单选题 (A number) of these (who) (study) engineering is increasing (steadily).

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】应改为the number。 the number of sth.表“…的数量”,做主语时,谓语动词用单数形式,而a number of表“许多,很多”时,后面接可数名词复数作主语,谓语动词用复数形式。