Over 80 percent of the population workers.A.will be B. are C.is D.was 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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Over 80 percent of the population _____ workers.

A.will be B. are C.is D.was

【解析】

试题分析：句意：80%的人口是工人。Population和百分比搭配，谓语用复数，而且根据表语workers，也可以知道是复数，所以选B。

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