题目内容
The number of people in the party _____fifty, but a number of them ____ absent for different reasons.
| A．were; was | B．was; was | C．was; were | D．were; were |
C
解析试题分析：考查主谓一致：句意：聚会上的人的数量是50人，但是很多人因为各种原因缺席了。The number of…的数量，修饰可数名词复数，但是谓语是单数，所以第一空填was，a number of许多，修饰可数名词的复数，谓语是复数，所以第二空填were。选C。
考点：考查主谓一致
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| A．are; have | B．is; has | C．are; has | D．is; have |
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| A．is; are | B．is; is | C．are; are | D．are; is |
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| A．is | B．are | C．were | D．was |