问题
选择题
The country’s population ______ small, and most of its population ______ in the mountainous areas．
A．are; lives
B．are; live
C．is; live
D．is; lives
答案
答案：C
考查主谓一致。第一个population是集合名词，表示整体，故谓语用单数；第二个population“居民”,作主语时谓语动词用复数形式。选C