Question

【题目】The number of people invited ________ fifty, but a number of them ______ absent for different reasons.

A. were; was B. was; were

C. was; was D. were; were

Answer 1

【答案】B

【解析】

试题the number of指“……的数目”，它所修饰的主语的谓语动词用单数；a number of= many,它所修饰的主语的谓语动词用复数。故选B。