As a result of destroying the forests, large of desert covered the land.
A. number; has
B. quantities; has
C. number; have
D. quantities; have
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A. number; has
B. quantities; has
C. number; have
(答案→)D. quantities; have
解析：考查主谓一致。Large number of 后面要跟可数名词复数，而desert是不可数名词，排除A,C；large quantities of+不可数名词作主语，谓语动词和quantities保持一致，要用复数。所以选D。