It is estimated that the number of foreigners ing to China to learn the language over the last few years ________ maintained an average annual growth rate of 35 percent.
A.has
B.have
C.is
D.are
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A解析这句句子的意思是“据估计,在过去的几年中,来中国学习语言的外国人以每年35%的年增长率递增。”这里有时间状语over the last few years,句子要用现在完成时,所以选项C和D均不对。而a number of加上可数名词复数,我们谓语动词用复数,the number of加上可数名词复数,谓语动词用单数,所以这里用has.