Question

______ visitors to the UK were asked by newspaper reporters what their impressions of the British people were.

A．The number of	B．A number of
C．Numbers of	D．Any numbers of

Answer 1

B

此题考查a number of和 the number of的区别。the number of修饰复数名词作主语，谓语用单数；a number of修饰复数名词作主语，谓语用复数；由题干中的谓语were可知要用a number of。