Question

The number of people invited_____40, but a number of them______absent for different reasons.

A．were; was

B．was; was

C．was; were

D．were; were

Answer 1

C

考查主谓一致。句中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。句意：邀请人的数目是40，但他们中许多人因不同原因缺席。