A poet and artist coming to speak to us about Chinese literature and painting to

A poet and artist ____ coming to speak to us about Chinese literature and painting tomorrow afternoon.

A.is                 B.are               C.was               D.were

试题答案

A

解析:

主语a poet and artist为单数含义，指“一位诗人兼画家”，因此应排除复数形式的选项B、D；根据状语“to morrow afternoon”所提供的，主语所从事的活动应用“is”的形式表示，因此应进一步排除C而选出A。