问题补充:
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:
A. are; lives
B. are; live
(答案→)C. is; live
D. is; lives
解析: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