The police including an officer searching for the murderer in the area the other day.
A. was
B. are
C. were
D. is
网友回答
A. was
B. are
(答案→)C. were
D. is
解析：考查主谓一致：句意：警察包括一个警官前几天在这个地区寻找杀人犯。主语是由including连接的时候，谓语和前面的主语一致，就是the police，这是集体名词，谓语都是复数，因为是the other day，所以用一般过去式，选C。