Question

【题目】A number of people on the square. The number of them about 2, 000.
A.is: are
B.are; is
C.is; is

Answer 1

【答案】B
【解析】句意：许多人在广场，数目大约是2000人。a number of…“许多”；the number of……“数量”；a number of后接people，people是前句中的主语，谓语动词用复数形式；the number of them中主语是number. 谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。故选B。