請問英文高手以下問題的答案解析： (D)1.The 「 」 is trying to exhort the villagers to live better lives. (A)police (B)clergy (C)policemen clergyman?

本句的動詞是is trying，在邏輯上應該是「一個人」試圖在向村民勸說。
the police/the clergy都是集合名詞，當複數使用，而policemen則是複數名詞，所以都與動詞不一致。
只有(D) clergyman是單數名詞，能與動詞一致。

(C) policemen +clergyman.
Analysis to Question:-
The one clergyman is to try very hard to persuade the villagers to move to the New Town to live a better lives (eg);but he needs the policemen to try very hard to move them out by police force to maintain law and order,not hurting the one clergyman also.