Question

Many people came to the meeting，but   them who left early was 35．

A．a number of

B．the number

C．a lot of

D．the number of

Answer 1

D

解析试题分析：此处a number of 后接名词复数，意为：许多，谓语动词用复数；the number of后接名词，意为：……的数量，谓语动词用单数形式。故选D。句意：许多人来参加这个会，但是提前离开的人数是35.
考点：考查短语辨析。