Question

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

1. A.
   a number of
2. B.
   the number
3. C.
   a lot of
4. D.
   the number of

Answer 1

D
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。