Question

【题目】The number of guests invited to the party___fifty,but a number of them ___absent for different reasons,which made him very disappointed

A.were;was

B.was;was

C.was;were

D.were;were

Answer 1

【答案】C

【解析】句意：邀请去参加聚会的客人的数量是五十，但是他们中的许多人因为各种原因而缺席，这是她感到非常失望。the number of……的数量，做主语时，谓语动词要用单数形式，a number of许多，大量，和名词一起做主语时，谓语动词要用复数形式。