Question

【题目】It is reported that over three thousand people________in the recent terrible disease up to now.

A.have diedB.had diedC.were deadD.died

Answer 1

【答案】A

【解析】

句意；据报道，到目前为止，已有三千多人死于这场可怕的疾病。

考查时态。have died已经死了，现在完成时；had died已经死了，过去完成时；were dead死的，系表结构；died死，过去时；根据句意理解及句中的现在完成时标志词up to now可知，这里应该用现在完成，结构是have/ has+过去分词，而句子主语是people，是复数名词所以这里应该用have，故选A。