Question

 The number of people visiting the exhibition ______ 50, and a number of them ____ painters.

A．was; was

B．were; was

C．was; were

D．were; were

Answer 1

C

试题分析：本题第一空的主语是the number of…“…的数量”，该短语作主语的时候，谓语动词使用单数形式was。第二空前面的名词是代词them,这里的them指代people，a number of许多，大量；通常修饰可数名词复数形式，谓语动词使用复数形式were。句义：参观本次展览的人的数量是50。他们中的很多人都是艺术家。故C正确。