题目内容

The number of the people invited to the meeting ____ about 100, but a number of them ____ late because of the heavy snow.

A. were; was B. were; were

C. was; were D. was; was

 

C

【解析】

试题分析:考查主谓一致。a number of+可数名词复数,表示“很多“,后面的谓语是复数,the number of+可数名词复数,表示“…的数量”后面的谓语是单数,所以第一空填was第二空填were。句意:被邀请参加会议的人的数量是100人,但很多人因为大雪迟到了。

考点:考查主谓一致

 

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