Question

The number of people applying for the job________one hundred，but a number of them________not accepted for various reasons.

A．were；was

B．was；was

C．was；were

D．were；were

Answer 1

C

试题分析：考查主谓一致：句意：申请这个工作的人的数量是100人，但是很多因为各种原因没有被接受。第一空的主语是The number of people“人的数量”，谓语是单数，第二空的主语是a number of people“许多人”，谓语是复数，选C。