题目内容
2.The number of people invited _____fifty,but a number of them _____absent for different reasons.( )A. | were;was | B. | was;was | C. | was;were | D. | were;were |
分析 被邀请的人数量有50,但很多人都因不同的原因缺席.
解答 答案C
分析句子可知,The number of people 是主语"人的数量",谓语用单数;a number of them"大量的人",做主语时谓语需用复数.
点评 本题考查主谓一致.考生需熟练掌握主谓一致的规则并结合具体语境做出判断.
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