Question

Everybody except the two young boys __________ shocked by the bad news. People looked at each other in __________.

A．was; silence

B．were; silence

C．was; silent

D．were; silent

Answer 1

A

试题分析：句意：除了那两个年轻小伙子之外每个人都被这个坏消息震惊了。人们彼此之间沉默地看着对方。Everybody做主语，后面的谓语动词用单数形式，即was，in science为沉默的，不出声的；故选A。