Question

___of giant pandas is getting ___because their living areas are becoming farmland.

A. The number, larger and larger

B. A number, larger and larger

C. The number, smaller and smaller

D. A number, smaller and smaller

Answer 1

C

【解析】

试题分析：句意：大熊猫的总数正在变的越来越少，因为他们的生存地正在变成农田。the number of …,······的总数，作主语看做单数；a number of…,大量的······，修饰可数名词复数，做主语是复数。根据后文可知大熊猫的数量在变少，故选C。

考点：考查短语辨析及形容词的比较级。