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问题: 关于quantity选择题

With more forests being destroyed, huge quantities of good earth ____ each year.
A. is washing away
B. is being washed away
C. are washing away
D. are being washed away

选什么,为什么?

解答:

D

quantity做主语时 看它自己的单复数形式决定谓语动词

比如

Large quantities of food were on the table.

A large quantity of food was on the table