Question

The number of people present at the meeting ________ about 1000, a large number of whom ________ experts from abroad.

A．was; was

B．were; were

C．was; were

D．were; was

Answer 1

C

考查主谓一致。the number of……的数目，谓语动词用单数；a number of许多，谓语动词用复数，故选C。