Question

The majority of visitors _____ in favor of his conclusion that the number of books published on the subject _____ simply surprising.

A．were; was	B．was; was
C．were; were	D．was; were

Answer 1

A

the majority of students其中的主语在此指大多数学生，是复数概念，因此第一空用复数谓语动词were，后半句的主语是the number of books“书籍的数量”，因此用单数was。