34 Efforts to equalize the funds available to school districts,a major goal of education reformers and many states in the 1970's , has not significantly reduced the gaps existing between the richest and poorest districts,
此处考虑到Efforts,因此应该选择复数形式have,但是答案选择的D项为have not significantly reduced the gap that exists。为什么不用existing呢? 记得一般现在时用来表示客观真理,但此处用进行时是不是也对呢?