Question

【题目】The number of people invited to the party________ fifty, but a number of them________ absent for different reasons.

A.were; wasB.was; was

C.was; wereD.were; were

Answer 1

【答案】C

【解析】

句意：被邀请参加聚会的人数是五十人，但由于种种原因，许多人都缺席了。

考查主谓一致。根据A number of大量、很多；后接可数名词复数或代词，谓语动词用复数形式；The number of……的数字/数目；当它作主语时，谓语动词用单数。结合“people”，故选C。