【題目】The number of people invited ________ fifty, but a number of them ______ absent for different reasons.

A. were; was B. was; were

C. was; was D. were; were

【答案】B

【解析】

試題the number of指“……的數(shù)目”，它所修飾的主語的謂語動詞用單數(shù)；a number of= many,它所修飾的主語的謂語動詞用復數(shù)。故選B。

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