问题补充:
Over the past decades, forest area in China as a result of massive deforestation.
A. had decreased
B. decreased
C. is decreasing
D. has been decreasing
答案:
A. had decreased
B. decreased
C. is decreasing
(答案→)D. has been decreasing
解析: 考查时态。Over the past+时间段,用现在完成时态,故选D。