求问，DATA做主语，谓语用单数还是复数？？

lan0604

RT
我以为是用单数的，但是看到OG12中的一道题，然后迷惑了……
OG12 D36
New data from United States Forest Service ecologists showthat for every dollar spent on controlled smallscale burning, forest thinning, and the trainning of firemanagement personnel, it saves seven dollars that would not be spent on having to extinguish big fires

(A) that for every dollar spent on controlled smallscale burning, forest thinning, and the trainning of firemanagement personnel, it saves seven dollars that would not be spent on having to extinguish .
( B) that for every dollar spent on controlled smallscale burning, forest thinning,

and the training of fire management personnel, seven dollars are saved

that would have been spent on extinguishing.  
(C)that for every dollar spent on controlled smallscale burning, forest thinning, and the trainning of firemanagement personnel saves seven dollars  on having to extinguish
(D)   for every dollar spent on controlled smallscale burning, forest thinning, and the trainning of firemanagement personnel, that it saves seven dollars  on not  having to extinguish
(E) for every dollar spent on controlled smallscale burning, forest thinning, and the trainning of firemanagement personnel, that  seven dollars are saved that would not  have been spent on extinguishing.
答案b
求解答！

lan0604

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cuteyaoyao

Data本身就是复数 它的单数形式是datum

我今天也在manhattan sc的182页看到一个类似的句子

“New data from the Labor Department indicate that producer prices rose”

所以data还是要看到复数的

hope it helps!^_^