A poet and artist ing to speak to us about Chinese literature and painting tomorrow afternoon.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
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(答案→)A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
解析：根据时间状语“tomorrow afternoon”，可以判断这里是现在进行时表将要发生的动作，故排除C和D。and连接两个主语时，并列主语表示同一个人，谓语动词用单数，故选A。