目”，介词of同其后名词构成介词短语，修饰the number.当它作主语时，谓语动词用单数。比较级+and+比较级表示越来越……。结合句意，故选D
考点：考查主谓一致和形容词比较级的用法。