A poet and artist ________ comin

A poet and artist ________ coming to speak to us about Chinese literature and painting tomorrow afternoon.
A、is
B、are
C、was
D、were
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：A poet and artist 指的是：一个诗人兼艺术家，有and连接的两个部分的名词前面有一个冠词时，是一个人兼有两种身份，故谓语动词应该是单数。
A poet and an artist 指的才是： 一个诗人和一个艺术家，指两个人。